Job interviews can be intimidating. What answer needs to be given to which question, what must you wear during the interview, how much about yourself should you tell your interviewer, etc are all questions that lead to panic when preparing for a job interview. Thanks to a few online tools, the stress we take for a job interview has been reduced considerably.
As opposed to the traditional methods of prepping like having your friend or a family member conduct a mock interview for you, today technology is training individuals for the same. This has eliminated one’s need to catch hold of someone to practice for the interview.
Most of us are weak in interview skills and we require proper training. Here are some online tools that we can take the help of to give a bang-on interview and secure that dream job:
Google’s Interview Warmup
The company very recently launched its artificial intelligence-based job interview prep tool named Interview Warmup. The tool asks you common interview questions like “Tell me a bit about yourself,” analyses your answers and provides you with feedback. This gives users a chance to improvise their answers accordingly. You can simply speak out your answers to the device while Google transcribes the spoken words. What’s best about this tool is that Google doesn’t record or save the answers so users’ data privacy is secure.
Pramp
Pramp is another unique tool that will perfect your interview skills. This app works by allowing you to practice your answers with another randomly matched peer on a live video streaming platform. It’s basically just like conducting a Skype call. The site provides users with a set of questions and answers which you can practice with your live video partner. Each practice session is 30 minutes long after which both participants can exchange feedback and seek help in improvising on the weaknesses if any.
Trunk Club
Well, we all spend too much time deciding what to wear during an interview. We don’t want to look extremely professional, but professional enough that says ‘I care for this job opportunity. Deciding what to wear is always a tough choice. An application like Trunk Club will allot you a personal stylist. They will study your personality and learn a bit about you to design a perfect interview outfit. The outfit is then shipped to your home. You can try everything on for free and can also send back the ones you don’t like. If you don’t wish to buy the styled outfit, you can always draw ideas from the styles offered to you.
Job Interview Question-Answer
This app too is of great help to those who have no one to practice their interview with. It will prepare a mock interview for you that will include some tough, spur-of-the-moment questions. There will be a time limit set for each question within which you will be expected to provide an answer. This way, you will learn to provide the right answers without taking too long. This application also has a feature that enables you to record your answers which you can play for scrutinising your own responses.
Perfecting job interview skills is a must. It helps you communicate your expectations as well as your achievements and qualifications to the recruiter clearly. It also helps you create a strong impression and thus secure a job. Thanks to technology, you can certainly rely on these online tools to help you prep for your job interview.
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