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Interviews - How many is too many? |
| Message Name: |
Do as many as you can handle |
| Date Posted: |
12/26/2004 |
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I've currently got seven sets of interviews lined up for a week and a half period in January, with five sets of interviews on the last three days. These are all first round interviews, so no guarantees that they will be followed with second rounds or even job offers. But, how many is too many? I know practice helps, but at this point, exhaustion looks like it could also start kicking in, especially since I also have three exams and other academic work to do in the same week and a half... Any suggestions anyone? |
| Message: |
I would say I did about 3 first round interviews per week this fall semester until I got my first job offer in November. It was a big time sync, but I think it was worth it because I wasn't sure exactly what kind of job I was looking for in the first place. Once I had my 1st offer I could pick and choose where I wanted to interview and still feel confident.
7 in a week and a half sounds like a lot, but they're 1st rounds so they're probably only 30 mins or so, right? When you go to 2nd rounds you'll have up to 5 30-60 min. interviews in a row, so it's good to get used to them, and learn how to relax and not let them drain you.
So from my experience, I'd do as many as you can without killing yourself. If the extra interviews are going to bring down the quality of your performance in the interviews, then it won't help you. Having 1 really killer interview will benefit you a lot more than 7 average ones. If your exhaustion comes through to the interviewers that would be bad.
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