Evaluate the Interview

Evaluate the Interview.

Answer:

After every interview it is important to evaluate your performance. This is the only way you will learn from you experiences and improve on you performance. Consider the following questions:

• What positive impressions did I make? Negative? Why did I make these impressions?
• Was there anything I wanted to say but didn't?
• What questions would I have like to ask, but didn't?
• What questions would I have answered different? How would I have changed my answers?
• How do I feel about the interview?

If you are informed following an interview that you did not get the position, it is a great idea to contact one of the interviewers to see where you could have performed better. To get a candid answer, it is important that you don't make the interviewer defensive by starting out with "Can you tell me why I didn't get the job?" A better approach would be "Would you have a couple of minutes to suggest which areas could use some strengthening?"

Interview Notes

Record questions asked and use for preparation of future interviews.