REFLECTION : PERFORMANCE

Recall the interview and review what you did and said.
The information will improve your delivery.

HOW DID YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF?

☐ How did you enter the room? Did you smile?
☐ Did you initiate the conversation with a self-introduction & handshake?
☐ Did you note the interviewer’s facial expression & body language? If you did, did you try
to match it?

HOW DID THE QUESTIONS GO?

☐ Did you elaborate on your answers? Did you tell a relevant story so the interviewer
could remember you?
☐ Were there any questions that caught you off guard? In what areas?
☐ Were there areas that were not explored? These are topics you had prepared for but
were not asked about such that you did not get a chance to share the information. How
could you have included the information without being asked?
☐ Were there technical issues that you should have been better prepared for? What could
you have shared?

DID YOU USE YOUR PORTFOLIO? (ONLY IF REQUIRED)

☐ Did you manage to show off your work – either in a physical document or online?
☐ Did you present your portfolio well? Was the interviewer able to see it clearly?
☐ Did you talk the interviewer through your portfolio? Did you highlight aspects of your
work so the interviewer could note them?
☐ Were there other items that you could have included to better show off your work? Certs
etc.

DID THE INTERVIEW END ON A POSITIVE NOTE?

☐ Did the interviewer seem interested in knowing more about your work? Did he ask for
more samples etc?
☐ Were you asked about your salary or asked when you could start?
☐ Did you remember to ask when a decision (on the position) would be made?
☐ Did you thank the interviewer?
☐ Did you leave a name card?