Also, there was a plot twist – I wasn’t going to be meeting with an individual. Turns out that this company was using an online interview platform to conduct interviews, HireVue, and there were only 48 hours for me to prepare answers and submit the interview. I thought once I got the interview, I was in, right? I had all this research under my belt so I couldn’t be more prepared.
I thought that the effort had to stop here. I finally felt like all the effort that I had put into this process was worth it, but this is where it all started to go wrong. After a long two and a half weeks, I received an email letting me know that I had gotten an interview! I conducted research on them, held informational interviews with current employees, and even got a letter of recommendation sent to the recruiter by my wonderful colleague. I put in all the work to get this internship. StandOut 101 How to StandOut during HireVue pre-recorded interviews!Īlmost exactly a year ago, I attempted to get an internship with a company that I wanted to work for SO BAD.