How to Get Started with Big Interview

As a coaching program client, you will receive complimentary, unlimited use of Big Interview, an online platform that allows you to see and hear yourself practice interviewing — from the privacy of your own home.

Complete your registration & prepare for your interview:

  1. Check your email for a message from Big Interview and click the account activation link*. If you haven’t received an email from Big Interview, click here to register for an account. Use organization code “SCC”.
  2. Choose a potential role you’ll be interviewing for or learning about. If you can find a job description for the role (or a similar role at another organization), review the description and email me a copy of it.
  3. Choose a real person that you’ll pretend to be meeting with and find them on LinkedIn.
    1. email me a link to their LinkedIn profile.
    2. Re-read their profile before you start answering questions. Really pretend that you’re talking to them.
    3. Leave their LinkedIn profile open on one side of your monitor.

Complete your interview, which is usually an “Assignment” or a “Custom Set”

For an “assignment” (or if you haven’t been given specific instructions)

    1. Click Assignments in the top menu near the Stamboulie Consulting logo (rather than clicking the green “Start Here” button).
    2. Enter your assignment code to begin a two-question interview. If you weren’t given a specific assignment, enter code 05489e*.
    3. Follow the instructions to give BigInterview access to your webcam and mic. I recommend choosing “Practice without Eye Tracking” unless you think eye contact is an issue for you. If you get notification: “Webcam not available. We are not able to access your camera. Please make sure you allowed access from the browser settings”, locate a white box that says ”stamboulie.biginterview.com wants to use your microphone and use your camera” (located near the top left of your screen). Click “Allow”.
    4. Click the “play” button to listen to the interviewer’s question. Immediately begin to think about how you can customize your answer for this specific interviewer. Feel free to end your answer with a question for the interviewer.
    5. Answer the question and click “stop recording” when done.
    6. Play your video. Listen for ways to improve your answer. Pay attention to the rating criteria as you review your video and re-record.
    7. Click “re-record” and “delete” as need to overwrite your prior recording, then answer the question again.
    8. Continue analyzing your answer and re-recording until you’re satisfied.
    9. When you are satisfied with your response, click “save answer.” Confirm that there is a green check mark next to the question (on the left). This means your answers have been successfully saved.
    10. When you finish all the questions, click “Submit Assignment”. You’ll again have an opportunity to review and re-record your answers.
    11. To save the interview, click “Submit final answers.”
    12. Then do an Assignment Self-Review:
      1. When you’re finished, click over to the “Submitted” tab under “Assignments” and click “Review Yourself”.
      2. Carefully watch your video for each question. Rate yourself on every criterium and write your comments.
      3. Then click Review Entire Assignment and again rate yourself on each item (unfortunately this is required to submit the self-review).
      4. Check your self-review was saved by clicking the Submitted tab again and making sure it says ”Your Self Review: X(1-5).”

For a Custom Set:

    1. Click Big Interview Practice Sets and login if necessary.
    2. At the top right, next to the STANDARD SETS link, find* and click on the CUSTOM SETS link.
    3. Click the arrows to the right or left of the boxes to locate Custom Set “The Basics – Start Here” (or whatever one you’re looking for).
    4. Click on the Custom Set and follow the instructions to give BigInterview access to your webcam and mic. I recommend choosing “Practice without Eye Tracking” unless you think eye contact is an issue for you. If you get notification: “Webcam not available. We are not able to access your camera. Please make sure you allowed access from the browser settings”, locate a white box that says ”stamboulie.biginterview.com wants to use your microphone and use your camera” (located near the top left of your screen). Click “Allow”.
    5. Now you’re ready to answer your first question. Click the “play” button to listen to the interviewer’s question. Immediately begin to think about how you can customize your answer for this specific interviewer. Feel free to end your answer with a question for the interviewer.
    6. Answer the question and click “stop recording” when done.
    7. Play your video. Listen for ways to improve your answer. Pay attention to the rating criteria as you review your video and re-record.
    8. Click “re-record” and “delete” as need to overwrite your prior recording, then answer the question again.
    9. Continue analyzing your answer and re-recording until you’re satisfied.
    10. When you are satisfied with your response, click “save answer.” Confirm that there is a green check mark next to the question (on the left). This means your answers have been successfully saved.

Finally, schedule an appointment here to review your interview.

 

 

*Troubleshooting

If you have ANY Big Interview technical difficulties with things such as creating your account, logging in, entering an assignment code, or finding “Custom Sets”, try the tips below. Before you start, please send me a screenshot showing the error if you know how (so I can report it to BigInterview).

    1. Try to clear (just) your BigInterview cookies. If you’re using Chrome, you can do that by:
      1. pasting chrome://settings/content/all into the URL
      2. entering BigInterview into the search bar
      3. Clicking Delete Displayed Data
    2. Try using Incognito or Private mode in your current browser
    3. Try using a different browser