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.

1. Complete your registration:
   1. If you haven’t received an email from Big Interview, click here to register for an account. Use organization code “SCC”.
   2. Check your email for a message from Big Interview and click the account activation link.
2. Prepare for your practice interview:
   1. 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.
   2. 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.
3. If you’ve been asked to do an “Assignment”, first complete the Assignment practice interview:
   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.”
4. 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).”
5. If you’ve been asked to do a Custom Set:
   1. On the royal blue bar at the top, click Interviews.
   2. In the Practice column, click Practice Sets.
   3. Then in the navy blue section, above and to the right of the six boxes, for links that say “Practice Sets” and “Custom Sets*”.
   4. Click Custom Sets. You may need to click the arrow to the right or left of the boxes to find your Custom Set.
   5. Click on your 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”.
   6. 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.
   7. Answer the question and click “stop recording” when done.
   8. Play your video. Listen for ways to improve your answer. Pay attention to the rating criteria as you review your video and re-record.
   9. Click “re-record” and “delete” as need to overwrite your prior recording, then answer the question again.
   10. Continue analyzing your answer and re-recording until you’re satisfied.
   11. 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.
6. Make an appointment: If you don’t have an upcoming appointment, click here to schedule time for us to go over your completed interview.

*If you don’t see “Custom Sets”, would you please send me a screen shot showing that?  I’d like to let BigInterview know it’s still an issue. In the meantime, if you know how: try clearing any cookies containing BigInterview, try Incognito mode, and or try another browser.

And if you encounter a broken link or other issues with these directions, please let us know right away (and accept our apologies). We love that Big Interview makes frequent upgrades, but it makes it more challenging for us to keep this page up-to-date.