The practice room

Every scenario, both chairs

Choose a moment and run it. Choices are graded strong, depends on the room, or costs you something, and every grade explains itself with the research behind it. Nothing you do here is recorded or sent anywhere.

Returning from incarceration

Phone screen Tell me about yourself An open door you can walk through, or fall through. The application The box Before the talk, there is a checkbox. Here is how to think about it. In-person interview The silence after You said it. The room went quiet. The next ten seconds are the whole ballgame.

In recovery

In-person interview The season you got well You do not owe anyone your health history. You do owe yourself a plan for the gap question. Phone screen Why did you leave your last job? The truth, at the right altitude.

Veterans and military families

In-person interview Translating the uniform You led people through things this interviewer cannot picture. Say it in their words. Phone screen Why are you getting out? A civilian question with a civilian answer.

People with disabilities

Before the interview Do I say anything? Telling them is a tool, not a duty. Here is how to decide when it works for you. After the offer Making the ask You got the offer. Now set yourself up to keep the job on your terms.

First work placement

First meeting with your workplace mentor "So, tell me about yourself" The question that assumes you have a career to describe. Asking a business to host you Making the ask Most places say no because they do not know what yes involves. You got something wrong on site When you break something The moment that decides what the rest of the placement is like. Presenting your capstone to people who do the job Presenting to the room that knows They are not there to catch you out. Most of them are nervous too.

Every lane

Job fair Ninety seconds at the table A job fair conversation is not a small interview. It is its own thing, and it is winnable. Final interview The money question Gratitude is not a wage rate. Know your number before they ask. After the interview After the no A no is data with bad manners. Here is how to collect it and keep moving.

The hiring side

In-person interview The disclosure moment A candidate just told you the hardest thing they will say all week. Your next sentence sets everything. Interview prep What you can and cannot ask The fear of saying the wrong thing is fixable in twenty minutes. This is the twenty minutes. Before the interview Your side of the fear You are allowed to be nervous too. Here is what to do with it. After the offer The accommodation request A new hire just asked for something. This is a process with a name, and it is easier than you fear. Decision time Making the call The interview is done. Here is the decision framework, the incentives as they actually stand, and the first-90-days plan.