As the semester begins, so too does spring recruiting. Let MPA Career Services help you with your recruiting efforts by inviting you to participate in the upcoming MPA Mock Interview Day on Tuesday February 5, 2019.   Registration will open up at 10:00 p.m. tonight in RecruitMcCombs.

Don’t let your real interview be your practice interview. Instead, use the MPA Mock Interview Day to triangulate, survey, and sharpen your interview skills.

Feedback from past Mock Interview Day student participants:

“It’s risk-free practice with a great return.”

“DO IT! It helps with confidence and will allow you to perform better in real interviews.”

“Very insightful feedback, useful for self-evaluation”

“I think the event is wonderful.”

“Do it! Even if you feel like you’re too busy or already experienced in interviewing, you will never regret learning something new.”

“Keep an open mind about who you talk to. I was pleasantly surprised by the opportunities I didn’t know existed.”

WHY IT WORKS

  • Practice. Real interviewers will use real interview questions to help you simulate their real interview.
  • Instant Advice. Interviewers will give you verbal advice immediately after your interview so that you can continue to work on your skills. In addition, they will complete a comprehensive feedback form, which MPA Career Services will provide to you.
  • Early Advantage. In the past, some students met their real interviewer through their mock interviews. A comfort level exists when you meet someone for the second time, especially in a real interview. In addition, some students have received real offers from their mock interviews.

EMPLOYERS
You will be randomly assigned to employers and will be notified who they are prior to your interview.  Employers for this MPA Mock Interview Day include*:

AlixPartners LLP

Andersen Tax LLC

BDO

BVA Group

Calhoun, Thomson + Matza, LLP

Calvetti Ferguson

Caterpillar Inc.

Crowe LLP

Deloitte

EY

FTI Consulting

Hines

KPMG

Protiviti

PwC

Weaver

*Please note that this list is subject to change

HOW IT WORKS

The sign-up deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday January 29, 2019. You can sign up for multiple 30-minute sessions. You select the time, and RecruitMcCombs randomly selects an interviewer for you. MPA Career Services will send you instructions on how to access the name(s) of your mock interviewer(s) before the date of the event.

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

  • Log in to RecruitMcCombs: https://msb-utexas-csm.symplicity.com/students
  • Click Job Postings on the left and “Search OCIs/RCs” from the drop-down
  • In the search bar enter “MPA mock interview”
  • Click a position and click Apply and Interview
  • Once you “Apply and Interview” for the position (register for an interview) you must go back in to schedule a time. If you submitted your resume without scheduling a time slot, navigate to: Manage My OCIs > and click on the three dots > Schedule Interview.
  • Select a resume.  Make sure it is in the correct MPA format.
  • Select additional job titles for additional practice if desired

RESCHEDULING/CANCELLING MOCK INTERVIEWS BEFORE THE SIGN-UP END DATE:

  • Log in to RecruitMcCombs: https://msb-utexas-csm.symplicity.com/students
  • Click on “Manage My OCIs” on the left
  • Click on the “Scheduled Interviews” tab
  • Select either “Reschedule” or “Cancel” (click on the three dots to the right of the title for these options)

NOTE: Cancellations after the interview sign-up date (January 29) will result in losing access to RecruitMcCombs

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING WAITLISTS
As there are 16 employer schedules, if you can’t find the time you want in a particular room, check another room, rather than adding yourself to a waitlist.

To prepare for your interview(s), please review the interview documents on Canvas, and consider scheduling a mock interview with MPA Career Services before the event.