Viterbi Mock Interviews

Thursday, February 16th, 2023

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Viterbi Mock Interview Day event aims to connect industry partners and Alumni with engineering students to help them refine their behavioral interviewing and networking skills.

Host 15-minute behavioral mock interviews with Viterbi engineering students from all majors, class levels, and backgrounds.

Student members of Viterbi's Center for Engineering Diversity (CED), will be invited and receive targeted communication to register.

Matching: Students select the time slot of their choice, labeled as the industry each employer chooses when they register. This allows for more relevant matching between students and industry partners.

Registration Deadline: February 2nd, 2023

There is a 2.5-hour minimum time commitment to participate in this event.
Students will be pre-assigned to each representative through a scheduling system.

Questions? Contact Us!

Viterbi Career Connections

vcareers@usc.edu | 213.740.9677

Event Details:

Our 2023 Viterbi Mock Interview Day will be hosted both on-campus.

Date: Thursday, February 16th, 2023
Location: Michelson Hall (MCB)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Choose from 2 time slots:

10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

You may choose a minimum of one time slot or a maximum of all two.

Each representative will provide behavioral mock-interviews for students one-on-one for 15 minutes.

On-Campus: Michelson Hall (MCB)
Students pre-register for a behavioral mock interview and will be placed into the representatives' time slot(s) at the designated time.
For 15-minutes, representatives will ask students behavior-based interview questions and provide feedback to the student.
There will be a 5-minute break between mock-interviews.

Each 2.5-hour commitment accommodates up to 7 virtual mock interviews.

Matching: Students select the time slot of their choice, labeled as the industry they choose. This allows for more relevant matching between students and industry partners.

How Students Sign Up: Viterbi students pre-register for the event using a scheduling system where VCC labels time slots with the industry and time, and then students self-select the timeslot. For example, if NVIDIA signs up for 3 representatives from 10-12 with the industry as " High Tech/Communications" the system will show students:

10 – 10:15 am : High Tech/Communications
10 – 10:15 am High Tech/Communications
10 – 10:15 am: High Tech/Communications
10:20 - 10:35 am: High Tech/Communications
10:20 - 10:35 am: High Tech/Communications
10:20 - 10:35 am: High Tech/Communications

..and so on. As students sign up, the slots show as “filled".

After registering, the coordinator will receive a logistics email two weeks prior to the event date.

On-Campus Logistics:

We will email you next steps with instructions and ask for any additional information.
Student pre-register to meet you one-on-one for your entire mock interview shift.
You'll receive a calendar invitation with the details of your mock interview schedule.

On The Event Date:

Review the Viterbi Campus Visitor Guidelines before you visit campus.
Plan to arrive 20 minutes prior to your start time to allow for parking, walking, finding the room, and set up.

Parking:

A parking permit code will be provided to you, a maximum of 2 cars are allowed. Provide this code and your Trojan Check to access parking.
Enter campus at the Downey Way entrance - on the cross street of Vermont Ave. and W 36th Place.
Provide the code to the attendant and they will give you a parking pass to leave on your your dashboard.
- If you do not get the parking pass to leave on your dashboard, you will get a ticket. Please only enter the Downey Way entrance and check in using the code provided to you.
Enter the parking garage on the right hand side after entering the Downey Way parking entrance to campus.

Location:

Michelson Hall (MCB)

On the day of the event:

We will provide a Mock Interview Rubric to guide you through the Mock Interviews. Student would like constructive feedback on their interviewing skills.
- Students will be placed at a desk with the representative and will share their resume.
- Representatives will have 15 minutes to review each student's resume, ask behavioral-based interview questions, and provide feedback.
- A announcement will be made to signal that there is 5-minute left for each session.
At the end of the session, students will be moved out of the room. There will be an approximately 5-minute gap before the next student will be placed in the room.
At the end of your shift, you may leave.