Preparing for employment interviews

As I am coming to the end of my university education I need to start thinking about interviews and getting hired somewhere. We go to school to learn how to do our jobs and the ins and out of that and we do an internship to gain experience in our field. But we do not have a lot of training in preparing for interviews. Interviews are extremely important because they are the deciding factor in if we get the job or not. If we have an amazing portfolio but our interview goes horribly mostly likely we won't get the job. We have to be someone that is easy to get along with and that other people will want to work with. So preparing for interviews is just as important as our portfolios.

There are a few ways we can prepare for interviews. One way is to read up on the company before we go to the interview. We need to do our research and be prepared to ask and answer questions about the company. It would also be beneficial to practice interviews. I did Junior Miss in high school and one thing we practiced was how to interview. I feel like this was very beneficial but I would like to refresh what I learned. I also think we need to be confident and humble. We need to feel good about ourselves and our work and know that we will be an asset but we can't not go into it thinking we are the best and there is no one better.