This is a summary of notes I took while listening to an awesome podcast named as "Styrofoam" created by IDC (IIT Bombay) students to assist other design students. Even if you read these notes, I recommend that you listen to the original podcast series on Soundcloud because it is a lot of fun.
INTERVIEW
- Be genuine. It's impossible to oversize enough. This includes everything from not overstating skills and knowledge that the interviewer may inquire about to accurately describing the contribution that you make to the studio. Don't overestimate your abilities just to get by.
- It's perfectly acceptable to state that you don't know. They don't ask for your specific contribution to a group effort, but they do prefer that you can identify your role, responsibility, and contribution.
- Never claim credit for someone else's work. It's fine to be inspired and borrow, but make sure you credit them properly. Avoid claiming that something is original when it isn't. Simply focus on your own work.
- Be sincere. They don't ask a standard set of questions. Answer questions about your interests, what moves you, your obsessions, and what excites you in a natural and authentic way. Do your homework before expressing an interest in a particular field, such as agriculture, disability, economy, or business. You should be able to demonstrate that you care about them. Show genuine passion rather than trickery interest.
- It's fine if you're unsure about what you want to do next. However, being motivated to learn and having a few preliminary ideas to work with will be far more useful than simply claiming to be interested.
- Be at ease and true to yourself. The interview can be nerve-wracking, and the day can be confusing. Prepare for questions about your experience in the studio test, your hometown, or even today's breaking news.
- Consider the interview as the first step in presenting your work to the critique group. In the future, there will be more presentations. So unwind. Simply show what you're working on in your projects.
- So be in the right frame of mind and believe in yourself, your work, and your portfolio. Prepare to explain your background and why you want to pursue that particular discipline, as well as your motivations for doing so, what you plan to do with it in the future, how you'll apply it to current issues, and why you're attempting to pursue higher studies in design at this time.
- There may be questions about whatever you bring with you, such as the type faces you used, the type of bindings in your portfolio, the approach you took in a project, your current knowledge of a software, your expectations from the course, and how you plan to use it in the next two years, and so on.
- Keep track of all of your tests and responses since the exam and write a report about them. There will also be questions about them. Also, be open to questions you haven't thought of yet.
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