Interviewing Process--Design Interns

I think that the structure of my interview was very efficient. The first question was the classic "Tell us a little bit about yourself". I think that is a very good question, becasue it allows the interviewee to just freely speak about themselves both professionallyand personally. After I answered the question, I proceeded to showcae my portfolio, giving brief explanations of each as I went along. I do think that the prospective interns should be a few mroe design specific questions like, "How would you describe your design style?", "Are you familiar with corporate identity and the its language?", "Are you familiar with designing for a very specific audience?".....I think questions like these would gived them some more insight to what their role would be as a designer here at SHM. My favorite part hands down, is the on-the-spot ad creation. I love the surprise, and it is actually quite relevant because there will be times where you will be be designing/creating things that you don't expect. It shows who can think on their feet. There have been many times where I had to be creative in a very short time period. The only thing with the on-the-spot-ad surprise is that every designer can not draw! (which in my eyes is sinful). For the non-drawers, I think allowing them to hop on Illustrator is just as effective. I also think that having the current graphic assistant in the interview is great because it creates a sense of ease (being that most of the graphic design students at Drexel are somewhat familiar with one another).