Mock Interview - How I felt it went

So today I had to do a Mock Interview as part of my course but also for preparation of my actual interview.

So here is how I felt it went!

• I turned up 5 minutes early which is a good start, and shows I am good at time-keeping and am punctual.
• When my interviewer came to greet me, I smiled, was social and polite which shows I'm happy and enthusiastic.
• When I was led into the interviewing room, I was polite, waited for my interviewer to offer me a seat and sat up straight and kept eye contact.
• At first I was a bit stutter-y but I quickly realized and turn my confidence on and was fine with answering questions without feeling stuck on my answer.
• She asked me about wanting to do a Tattoo Apprenticeship and I answered her honestly saying I did but right now I don't have the time to do it but I have found a Tattoo Studio willing to let me get work experience and planned to take the offer up in the Summer.
• She then asked me about influential artists and so I answered her with an artist I enjoy his work which was London landscapes done in Black Shellac and Resin which is painted quite loosely and left to drip and run down the canvas which gives it a dark, creepy, 'Jack the Ripper/1800's' atomosphere to the piece.
• She asked me to show her my 'Strongest' piece so I picked my 'Famine' skull from my Four Horse series, I explained to her what it was made of, how I got the idea, how I felt making it, the technique and tried to cover all aspects of the piece.
• She then asked me what one piece would I do better on if I had the chance, so I told her about my sculpture and how I would like to have mounted it differently looking back at the project.
• She finally asked if I had any questions so I asked what she did after standard education and she mentioned University so I asked if it was worth it in the modern age and with our current economic climate and she said definitely as you develop your techniques, meet like-minded people, get contacts etc.

My dress-code could probably have been better but due to personal reasons I have been unable to get access to my wardrobe (it sucks!) so I turned up in a leather jacket, leather jeans and cowboy boots however I look at it as showing who I really am.

So after all of it I feel I did pretty well and I will get feedback soon!