Big Interview
Through self, faculty and staff assessments, Big Interview allows students and alumni to learn about the interview process and sharpen skills. For additional support, students are encouraged to schedule practice interviews with school and college career advisors or the Syracuse University Career Services team.
Big Interview Highlights
- Free for students and alumni to practice virtual and in-person interviews.
- Strengthen interview skills through identified areas for improvement.
- Interview questions support unique professional development goals per user.
- Supportive of academic and industry experiences, faculty and staff are invited to build course curriculum or create a library of questions.
- Big Interview hosts the ability to record practice interviews for self or collaborative campus partner assessment.
Using Big Interview
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- Visit the Alumni Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- Upon completion of your first-time registration, enter the signup code: syr1208
For Faculty and Staff: Please email Syracuse University Career Services to request administrative access.
Users who have an approaching interview and not a lot of time to prepare are encouraged to explore Fast Track Learning resources.
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the dashboard under “Fast Track” select “Start Now.”
Mastery Track Learning provides a deep dive of resources for users seeking to build skills surrounding interviewing, competitive and difficult interview experiences.
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the dashboard under “Mastery Track” select “Start Now.”
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the dashboard under “Fast Track” and “Mastery Track” explore a variety of video lessons surrounding interview preparation, searching for a job, resumes, negotiation and the employment onboarding experience.
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the dashboard top menu select “Practice” and then explore practice interviews, answer resources and a library of questions.
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the dashboard top menu select “My Videos.” Recorded interview videos are available for personal review and to share with others.
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the dashboard top menu select “My Resumes.”
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the dashboard top menu select “Assignments.”
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the dashboard top menu select “Back to Admin.”
- From the dashboard top menu select “Interviews.”
- From the Interviews drop-down menu select “Interview Assignments.”
- From the dashboard top menu select “Add New Assignment.”
- Follow the prompts to add a new assignment.
For a quick tutorial on how to use Assignments in Big Interview, select “How to use Assignments” from the top menu.
- Visit the Syracuse University Big Interview landing webpage.
- In the top right corner select “Login” and when prompted enter your Syracuse University email and password.
- From the top of the dashboard select “My Certificates.”
- Professional Development Questions: Please contact your school or college career advisor.
- Technical Support: Please visit the Big Interview Help webpage or email Big Interview.