The secret to succeeding in an interview is to be prepared. There are three essentials to an interview: knowing yourself, knowing the position, and knowing the organization. Using this information, you can practice answering common interview questions by linking your skills to the requirements for the job with concrete examples.

Learn more about interviews.

Workshops and Tutorials

• Effective Interviewing for Non-Academic Settings (Masters and PhDs)   download    view calendar
  Learn how to prepare for interviews, what to expect during the interview, and how to handle interview questions for non-academic settings.


• Interview Techniques   view calendar
  Develop strategies to enhance your effectiveness in the interview. Learn what to expect in interviews and how to handle difficult and typical questions. Gain interview experience.


• Medical School Interviews    view calendar
  Learn how to prepare for the medical school interview including developing strategies for anticipating and answering questions.


• The Academic Interview (for Masters and PhDs)   download    view calendar
  Learn what the academic interview entails and how to prepare effectively.

Online Resource

is a web-based interview training tool that allows you to practice, record, review, and share video-taped interviews using your personal computer and a web-camera. With over 5,000 tailored interview questions, you can create custom questions lists to help you practice, polish, and perfect your interviewing technique. You can save your recorded responses, and then review them for feedback.

Practice Interviews

Practice and get feedback on your interview skills in this 30-minute session. Please bring a copy of your resume and a job description to your practice interview. Please call 416-978-8000 or visit the Career Centre to book an appointment.

Current students or recent graduates who have attended the Interview Techniques and/or Preparing for the Medical School Interview workshops and are interested in improving or refining their interview skills for work, graduate school or other types of interviews. Please come prepared with a list of questions you would like to practice.