CALENDAR

History
The Interview Club, an all-volunteer organization, was started in February 2001 by John Murphy (NYU Stern MBA ’00) and Martin Vonderheiden as a way to practice their interview skills. Hamilton Lin (NYU Stern ’00) joined the Interview Club shortly thereafter to help expand its reach and services. Although there are many books, videos, seminars and career counselors for job hunters, one area they noticed that was lacking is intense interview practice. They felt that this very critical step in the process was being overlooked. Preparation is the key to any good sells presentation especially for job hunters and there was a clear need for more opportunities to practice with real feedback.

Since that start, there have been over 40 meetings with over 300 attendees and 100 mock interviews conducted. Numerous guest speakers have come including Allison Hemming from The Hired Guns, Ruth Robbins from The Five O’Clock Club, the founders of the Resume Deli, etc. John, Martin and Hamilton have also conducted full day seminars covering all aspects of the job search with outside career coaches and sales professionals, as well as spoken on job search seminar panels and guest speaking engagements.

The real reward for the club founders has been the success of the participants. From increased confidence to dramatic improvement in prospecting and gaining leads, participants are finding the ability to proactively approach employers and organizations. Finally, dozens of attendees have received job offers (one received five offers over a two month period).