My first official internship interview...yipeeeeeeee!

Yipeeeeeeeee! yes Louds and Prouds you know when I have any knowledge to share I truly SHARE it.So where shall I start well...I had my first internship interview with one of the most renowned Public Relations and communications organisations in South Africa Booha!                                         I said  it Atmosphere Communications. Unbelievable right out of 55 applications I made it  to the top 14 candidates for the interviews/auditions at the Parktown offices.

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I will not lie Louds and Prouds I was truly nervous firstly I was scared of getting lost to the offices but I made it but let me tell you the whole day was exciting and nerve racking, meeting the 13 other candidates which of course were my competition.Lets face it we were all going for the same job.We had to introduce ourselves in a creative manner indeed,                                                                                  We had to pick an animal that truly represented us and explain why we want to work in Public Relations. Well of course I chose a PARROT! why? because it is exotic,funny and intelligent.

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Oh! my goodness we had a pop quiz about the NEWS and the Public Relations Industry also about Atmosphere Communications itself as an organisation.I am proud to say I held my own and answered a few.Then the knocker of the whole interview was that we had a" FANCY BRIEF" ,Yes you heard me a fancy brief where you get a play-play client brief asking you to come up with a creative campaign around their organisation/product. We had to brainstorm ideas and pitch on the SPOT!

I truly enjoyed my first internship interview and I learned so much.So Louds and Prouds I am going to drop some nuggets of information about Public Relations interviews firstly:

• Do your RESEARCH on the company
• READ up on the Public Relations industry trends
• Seriously Read up on the NEWS (Know whats going on around you)
• Be yourself,use your knowledge, be PRESENT at the interview and ask QUESTIONS!
• NB! you will definitely do a FANCY BRIEF for your Public Relations interviews for internships or jobs
• Also know whats TRENDING ON TWITTER EVERYDAY.