Feeling Fake

I recently completed a mock interview for a fake small animal position. Needless to say I didn't do very well, which is exactly why it was good for me to do. I wasn't specific enough about myself, spoke too much about research/academia, floundered around.

I think it would have been easier if it was a real interview for a job that I was actually interested in. Strictly small animal practice is not my passion, and it's easier to be genuine than fake. Then answers can flow.

Because it was a mock interview with me posing as a fourth-year student, I made up some stuff and felt myself to be sort of "fake" through the process. When the interview was done I found myself still stuck in the ultra-nice/polite mode. It was sort of funny.