Big Interview for Staff

Big Interview is the #1 job interview training tool in the world! Students can use the tool to practice and improve their interviewing skills to feel confident and ready. Staff can utilize Big Interview in multiple ways, including:

Introducing students to the tool so they can explore it on their own!
Encouraging students to complete a specific activity that already exists in Big Interview. The tool has a wealth of pre-created videos and activities.
Create custom interview question sets or course assignments for students. Staff will need organizational administration access to do this (see below for more details).

Frequently Asked Questions

To help students navigate Big Interview or have them complete a pre-created activity, staff do not need to have administrative privileges in the system. All staff and students have access to a Big Interview account by logging in with their NetID through this link or by adding the Big Interview tile in MyUW.

If a staff member wishes to create custom interview question sets or course assignments for students, they will need organizational administration access. To request an administrative account, please contact our campus admin Jeff Shokler at jeffrey.shokler@wisc.edu.

Custom Assignment Creation Guidelines

All assignments created in the wisc.biginterview.com domain will show up in the assignment list together, regardless of who created them. In order to keep the list of assignments manageable, and to know who owns which, we have a set of required naming conventions that should be used.

Please use spaces in your assignment titles (the character limit for assignment titles is unlimited, but the page formatting will not work properly if no spaces are included)
Please include the following information in your assignment titles, at a minimum, and in this order if applicable:
1. Subject short name (e.g. “Anthro” or “Inter-L&S”) and number (e.g. “104”) – unless the assignment is being used outside of a course, in which case, please include the department/unit name
2. Lecture number (if applicable; e.g. “Lec 002”)
3. Semester assigned (e.g. Spring 2023)
4. Assignment title
You may also choose to include the following information if it is relevant or will help you keep track of your assignments in the future:
- Instructor name
- Section number
- School, college, division, or department name
- Session number

*** Remember: use spaces between the values in the title to ensure proper formatting (see example below) ***

Here are some examples of what assignment titles might look like:

Inter-HE 202 Lec 002 OA1 Fall 2022 Interview Assignment

BUS 404 Spring 2023 Interview Prep Assignment Jamie Smith

SoHE Advisor Prep Activity Spring 2023

There are two options for creation assignments: private and public.

	Private	Public
Pros	Only the assignment creator and top level admin can see / edit the assignment	Other admins can grade the assignment (i.e. TAs and student employees)
Cons	Only the assignment creator can grade the assignment (no TAs or other support staff)	All other admins in the system can view and edit the assignment

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get access to Big Interview?

Where can I learn more about Big Interview?

Custom Assignment Creation Guidelines

Assignment Naming Conventions

Public vs. Private Assignments