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Job interviews can be nervewracking - you can get tonguetied, lose your train of thought, fill awkward silences with "um"s and "like"s. A new product brought to Fanshawe students through Career Services and Co-Op aims to calm pre-interview jitters through practicing and getting feedback from the experts.

Fanshawe's portal to InterviewStream launched just a few weeks ago, and it could be a big help to students who are nervous for that all-important job interview.

"Students can practice their interview techniques through this program," explained Liska Martindale-Dubrule, Career Services consultant for Fanshawe's Lawrence Kinlin School of Business. "(The interview) gets recorded, they can send it to their friends, family, they can send it to us as consultants, we can review it."

The service is free to Fanshawe students — all you have to do is go to fanshawec.interviewstream.com, sign up and then start practicing. Click "Conduct interview" on the User Dashboard page to start the mock interview process. First, choose from a wide variety of general and industry-specific questions, and then, using your webcam, record yourself responding to the questions you selected. You have three chances to record each answer. Click "View interviews" in the top right corner to watch all your recorded interviews. You can share your videos with friends, family and consultants from Career Services by clicking the "Assessments" button and then selecting "Invite a user to assess this interview." They can watch your interview without signing up for InterviewStream, and they can leave detailed feedback (including a count of how many times you say "um" or "like") on your video by clicking the "Assessment" button.

Your User Dashboard also includes links to tips and webinars for information from the experts on how to rock the interview.

For more information, check out fanshawec.interviewstream.com.