facing rejections, could someone recommend a book

[arslan.]

got rejected from UCL after interview, hit me quite badly. i am getting all the interviews but my interview performance lets me down. the way things are going it look likes i'll end up applying again next year, i still have a couple of chances.

i was thinking i should get a book to help prepare for answers, the ucl interview was really standard, what qualities of doctor? was sending man to moon good idea? but i still messed up.

so i looked for books and there are too many, theres one that analyses 150 questions which looks good, but could someone please recommend me one.
thanks.

[Gizmo says -]

the best way to answer these questions is to be genuinely interested in the profession you are applying to enter, macca, whether thats truely medicine or farming or moto racing or watever it turns out to be. That way, you'd ave the answers a year afore you go to interview. You'd ave wurked out if anyone of those professions is the one for you, and during that process of wurking fings out you wuld ave found all the bones to the answers to any query they can throw at you.
Then questions like this will be a walk in the park. in all onesty, thats the best answer anyone culd giv you.

[arslan.]

i get what you're saying. that's why i never invested in a book like this before. but should i not give myself every chance possible?

i'm sorry if it sounded like i want model answers, this is far from it, my problem is and clarity and structure to my arguments, if a book can help in that, even if it helps a little, i think perhaps it would be worth it.

i just want to take every measure to avoid further rejections by any means, if someone thinks a book for interview prep. is good please recommend or tell me if i should go about this differently like Gizmo says. btw thanks Gizmo

[Gizmo says -]

if you want to avoid rejection, do summat you wont be rejected in cos you know the answers too it, becos you want to do it so much that the answers are part of your DNA by now.

structure means simply a beginnig middle and end to your answer, and giv more than one side to the issue if its an opinion thats being asked for.
nerves mite be your enemy, but dont let em be if thats the case (you aint mentioned them yet). the interviewer is jus the same as you, as is the janitor, the other candidates and the ice cream man you pass on the way to the interview room (slurpslrup!)
an interview is a chance to shine so why not tek it? theres no reason not to, so you may as well giv it a good shot.

[arslan.]

sounds good to me Gizmo, i'm feeling more confident. and yes you got it, nerves is my biggest problem and has led to my downfall in interviews so far. because with nerves i jump into the question and so give a jumbled up answer.

i can see why you are against interview prep. book. i'll work on controlling nerves and give it everything i have.

[Gizmo says -]

sure, they jus want your cash, man.
you're better off getting s book by Anthony Robbins from the library.
Also Wat Color iS your Parachute? is a wonderful book for after the exams.

[Medic2013]

what you might want to try (helps me) is to sit in fornt of a mirror and talk......

(i am not schizophrenic!)-it really helps-as you can see yer body language and if there any annoying mannerisms you may have. get some to critically analyse yer ps, make some q's up and just talk. then practise with family and mates. dont learn answers off by heart-but be confident!

[Miss Monkey]

Before my first interview, I had a couple of practice ones (two with a doctor, and one with teachers at school.) I was really nervous before they started, but found I relaxed a lot when I got going. They were able to point out any obvious mistakes (e.g. talking too quickly, figeting.) I performed better in these than in my real thing (the nerves didn't just evaporate in the real thing unfortunately!) but I had things in my head.

I think how you say things is as important as what you say. A book may help you with what to say, but cannot teach you to communicate. I have a book called 'Getting into Medical School, by James Burnett and Joe Ruston' (from eBay.) However, I found it very useful to print off lots of possible interview questions and just look at them and think about what I would say. I would definitely not recommend learning answers by heart though!

[mixalot]

^That book is quite good. Only goes through the basics tho. I found the best practise for interviews was to get as many mock interviews as possible. Often in interviews, its not so much what you say but how you say it and whether you can justify it...and that comes with practise.

[Gizmo says -]

yey money is the answer to everyfing, isnt it?

when the answer is simply in you, baby.