Tessa Davis says you don't need a perfect block of time to prep for interviews. Read a question aloud, record it if you want, reflect on what went wrong, then do it again in three-minute chunks while walking or climbing stairs. Frequent short practice beats waiting for the ideal moment.
And I know it sounds silly, but when we're in that situation where we're trying to prep, we feel stressed about practicing. A number of things will happen. We put it off because we think, I don't have enough time to do this, or it's not, you know, I'll do it next week. We practice a question, and then when we feel it's not going right, we'll stop and start again. This isn't the way to do it. What you need to do is to practice as live. You read a question, you go for it, okay? You answer it, you finish your answer, and then you think— you can record yourself even if you're not doing it in front of someone else— and then you think, okay, how can I do this better? It's only by actually It's actually practicing as live that you're going to start to improve and you're going to see where you need to work. So spending all your time writing stuff down, writing notes, thinking about practicing isn't the same. And you can practice when you're walking in between patients, when you're walking up the stairs, or you're in the bathroom. You know, you literally only need 3 minutes to be able to practice an answer. That's all. You don't need a whole day. So don't wait for the perfect moment. Get on and start practicing. It's going to make a massive difference.
