Tips for Crushing Your E-Learning & Instructional Design Interview #485

Instructional Design Interview Tips #485: Challenge | Recap

Let's face it: Most of us don't enjoy job interviews. Whether it's been years since your last one or you've had more than a few recently, they're never something we look forward to. 

But here's the deal: the sooner you prep and know what to expect for your next e-learning or instructional design interview, the more confident you'll feel walking into it. And that's what this week's challenge is all about!

🏆 Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to create an example that helps e-learning and instructional designers prepare for job interviews or identify areas to focus on before the big day.

Your example can be static or interactive, depending on your approach. Here are some ideas to get you started:

• Include at least 10 frequently asked instructional design interview questions
• Use a variety of question types (behavioral, technical, scenario-based)
• Simulate common interview challenges in a mock interview
• Focus your interaction using a behavioral response frameworks (STAR, SOAR, BAR, CAR, or PAR)

🛠️ Focused Practice Areas

Rise 360

• Quizzes, knowledge checks, question banks, accordion and tabs 

Storyline 360

• Form-based questions, freeform questions, results slides, question banks

✨ Share Your E-Learning Work

• Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post.
• Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example.
• Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts, so your great work gets even more exposure.
• Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness.

🙌 Last Week’s Challenge:

Before prepping for this week’s interview challenge, take a look at the creative examples from last week’s interactive markers challenge:

Interactive Markers in E-Learning RECAP #484: Challenge | Recap

👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article.

📆 Upcoming Challenges

• Challenge #486 (12.06): Blended learning with job aids and workbooks. 

  Take a new or existing example and turn it into a practice opportunity by designing a job aid or workbook.