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Big Interview - Getting Started [UW Madison]
This document is intended to be a quick primer for Big Interview, including Big Resume. It includes some considerations for students and staff, steps to help them get started, and how to get support.
- Big Interview is a job interview training tool used to prepare for interviews as well as practice and improve interview skills. The platform offers lessons on interviewing best practices, curated sets of questions for users to practice and record themselves, resources for building strong interview answers, as well as provides AI and/or instructor entered feedback on recorded interviews.
- Big Resume, a feature within Big Interview, provides lessons on resume best practices, offers downloadable resume templates, and uses customized scoring guides to provide AI feedback (called ResumeAI) to optimize resumes. It also allows users to create an AI generated cover letter by providing their resume and a job description.
All current students and employees of UW-Madison as well as alumni with active NetIDs have user access to Big Interview and the Big Resume feature. Org admins can create and review interview assignments in Big Interview and/or create customized resume scoring guides and downloadable resume templates in Big Resume.
Student, Alumni & UW Employee User Considerations
General Considerations
- Visit the Big Interview career services page for more information on Big Interview
- Learn about the features of Big Interview through the Big Interview Student Guide or by viewing the Big Interview Getting Started Curriculum
- Select the Getting Started tab from the Big Interview dashboard to locate this.
- Learn about the features of Big Resume through the Guide to Scanning Resume for AI feedback or by viewing the Big Resume Getting Started Curriculum
- Select the Getting Started tab from the Big Resume dashboard to locate this.
- Additional resources and FAQs are available via the Big Interview Help Center
Accessibility
- For more information on Big Interview and Accessibility please see Big Interview - Accessibility & Usability Information
- Big Interview has a statement on their commitment to accessibility for users
Considerations for Organization Administrators
Permission Levels
Org admins are a higher level permission in the Big Interview system. The majority of org admins are career services professionals or instructors/faculty who create or manage assignments focused on interviewing and/or resumes.
All UW employees automatically receive general user access to Big Interview. Thus, if you want to explore or promote Big Interview as a resource but don’t want to utilize assignments, you do not need the org admin role.
Best Practices & Training
Org admins are highly encouraged to utilize the following resources for best practices and to support their onboarding to the system:
Big Interview Resources and User Guides
To understand what Big Interview offers for users and how they interact with the interviewing platform, watch the Getting Started Curriculum
- Select the Getting Started tab from the Big Interview dashboard to locate this.
To create and manage interview assignments, refer to the following instructional documents:
- Creating an Interview Assignment
- Big Interview Best Practices for Org Admins: refer to the Custom Assignment Creation Guidelines for assignment naming conventions
- Reviewing an Interview Assignment
- Rating and Reviewing Practice Videos
- Creating Custom Interview Sets
- Managing Assignment Sharing & Ownership
- Additional Admin User Guides created by OACS
Big Resume Resources and User Guides
To understand what Big Resume offers for users and how they interact with the ResumeAI and learning platform, watch the Getting Started Curriculum. Select the Getting Started tab from the Big Resume dashboard to locate this.
Training and Support from the Office of Academic and Career Success (OACS)
- Training will be listed on the OACS event calendar. Options include:
- Big Interview: How to create and manage interview assignments
- Big Resume: How to create and manage resume scoring guides and templates
- Pose questions and connect with other admin users via the UW-Madison Big Interview & Big Resume Microsoft Teams channel
- Email Ilsa May, Assistant Director for Career Services Technology, at ilsa.may@wisc.edu
Information to Share with Students
- More information about Big Interview
- Big Interview Student Resources:
- Log-in link for Big Interview (via NetID)
- Big Interview Getting Started Curriculum
- Select the Getting Started tab from the Big Interview dashboard to locate this
- Big Interview Student Guide
- VideoAI Feedback
- Big Resume Student Resources
- Log-in link for Big Resume (via NetID)
- Big Resume Getting Started Curriculum
- Select the Getting Started tab from the Big Resume dashboard to locate this
- Guide to Scanning Resume for AI feedback
- Big Interview Help Center
Accessibility
- For more information on Big Interview and Accessibility please see Big Interview - Accessibility & Usability Information
- Big Interview has a statement on their commitment to accessibility for users
How to Get Started with Big Interview
Steps for Students, Alumni & UW Employees
- Navigate to Big Interview or Big Resume. You can also access them through the Big Interview app on MyUW.
- Log in with your UW-Madison NetID and password
- You can switch between the Big Interview and Big Resume apps/dashboards by selecting the 3x3 dotted tile at the upper left hand corner of the website (see image below)
- Review the Getting Started Resources:
- Big Interview Student Guide
- Big Interview Getting Started Curriculum
- select the Getting Started tab on the Big Interview dashboard
- Big Resume Getting Started Curriculum
- select the Getting Started tab on the Big Resume dashboard
- If you have an interview or resume assignment to complete, refer to your instructor and/or career advisor for the interview assignment or resume scoring guide access code
Steps for Organization Administrators
- Request Org Admin access via the Qualtrics survey
- If approved, you will receive an email confirming your account
- After receiving org admin access to Big Interview:
- Navigate to Big Interview or the Admin Dashboard. You can also utilize the MyUW Big Interview app.
- Login with your UW-Madison NetID and password
- You can switch between the Admin mode/dashboard and Big Interview and Big Resume apps/dashboards by selecting the 3x3 dotted tile at the upper left hand corner of the website.
- Use the onboarding and training resources within the above Best Practices & Training section of this KB.
Questions and Support
- Big Interview is a career services tool centrally supported by the Learn@UW-Madison team. For NetID login, account access, account issues, and UW-Madison specific best practices, students and staff should contact the DoIT Help Desk.
- The DoIT Help Desk provides staff and students with free tech support and troubleshooting help by phone, email or chat.
- For technical help within the tool, students and staff should contact Big Interview support via the chat feature through the Help Center on the Big Interview webpage or mobile app.