Pro Cheer Audition Advice: 6 Tricks to Help You Memorize Interview Answers
Interviews are an essential component of professional cheerleading auditions because they help the judges evaluate a candidate's personality, outside interests, and overall potential to be part of the team.
To prepare for the interviews and boost your chances of making a positive first impression, you need to reflect on your experiences and values, and brush up your knowledge of the sports and the pro cheer team you're auditioning for.
You will be asked questions such as:
- Why do you want to become a professional cheerleader for our team?
- Who is the football organization's president?
- Who is the football team’s general manager?
- In what ways do you think our sports team can do better this coming season?
- Tell us how you will balance your outside life with the busy schedule of our dance team promotional and game calendar.
As you can tell, these questions need careful research and of course, some memory hacks. The last thing you want is to forget what you've read and rehearsed in your mind. Today's article will teach you ways to memorize things easily.
1. Eliminate distractions.
First of all, don't allow anything to distract you while you're memorizing interview answers. Turn off your phone or put it in silent mode. Shut the door. If you should pick a certain time of the day to rehearse interviews, that would be early in the morning when you are more rested and everyone else at home is still asleep.
2. Understand and become interested.
It's easier to remember something if we reflect on its meaning and implications. Think about how a piece of information relates to your personal life and experiences. Most importantly, be passionate about the thing you've just learned. Find a way for that thing to excite you.
3. Create visual representations.
Remembering the names of people in teams and organizations doesn't have to be difficult. Here's a fun trick: Tie a name to an object or action that would closely resemble the name. For example, if an important person's name is Mike Martin, you can think of a microphone inside a martini glass. The funnier the visual representation is, the more likely you are to recall it.
4. Make up a story in your mind.
If there are pieces of information that need to be memorized in order, for example, questions such as "Tell us a bit about yourself?" or "What is one of your most exciting memories?" connect the ideas together to form a story.
5. Write it down and read it out loud.
If you run out of mental hacks for something that's hard to remember, don't forget that you can simply write that out. Jot it down on a piece of paper and read it out lout again and again. The act of writing and reading reinforces the knowledge into your long term memory
6. Teach what you've learned.
Sharing something to others will force your brain to remember details. I would recommend that you nominate a friend or family member who's willing to be your "student." Have that person listen to your "lessons" and ask him or her to provide feedback. That way, you will know whether you've conveyed an idea clearly.
Final Thoughts
Last but not least, research more questions which you think will be asked during the interviews. You should also keep on practicing how to deliver your answers so that you will appear confident and sound natural. That said, I wish you luck!
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