Acing your Instructional Design Interview with Joanna Cappuccilli

[@soysprouts]

Slightly surprised this doesn’t have more comments - this was great! Thank you so much to the both of you for sharing your experiences and tips!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Thanks Mia! We appreciate your support :)

[@thrivebeyondteaching]

I have an initial recruiter call and a second interview next week. This was a goldmine. Thank you both so much!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Best of luck!

[@aminamejdoubi4196]

Joanna is the most relatable person !! Thank you

[@sheri627]

This was time very well spent!! Thank you for all of the great tips!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching, Sheri :D

[@vasundharak9536]

Joanna is quite thorough. Don't think I could prepare so much. Great video however! Especially the part about pulling in stories from your experience. I enrolled in an ID program only to find out that I had already been doing a lot of ID work in my higher ed teaching on a formal level. it really is about setting the narrative. Thank you!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You’re welcome! And yes, Joanna is definitely thorough 😃. Keep up the great work!

[@mtnrange]

Excellent presentation! So helpful. Thank you!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching 😃

[@SpeakingEnglishToday]

This is very useful information. Thank you so much! When I get my portfolio finished, I will definitely return to this video.

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You're welcome! Glad that it's helping :D

[@unmeshzore4719]

Another amazing resource. Thank you to the both of you. I am an aspiring ID based in India, and your content has helped me a great deal in making this transition.

[@tacosushi6161]

I too transition from the field of education to now lxd/instructional designer nice to see someone similar to my experience!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Glad it was helpful! We have a lot of former educators in this community for you to connect with :)

[@widahamidi5389]

Very helpful! Thank you both.

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You're welcome, Wida! Thanks for watching :D

[@tia9966]

I feel better knowing that it's taken Joanna 10 months to prepare because I've been prepping for 8 months and feel like I'm not doing much of anything. I guess I should give myself some grace.

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Yes, definitely give yourself some grace! It's a process and as long as you're making progress, you'll get there :D

[@wendyscott7432]

This was absolutely excellent, thank you. In response to the prospect of a webinar on building Storyline templates together, yes please. (New subscriber).

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Sounds great, Wendy! We're glad that you enjoyed this session :D

[@wendyv227]

Super helpful. Thanks! 🎉

[@BilboDad]

Thank you for this and other content like it. I have a third interview with an organization on Friday. They want me to compete a case study for the team on Friday. Does anyone know what a case study means?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You’re very welcome! And a case study is generally a write-up about a project you’ve completed and the results it produced, but I’m not sure in this context if they’re expecting you to bring one or if it’s going to be a practice assignment of sorts.

[@BilboDad]

@@DevlinPeckYT they’re giving me 40 minutes to complete one, so I’m guessing it’s one they want me to create. Do you think they want to me analyze a project that’s already completed? Do you know of any examples I can study?

[@carmencitalouw7302]

How long did you teach? And what formal ID qualifications did you have before applying. I taught for 2 years...high school level....had experience in corporate training....worked as Facilitator/assessor airline training. Now I reach online using an LMs. I have completed 1 of 4 in a micromasters in ID. What advice do you have for me?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Hi! Joanna taught for a couple of years in the US, 2 years in Korea, and 4 years in Taiwan before coming back to the States and pursuing ID. She doesn't have any ID certs that I know of...all self-taught and the bootcamp! Feel free to join us in the community for advice and support along your journey: www.devlinpeck.com/id

[@flagshipbuilds]

Joanna Cappuccilli, what coding skills do you need for AWS?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Good question, Faizan. Coding skills are not required for roles like this, but showing off that you can use custom xAPI to track user interactions in a Storyline course generally makes a difference for tech roles like this.

[@flagshipbuilds]

@@DevlinPeckYT Where do I learn xAPI from? Do I need to know JASON before xAPI? I think you mentioned it before but it's hard to keep track.

[@funsun3277]

Should you prepare a vision of leadership?

[@ivanoleaanimator]

Please don’t call Experts “Smees” as in we don’t refer to Instructional Designers as ID’s (ih-d-s).

[@superlean5991]

I work in a corporate environment and hear “Smees” exclusively and never hear someone say “S.M.E”. They’ll just say Subject Matter Expert if they want to be long winded.