Upper Midwesterners tend to speak modestly of themselves, Vickie Bortz says. That may be good in many situations, but not for job interviews.
Bortz, a legal assistant for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said people need to set aside their shyness in a job interview. She was one of about a dozen interviewers at Mock Interview Day, sponsored by the UW College of Letters and Science Career Services Office, Wednesday at the Memorial Union.