We have prepared a practice interview using InterviewStream. This is a service purchased by ACU for practicing interview skills. The questions you encounter in this practice interview are the same questions you will be asked in the Foundation Review. Please follow the instructions below:

Taking The Interview

1. Have your 2D or 3D Keystone project where you can see it
2. On a laptop with a camera go to this website and click the “Register” link below the email form (unless you have already registered for this website in which case login and skip to step 4).
3. Complete the registration form on the right side of the page (please remember your login information for the future).
4. On the left sidebar you will see a place to enter your “Assignment Code”. Please copy and paste the following code into that box and click “Register”: VF0KbP0VN9EK
5. Follow instructions to complete your interview

NOTE: This is intended to provide practice for your Foundation Review. The questions you encounter in InterviewStream will be similar, if not identical, to the questions asked in your Foundation Review.

Interview Questions for Reference

The following are the interview questions you will see on InterviewStream. First choose your keystone project from either your 2D Design or 3D Design class. 

1) Formal Analysis
Describe how the formal elements of design (line, shape, texture, value, color, positive and negative space, mass and form, materials, etc.) are at work within this piece. What are the key formal elements and supporting features of the work and how are they woking toward the purpose of the piece.

Don’t feel obligated to address each of these elements systematically, but instead focus on the elements that are most integral to the work.

2) Compositional Analysis
Discuss how you have used the formal elements of design to control the eyepath of the viewer. Feel free to discuss how compositional elements such as perspective, dynamism, balance, continuity, variety, and contrast create points of emphasis, entry, and movement within the artwork.

Again, resist the temptation to use this list of compositional elements and principals as a formula for answering this question, but instead use them as a prompt for focusing your answer on the most relevant elements and principals within your design.

3) Interpretive Analysis (Limit 2 Minutes)
Describe how the elements (line, shape, texture, etc.) and principles (balance, continuity contrast, etc.) you focused on in questions 1 and 2 contribute to the expressive qualities of the piece? What kind of emotional response might they evoke in a viewer?