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so in my previous video i talked about
how to prepare
for a model interview so let's say
you've been applying to tons of agencies
and you finally got a modeling agency to
respond to one of your applications
they will typically ask you to come in
for an in-person interview
given the pandemic these days a lot of
these interviews have been happening
over skype or over zoom or something
like that
but in this virtual environment whether
you're in person or being virtual
there's still a set of questions that
you need to be prepared to answer
at this interview and that brings me to
today's topic how to prepare for a model
interview
part two again the previous video i
talked about what you need to do to get
prepared
in this video i'm going to tell you some
of the most common questions that an
agency might ask you
and how to respond to those and also
what kind of questions should you guys
have prepared as well
walking into that interview
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all right and just as a quick reminder i
do have an ebook on my website that
tells you how to break into the modeling
industry for those of you who have
absolutely no idea
check out the ebook you can download it
digitally on the website
i also have modeling consultations as
well to help new models and kind of
guide them
through their career so obviously the
agencies are going to want to know how
old you are that will probably be one of
the first few questions
and you definitely want to keep it
honest whether you're older whether
you're younger
keep it honest because it's not about
how old you actually are it's about how
old you look
right so if you're in your 30s and
you're just getting into modelling it
doesn't matter
if you look younger that's how they're
going to market you and again another
reason you want to stay honest is
because they're going to see your social
security number and all of your
id and information and all of that for
the w-2 in tax forms
so if you lie and then they see that
later that's not a good look
another question they're going to ask
you is your measurements how tall are
you
um what is your waistline all that kind
of stuff and it's obviously good to be
honest especially if this is in person
because they're going to measure you at
the end of the interview
so you don't want to get caught lying
just keep it honest and be real
if you don't know just say you don't
know and then they'll do a measurement
afterwards
and then they're going to ask you if you
have any tattoos
again tattoos are not a deal breaker for
the modeling industry whether you have
tattoos or you don't have tattoos
it's not gonna make or break your career
however
um some particular clients prefer models
with no tattoos
having tattoos is not the end of the
world because the makeup artist could
easily
put makeup over your tattoos to make it
look like you have no tattoos at all
i've actually worked with models that
had a full body of tattoos and then the
makeup artist spent
maybe an hour to sort of covering up all
of their tattoos and by the end of it
you could barely tell that they had
anything at all
so again tattoos and piercings is a
common question that the modeling agency
might ask you
the next one and this is a big one is
tell me about yourself
now when a lot of people say tell me
about yourself this is a dreaded
question because
you don't exactly know how to answer it
are you looking for a biography
where do i start from should i start
from when i was born should i start from
you know high school like what do you
what specifically do you want to know
but typically the best way to answer
that question when someone says tell me
about yourself
they're not necessarily looking for your
life story what they're trying to see
is what's unique about you what are you
passionate about
and that's what you need to focus on and
that's what you need to talk about
now when they ask you a question like
tell me about yourself
this should probably be a 60-second
speech
it doesn't need to be a five-minute
detail about your entire life just keep
it short keep it simple
just remember three things when this
question comes up one you want to tell
them where you're from because it gets
them a better understanding of who you
are
secondly you want to tell them something
unique about you whether you have a
special skill whether you speak a
different language
whether you have a pet peeve that's you
know completely different from everyone
else
and third what are you passionate about
so these are the three things that you
guys need to keep in mind
as you answer that question tell me
about yourself and then speaking about
special skills
um so this is a question that's always
going to come up the agent is going to
actually if you have any special skills
now what this means is do you have any
athletic ability
do you play any instruments think about
any special skills that photographs
right
or something that you could potentially
get books for are you a dancer for
example
so these are the types of special skills
that they're looking for
another question that's going to come up
is are you working or are you in school
um you definitely want to be honest with
your schedule but at the same time don't
give the impression that you have almost
no time for modeling even if you're busy
just tell them that your schedule is
flexible and you're willing to do
whatever it takes whether you
need to skip a class or you know call
off a work just to make a cast in
because this is going to be important
for the agents
they want to know that you're flexible
enough that they can send you
to their clients on go sees and you're
not going to disappoint or you're not
going to come up with excuses like oh
i'm sorry i can't make it today because
i have to work or i'm in school i have
this exam etc
because a lot of these go sees and these
castings these opportunities come
almost um blindsided right so there's no
heads up there's no lead you don't have
like a week to think about it
your agent might call you today like hey
can you make a casting in like an hour
or hey can you make this go see tomorrow
so it's there's very short to little
notice given
um so you guys definitely want to keep
this in mind another question that might
come up
is why do you want to pursue modeling
why are you interested in becoming a
model
um so whatever it is just think about
that maybe it's someone that inspired
you or maybe you just want to inspire
other people whatever your reason
of why you want to become a model just
think about that and be ready to talk
about that at this interview
another question that might come up is
are you currently signed with another
agency
because agencies would need to know if
you're currently represented and what
that contract looks like
are you represented for prints are you
representing for runway
is there going to be any conflict if
they intend to represent you
so definitely keep this in mind if
you're already represented another
question that will come up is if you
have any conflicts with any brands so
for example
if you do certain jobs let's say if you
do a shoot for nike
they might sign you to a contract where
you cannot model for a competing brand
within a certain time frame so the
agency would need to know that so that
that way they're not sending you
on adidas cast in if you're currently
have a contract with nike
and then the next question they're going
to ask is if you're comfortable
doing swimsuits and agents would never
actually feel comfortable doing nude
if they do this is what potential red
flag that maybe they're not a legit
agency
and then finally a question that comes
up i don't know why this question comes
up and i don't know
how important it is but i've seen this
question come up many times
is who's your favorite designer i've
been on so many interviews with
different agencies in my career and that
question i feel like comes up
at least 70 of the time so finally
they're going to end the interview by
asking you if you have any questions for
them
but the questions that you guys should
ask is about the contracts
what is the contract structure like are
you looking at exclusive contract or
non-exclusive
if it is exclusive how many years is it
one or two
what divisions am i going to be
represented for am i represented for a
runway
commercial prints commercials whatever
these are questions that you need to
have
who are some of your biggest clients
that you could see me potentially
working for
that's a good question that you guys
should have as well how often do models
on your board
go out to go season castings your
busiest model to your least busiest
model because
you guys need to understand how busy
you're going to be as a model
if they're going to sign you and then
they don't send you out for months you
don't hear anything
this is maybe not the agency that you
want to be with because it means that
they don't have a huge
client list right but if they're sending
the models out like three times a day
then you know okay this is great because
if i get represented by this agency i'm
going to be so busy
i'm going to get a lot of work and my
career is going to grow so these are
questions that you guys need to have in
mind as you walk into that interview
with the agents
so those are my tips for some of the
most
frequent questions that come up during a
model interview if you guys have
questions or anything that came up in
your interview
drop them in the comment box down below
i'll love to hear from you guys
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