Congratulations! How are things going? Your interview sounded perfect. I would never have thought to do or say some of the things you did. You were just incredibly thorough. I would love to work with you. You sound really knowledgeable, friendly and helpful.

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I figured I might as well post my interview process as well. It was at a MAC store on a BUSY Thursday evening. The manager brought me into the beauty studio and already had out the brushes, skincare, alcohol and other stuff that I was required to use.

She told me to do a natural look, so I went out and got the shadows that I wanted and everything else for face. While I was doing her makeup, I explained each brush that I used as well as one or two more uses for that particular brush. I also explained different ways to wear each color that I put on her eyes, lips and cheeks. *Have you all heard that many African Americans have two-toned skin, as in lighter and darker areas of the face, so you need to use two foundations? Well I knew it and STILL messed up!* So after I finshed her face, I evaluated it. My model needed another foundation color on her forehead because it was INCREDIBLY washed out, her eyeliner was crooked on the left side and her lips were just plain boring. So, the manager came in and asked what I thought of my work, and I made the comments that I just stated. She also said that she needed MAJOR concealor under her eyes, and showed me a great trick with the 222 brush.

Now, I had to go through the conversion to the evening look. Very simple. Added some carbon to her eyeliner with the 219 and smoked it out, a little more espresso in the crease, a tad bit more blush cream, Vino lip liner and Currant lip pencil.

So, the trainer came in and said she looked great and the manager siad she looked great (although I was so disappointed in my work, I have done MUCH better on the model just going out to the club!) So I had my oral interview the next week, got the freelance gig two weeks later!

I know it wasn't very detailed, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Thanks hun! :-P

Which store did you go to? Tyson's?

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Congratulations Erin! Thanks a lot for your demo description, it really helps!

I'll have mine in a few days in Paris (I already had an interview 2 months ago...) and what concerns me is the model I have to bring.
I assume she must be like a typical MAC customer, talking about the style, the age, etc...?
I didn't have much choice, for nearly all of my friends are working... if I could, I'll bring one of my best friend, she's 21, has a flawless skin, beautiful hair and she's very thin. Looks like a model!
But otherwise, I wonder if I could bring someone older, like 40-50 years old...

Oops, I haven't been on for awhile! I had my interview at the Towson Store in MD.

Congrats to the ladies who landed the job. I come to the right place, my interview is next Tuesday and I am SOOOO NERVOUS!! Basically, I taught myself everything I know, and I know I dont know everything. I did not know that I need to talk and try to sell while doing my models makeup! Now Im SUPER nervous
Advice please!

Thank you that was so helpful! I just went into MAC here in Bath the other day and they offered me the job interview. The question and answer section went well but I'm a little nervous about my demo. I've done plenty of stage makeup but when I'm doing makeovers on people I know I use my fingers on the whole. Will it count against me if I use products instinctively rather than by the book?

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DO NOT USE YOUR FINGERS!!! Whatever you do..

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Ahh I know this! Heehee I'm just saying will it matter if i just use the brushes they way I think they'll work for me? I am learning with brushes atm but i'll proably use the wrong ones or something....

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Oh ok.

Yeah, use them the way you know how.

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I just wanted to share my demo interview for a free-lance position because it was a bit different than the other experiences I've read about on here.

I found out on a Tuesday and my interview was that Friday. I asked my sister-in-law to be my model. I've never done her makeup but because of the short notice and the interview being at 2:30 it worked out quite well for her schedule. Plus she is really beautiful, has amazing features and the most to die for lashes you will ever see, I swear it looks like she's wearing flasies even when she has no mascara on.
I was told to have her wear all black.
We showed up about ten minutes before the interview. The counter was swamped so we had to wait for a few minutes for the manager to be available.
I was shown where we would be sitting and was given the option of whether I wanted Tamsin (my sis-in-law) to face the window or away from it. I chose for her to face the window because I felt the natural light was better.
I was handed a random group of brushes including the #150, #190, #217, #224 and #263. I was shown where the various products were, given a brief over-view of the different powders and foundations and was shown where the various applicators were.
I asked for a petrie dish, some rubbing alcohol and sanitizer.
I followed typical santizing prodecures which are out-line in other posts on here.
I wasn't given a face chart and instead was given this scenario
"Your customer is a bride that is getting married today, doesn't usually wear makeup but wants to try some plums on here eyes."
I had a few minutes to gather the products I wanted to use and was given 45 minutes to complete the look.
They were so busy that they didn't seem to watch me that closely which kind of made me sad because I was filling Tamsin with info on the products, what I was doing, how I was doing it, why, prices, you name it.
They did let me know when I had about 15 minutes left which was nice.
At the end the manager that had set me up came over along with the district manager who I had my second interview with and they also brought over a trainer that was there that day. Ah I was so nervous!
They were all very sweet, gave me helpful feedback and that was it!
They told me that they would clean up and they insisted saying it was faster when they did it

I will add that I was very careful about sanitization and when I touched Tamsin's face I placed a tissue between my hand and her skin.

That's about all I can think of!

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My demo was a tad bit different so I'll share it while it's still fresh in my mind.

I went to the counter with my cousin (my model) and there were two other girls there for the demo interview. The assistant manager gave us a run down of the sanitation procedure and then she said that the manager would come to give us our scenario. The manager told us that we'd have 20 minutes to do our demo. Yeah ONLY 20 minutes!!! Within that 20 minutes we had to get all our products, sanitize everything, and complete the make-up demo. She told us that our model was new to MAC and was going to meet with her boyfriend and his parents for the first time. She said to be sure to remember the current trends.

I rushed to get everything I could and started doing the demo. I introduced myself to my model and started with her eyes right away. I explained to her why I was started with her eyes, because it's easier to clean up the fall out without retouching all her foundation, and explained to her every step I did including what brushes I was using. I did a neutral look for her. I used Nylon e/s as a highlight, Jete e/s (Danse) on her lid because it was neutral but it still had the color to add to her look, I used All That Glitter e/s in her crease, Sable e/s on her outer third, and Carbon e/s outer v. I explained to her that she could make Carbon a very dark an intense color or she could make it very sheer to just add depth to the eyes. I did it very sheer on her because of her scenario. I lined her lid with blacktrack but in a rush I skipped lining her lower lashline.

I then applied Strobe Cream to her skin for a moisturizer and explained to her how important it was to use a moisturizer. I told her that often I wear Strobe Cream alone if I don't put on any foundation. Then I applied PP Face and told her how it evens out her skin and adds a layer between her skin and her foundation. Then I applied her foundation and set it with a powder. I used Sunbasque blush on her and showed her out to apply it.

I lined her lips with a lip combo from Danse, I forgot exactly what I used for this.

I just had enough time to spray some Fix+ on her before time was up. Then the managers come up and asked me to tell them what I did. I made sure to break everything down as much as possible and tell them every single product I used, why I used it, and the purpose of it.

They asked me if I could do anything different what would it be. I told them that I wanted to make the lips a little darker and I had to skip putting liner on the lower lashline so I could finish everything else. They said that's the only recommendations they had but told me that I did a great job for the time I had. Hopefully they ment it and weren't just being nice haha.

They went to go talk to the other girls and told me to just hang out. I took that time to put everything back where it was supposed to be and make sure my station was clean. Throughout the demo I used a lot of tissues haha. I used them to place between my hand and her skin and to wipe off all the shadows and blush and all that stuff. I made sure to throw away everything after I used it.

They said that they'd give me a call after the weekend madness was done so now I'm juse waiting. So I guess not all demos are the usual 30 minutes! :-\ Hopefully they realized the time crunch.

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