Role-play Social Interactions

Published by Good Social Skills · 2 min read · Jul 24, 2024
Overview: Role-playing helps prepare for social interactions like acting, job interviews, and important conversations. It builds confidence by simulating real-life scenarios with human feedback.

Are you an actor rehearsing for a play? You will likely ask someone to practice with you.

Are you about to have an important interview for a new job? You might feel anxious and find it helpful to simulate the interview questions with someone.

Do you need to discuss an important matter with a friend or family member? A friend will probably ask you to try it with them first so they can give you their feedback.

All these forms of role-playing are great because they are the closest you can get to the actual interaction or performance.

How to Role-Play Any Social Interaction

Role-playing is one of the best tools in the GoodSocialSkills instructors' toolbox.

Imagine you are about to have an important social interaction, whether it's talking to a friend, coworker, your boss, or someone you're interested in romantically. You can book one or two classes before this crucial event and role-play it with one of our instructors.

What we've found with this kind of practice is that people develop confidence for the actual interaction. Depending on the situation, other important developments can occur. For example, if you are preparing for an interview, we help you practice those difficult questions that you fear because you are unsure how to answer them.

Why Not Use AI to Role-Play?

Recently, Mark Zuckerberg commented in an interview that many people are using AI to role-play their real-life interactions. We think AI is an amazing tool, and we understand why people would feel inclined to use it for this purpose. It's convenient, you can get feedback quickly, and you can repeat the interaction as many times as needed without being judged.

At GoodSocialSkills, we offer you all those benefits plus the advantage of interacting with a real human. With AI, you can practice the words, but for social interactions, how you say things is just as important. AI is still not able to help with that, and if you want to be truly prepared for that important moment, then we can provide the best practice.