Performing at interviews

1. Pauline Ascroft
Careers and Employability
Mar 2012

2. Who would you most
like to be stuck in a
lift with and why?

3. Can you do the job?
Will you do the job?
Will you fit in?
You get to assess THEM too!

4. •Prepare your documents/’portfolio’
•Plan your journey
•Re-read the application
•Research the industry
•Research the employer
•Anticipate questions and consider
answers
•Prepare YOUR questions

5. Remember your documents
Dress appropriately
Arrive early
First impressions count
– shake hands, smile, eye
contact, relax, speak clearly, don’t fidget
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/nvc.htm
http://ltss.beds.ac.uk/careers/first_impressions/

6. Panel
Informal
1:1
Telephone
Assessment centre

7. Personal
Hypothetical/scenario
Competency based
Technical
Topical
Surprise
Inappropriate

8. Why have you applied for this job?
What 3 words describe you best ?
What have you recently been working on?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years’ time?
What do you see as the main
challenges facing ..........
Tell me about a time when you worked
as part of a team to achieve an objective?

9. •Don’t panic, listen carefully, answer the actual question
•Take your time –support with concrete examples
•Lots of possible answers to some questions
•Be positive and enthusiastic
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/bemyinterviewer/i
nterviewers/Duncan-Bannatyne.php
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-can-i-
make-a-good-first-impression-2

10. Work itself, training and career
development
Opportunity for further study
Make - up of the teams
Appraisal systems
NOT holidays, pensions, bonuses!
Covered everything?

11. Review your performance
What went well?
Which questions were difficult?
Ask for feedback
Send a follow up ‘thanks’

12. Careers Centre
 Based at FCH
 Careers Adviser appointments daily (and in vacation)
 PK appointments every Wednesday and Thursday in
term time
 On line guidance
 Range of careers resources
 Web page-check out ‘Destinations’ resource for great
CV and careers advice
Prospects
www.glos.ac.uk/careers
www.gradsouthwest.com
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