Advice and Tips

Successful Interviewing

Interview tips:

• Thoroughly review your CV before the interview.
• Have all the necessary details of your interviewer to hand (name, title, address, phone number).
• Work out your route, transport and parking and allow plenty of time for your journey.
• Familiarise yourself with the role and its responsibilities.
• Research the company and the interviewer.
• Prepare yourself for technical questions.
• Relate your past experiences to the new role and explain how you can benefit the company.

In order to prepare for an interview we have outlined a number of frequently asked questions:

• Why do you want to/did you leave your job?
• What interests you about this role?
• Why do you want to work for this company?
• What experience do you bring to this position?
• What are your career aspirations?
• Why should we hire you?
• What is your greatest achievement in your current position?

Here are some examples of competency based interview questions:

• Tell me about a situation where you had to overcome difficulties.
• How did you overcome them?
• Describe a scenario where you implemented a change at work. How did you go about it and what were the outcomes?

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