How to Perform Well in Interviews
Be confident from the start., Do some research on the company., Remember the Job Description and the Person Specification?, Remember how you copied your application form before you submitted it; go over it now and be familiar with it.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Be confident from the start.
Your application was plucked out of many and considered one of the best.
It will have taken them considerable resources to pick through the applicants searching for the right candidate.
Before you even get there you know that your foot’s in the door.
Things are in you favour; don’t forget that as you prepare. , (Google is your best friend here).
Look at the company’s mission statement on their website.
What is it that is driving them; what are their core aims; what is the ethos of the company? Remember, you are looking to fit this mould. , Dig them out.
Get to know them again; they’re old friends.
In the Application Form section we looked at how these documents tell you what the company is looking for.
Revisit these documents.
The mould is there for you to fit. , The last thing you want is to see the interview each member of the interview panel with a copy of an application form you sent to them two months ago, the details of which you have no memory of.
If you’ve been generous with the truth, keeping a copy of your application form will have saved your bacon.
Take all your notes with you on the day.
You may have time for revision -
Step 2: Do some research on the company.
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Step 3: Remember the Job Description and the Person Specification?
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Step 4: Remember how you copied your application form before you submitted it; go over it now and be familiar with it.
Detailed Guide
Your application was plucked out of many and considered one of the best.
It will have taken them considerable resources to pick through the applicants searching for the right candidate.
Before you even get there you know that your foot’s in the door.
Things are in you favour; don’t forget that as you prepare. , (Google is your best friend here).
Look at the company’s mission statement on their website.
What is it that is driving them; what are their core aims; what is the ethos of the company? Remember, you are looking to fit this mould. , Dig them out.
Get to know them again; they’re old friends.
In the Application Form section we looked at how these documents tell you what the company is looking for.
Revisit these documents.
The mould is there for you to fit. , The last thing you want is to see the interview each member of the interview panel with a copy of an application form you sent to them two months ago, the details of which you have no memory of.
If you’ve been generous with the truth, keeping a copy of your application form will have saved your bacon.
Take all your notes with you on the day.
You may have time for revision
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