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CV Writing
• Interviewers will often have these documents and ask you about them
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CV Tip!• Prepare by having a quick
read-through
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Handling Questions• Predict and prepare for
questions
• Try not to answer ‘I don’t know’
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Handling Questions• Run through basic questions
with friends and family
• Avoid ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ answers
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How long do you speak for?
• don’t be too brief; give enough detail to be convincing
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The Two Minute Ruledon’t speak for longer than two
minutes in response to a question.
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Asking questions back• Always try to ask something
back
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Asking questions back• Use the opportunity to learn
more about responsibilities at a new job, any unknown elements of a course etc.
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Interview Blunders
• Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a "private" conversation.
• Candidate flushed the toilet while talking to the interviewer during a phone interview
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•When applicant was offered food before the interview he declined, saying that he didn't want to line his stomach with grease before going out drinking.
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• A candidate for an accounting position said she was a "people person," not a "numbers person."
• Taken from www.careerbuilder.com
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Getting there• Do not trust public transport.
• Aim to arrive on site 20 mins before expected.
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Getting there•Walk in 10 mins early.
• Call to double check time/date/place/parking and that the post has not been filled the day before.
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How to give the right signals
• Face
• Eyes
• Hands
• Posture
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Other Behaviour
Sitting
Language
Drinking
Smoking
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Dress Code• Be conservative in your
appearance.
•Wear something that is comfortable.
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Dress Code• Aim for a clean and smart look.
• Office-wear usually works well.
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Basic interview tipsDo…
• think carefully about the impression you want to create• consider the image that’s
appropriate to organisation
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Do• choose an outfit you’re
comfortable in
• take relevant information with you
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Do…• report to reception in good
time - give yourself a few minutes to gather yourself
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Basic interview tipsDon’t
• stay up to late the night before
• overdo the curry, garlic or alcohol
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Don’t…• grab the first outfit in the
wardrobe• have a last minute cigarette on
arrival• leave your mobile phone on
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Remember• They are meeting you for the
first time
•Make a good impression
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Remember• Be yourself
• Smile
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Activity
• Get into pairs/threes
• Role-play an interview
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