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Interview Skills

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Types of interview questions Introductory Questions Tell us about yourself Talk us through your CV Motivational Questions Why do you want this job? Why do you want to work for this company? Competency based Questions Tell me about a time when…… Give me an example of when you have used your communication skills

Using the STAR technique to answer competency based questions • Situation – outline the situation • Task – describe the task you had to carry out • Action – clearly describe how you completed the task and the steps taken • Result – tell the interviewer what happened as a result of your action (this should always be positive)

Please give me an example of when you have worked in a team? THE STAR TECHNIQUE Situation – As part of my university course I was placed in a group where we had to advertise a product Task – We had to think about who were our target audience and decide what advertising methods would be most effective and then design the campaign Action – Here clearly outline how you worked together and the part you played. E. g. I was responsible for ……. . And we ……… Result – We received really positive feedback and the company who sponsored the project said this is an idea they would take forward

Identifying Competency based questions Activity Using a job description you find on one of the job websites, identify 3 competencies required for the job and create two suitable competency questions

Questions to ask at end of interview Stay away from questions around • Training or progression • Salary • Size of team • Holiday • Anything that would affect you taking the role • Benefit

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