Interview advice and preparation hints and tips
Interview Advice
This section provides useful advice on how to prepare and perform your best at interview.
Are you preparing for interview? This section provides useful tips for preparing for a job interview. There is a video that is designed to be of use to anyone but may be of most use to you if you are starting out, or in the early stages of your career. In addition, there is a booklet that goes alongside the video.
Interview Videos
The videos in this section offer practical tips and advice for:
• Before your Interview
• During your Interview
• After your Interview
Knowing the Job / Organisation
Find out as much as possible about the job and the company for which you are applying. This will help you decide if the job is right for you and will give you more confidence in the interview.
• Check out their website.
• If you can, get a copy of their brochure and marketing material.
• Check the newspapers or online for any recent press releases on the company.
• If possible, talk to some people in the organisation, as this will give you an insight into how the organisation is run.
Know the Skills / Qualities for the Job
• For many of our interviews the skills/qualities required will be published in the application form. Typically each skill/quality will be described in two to three lines or a short paragraph. It is important that you read this carefully and understand what is required under each skill/quality.
• These skill/quality descriptions are usually carefully worded and contain a number of key words, which should give you an insight into what the employer sees as key to this role. Try to make sure you use these as a cross check against the experiences etc you want to talk to the interview board about.
Knowing Yourself
• In advance of applying for a job (i.e. even before filling in the application form) it is worth taking time out to analyse yourself.
• Know your own strengths, and the areas where you need to develop / improve.
Here are a few tips, which should help you prepare for completing an application form or attending for interview.
• Write down your education and work experience to date and your main interests/hobbies. A CV type approach would be very useful for doing this - you may have it done already!
• Write down what you see as your main achievements to date, things that you are proud of, and where you feel you made a significant contribution, in any area of your life.
• Don't be modest or shy about this - this is not the time to hold back!
• Aim to include about 10 different achievements altogether, from different areas in your life e.g. education, work, interests etc.
• Write down what you see as your strongest qualities or skills. List about 5; try to pick the qualities that you feel are most relevant to the job you are applying for.
Preparing your Examples / Experiences
• It is important to remember that an interviewer will want to know how YOUR experience, skills and qualities prepare you for the job in question.
• For each achievement/experience you have identified already, here are a few tips on how to expand and flesh out the detail. You will need to be able to do this in the interview.
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This section provides useful advice on how to prepare and perform your best at interview.
Are you preparing for interview? This section provides useful tips for preparing for a job interview. There is a video that is designed to be of use to anyone but may be of most use to you if you are starting out, or in the early stages of your career. In addition, there is a booklet that goes alongside the video.
Interview Videos
The videos in this section offer practical tips and advice for:
• Before your Interview
• During your Interview
• After your Interview
Knowing the Job / Organisation
Find out as much as possible about the job and the company for which you are applying. This will help you decide if the job is right for you and will give you more confidence in the interview.
• Check out their website.
• If you can, get a copy of their brochure and marketing material.
• Check the newspapers or online for any recent press releases on the company.
• If possible, talk to some people in the organisation, as this will give you an insight into how the organisation is run.
Know the Skills / Qualities for the Job
• For many of our interviews the skills/qualities required will be published in the application form. Typically each skill/quality will be described in two to three lines or a short paragraph. It is important that you read this carefully and understand what is required under each skill/quality.
• These skill/quality descriptions are usually carefully worded and contain a number of key words, which should give you an insight into what the employer sees as key to this role. Try to make sure you use these as a cross check against the experiences etc you want to talk to the interview board about.
Knowing Yourself
• In advance of applying for a job (i.e. even before filling in the application form) it is worth taking time out to analyse yourself.
• Know your own strengths, and the areas where you need to develop / improve.
Here are a few tips, which should help you prepare for completing an application form or attending for interview.
• Write down your education and work experience to date and your main interests/hobbies. A CV type approach would be very useful for doing this - you may have it done already!
• Write down what you see as your main achievements to date, things that you are proud of, and where you feel you made a significant contribution, in any area of your life.
• Don't be modest or shy about this - this is not the time to hold back!
• Aim to include about 10 different achievements altogether, from different areas in your life e.g. education, work, interests etc.
• Write down what you see as your strongest qualities or skills. List about 5; try to pick the qualities that you feel are most relevant to the job you are applying for.
Preparing your Examples / Experiences
• It is important to remember that an interviewer will want to know how YOUR experience, skills and qualities prepare you for the job in question.
• For each achievement/experience you have identified already, here are a few tips on how to expand and flesh out the detail. You will need to be able to do this in the interview.
Read more | publicjobs.ie