Careers & Employability Centre

Interview Success

‘You are invited…’

• Congratulations!

• It wasn’t an accident

• …now the real work begins

Why are they doing this to me?

• You’d do the same in their place

• Three lines of enquiry:

•Can you do it?

•Do you really want to do it?

•Do you really want to do it with us?

• Some things are easier to see in person than in writing

Preparing to perform

• Work out in advance

•What they are likely to ask…

•…and how to answer

•Your interviewer(s)

•The logistics of the day

• Arrive feeling quietly confident

• Perform better

Types of interview

• 1 to 1

• Panel

• Phone

• Skype

• Assessment centre

• Case study

• Technical

Types of question

• Biographical

• Motivation

• Competency

• Situational

• Self awareness

• ‘Random’

• Technical

• Strengths-based

Find questions from the vacancy advert

Friday Media Group is a well established, diverse company, with the headquarters situated just 15 minutes from Brighton city centre and with 4 other offices in

Barcelona, Miami, Preston and Wales. The company culture is relaxed, modern and creative, whilst still fast paced and with a strong focus on expanding

internationally.

Your daily responsibilities will involve: Scheduling creative B2C & B2B email campaigns; Writing engaging and fun articles and targeting keywords; Posting

shareable content daily onto their social media profiles and increasing their followers and referral traffic; Outreaching to companies in their niche, establishing

a relationship and exploring ways in which they can benefit each other's websites; Reporting weekly on traffic and activities completed.

Applicants will require the following skills:

Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills

Commercial awareness

Strong writing ability

Willingness to learn and participate

Basic marketing knowledge

Biographical

• Traditional approach

• Know your CV/application thoroughly

• Prepare your story

• USPs

• Gaps and blips

Competency

• Research = no nasty surprises

• ‘Tell us about a time when/give us an example of…’

• Examples can come from anywhere in your life

• Develop your competency grid

STAR

Situation

Task

Actions

Results

Some practical points

• Arrive early but not too early

• Don’t worry about others

• Phone off (or airplane mode)

• Bring a copy of your application

• Everyone is important

• Phone off

Non-verbal behaviour

Non-verbal behaviour

• Tone of voice

• Body posture

• Eye contact

• Smile!

• Breathe!

Your questions

• Have several prepared:

•Career development

•Working conditions

•Training

• Don’t be afraid to ask during the interview

• Don’t be silent if they’ve already been covered

After the interview

• Email/message to thank them

• Make notes

• Then relax!