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To ask if you take notes with you into interviews?

38 replies

SoloWanderer · 30/09/2024 20:06

Do you bring notes into interviews, especially for senior or management roles? How has this worked for you?

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boulevardofbrokendreamss · 30/09/2024 21:48

I was going to interview recently, always took a notebook. Got the job.

mnahmnah · 30/09/2024 20:48

I was interviewing for a senior position and took my notes with me just in case, to several different sessions. I only checked them once. Didn’t get the job. The only negative feedback was the fact I checked my notes. Two years on and I’m not still bitter about it at all 😂

MayaPinion · 30/09/2024 20:38

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 30/09/2024 20:22

Notes - yes, but me dragging a huge whiteboard was a big, big mistake.

😂😂😂

MayaPinion · 30/09/2024 20:37

No never. In my field I have to be ‘the expert’. If I had to memorize or read from notes I would look like I hadn’t fully prepared. I’d look like I was doing a Father of the Bride speech or interrogating a suspect. That doesn’t mean I don’t prepare to within an inch of my life. I do, but by the time I go into that interview room I am a swan who’s totally on top of the brief.

Cheeseandcrackers40 · 30/09/2024 20:29

I did for my last interview, presented it nicely on an A3 sheet so it was easy to glance at and find what I needed. Gave it to the interviewers at the end in case it helped them remember what I had said for their scoring, plus it showed the prep I had done. I got the job.

Royalshyness · 30/09/2024 20:26

No but I really revise and bullet point notes & leave in the car then

Munie · 30/09/2024 20:26

Absolutely. It shows you have prepared and means you can refer to them in what they know is a tense situation to make sure you cover everything. An interview isn't a memory test to trot out prepared responses. It's to adapt to what you're being asked with a range of good examples. It's always worked well, but then I'd always be expected to produce written documents and resources, and check data when presenting information in the job applied for.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 30/09/2024 20:22

Notes - yes, but me dragging a huge whiteboard was a big, big mistake.

KrisAkabusi · 30/09/2024 20:20

Yes. I don't always use them, but they're there if needed.

Bringautumnnights · 30/09/2024 20:14

Always, I have a few star examples, notes on how my CV fits, notes on my research of the teams work, questions to ask them.

Shecan · 30/09/2024 20:13

Yes I do. Again as per PP just bullet points and memory joggers.

Doggymummar · 30/09/2024 20:10

I have done in the past. I keep them in my bag until they ask for questions and then take them out. 'Let me just make sure we have covered everything I wanted to say and ask.' then flick through them and address any points missed.

Changingplace · 30/09/2024 20:09

Yes always, bullet points of key examples and a copy of my CV, there’s no reason you can’t take notes into an interview with you.