Hit me with your best interview tips

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Also never spray perfume on the front of your neck. It contains alcohol which is drying.

congrats

Yay, well done Mr BC. Great prepping 🥳

Well done, OP's DH🍾

Congratulations Husband

If you went through an agency check they have your up to date CV! I had an agent once who would edit my cv unhelpfully before sending it out. Caused me all sorts of aggro.

but ask it to generate them 3/4 times so its not a direct copy or generation

Use ChatGPT. Drop the job description into it and ask it for a set of interview questions and answers.

thats my reasoning on the skills part. i am always honest about my skills because if they say eg heres a one time code pad prove your skills etc

for me dont oversell your skills. always offer to help but never claim you can do x easy etc
be a team player eg when they say your asked to help in x team even though your role is with b team etc

Read up on the company and have some questions written down, and refer to that list in your notebook if you get stuck.
A good question I always finish on that I always get good feedback for is: ‘What is your ideal candidate for the role?’ And when they answer, relay back to them with why you are that person by addressing specific points they say and giving examples back. It ends the interview with you confirming why you are exactly what they’re looking for.

Listen – Don’t rush your response. Pause if needed to think before speaking.

Stay concise – Keep answers focused and avoid rambling.

Use STAR examples – Prepare a few (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to clearly show your skills.

Don’t exaggerate - I recently interviewed someone who lied about their technical ability. I’d much rather hire someone honest who shows a genuine willingness to learn.

Ask questions – End with 1–2 questions about the role or ask why the interviewer enjoys working there. Good luck!

Be positive. No slagging his last job for example

Be nice and polite to everyone - you'd be amazed how many people aren't.
Smile!

i worked in recruitment for a while in a few industries. I always recommend giving answers which have a situation a behaviour and an outcome. So what happened then what you did and then what happened as a result of your actions. It’s call SBO - situation behaviour outcome.

I know it sounds crazy, but I have interviewed people who blatantly hadn’t even bothered to read the job description. So make sure you read up on the role and also the organisation. It’s easy to tell which candidates have and haven’t done this.

Oh and be interested/curious. Ask about the role, the team & structure, their priorities. Remember you are there to decide if you would want to work there too - I've turned down offers because the interviewer was a creep/weird/unfriendly/overtly hierarchical

He needs to narrow down what about interviews he isn't good at. Is he getting asked questions he doesn't understand? Does he have insufficient knowledge to answer or experience to talk about? Does he struggle to verbalise what he wants to say? Mind go blank, then kick himself afterwards? When he's identified his weakness he can work on that specifically.

Look at the interviewer(s) when you are talking to them. Don't be afraid to big yourself up, that's literally what the interview is for.

Its ok to be energetic and confident.

Don't focus too much on content/technical info. At interview they've already seen your CV and assessed that your experience and expertise are enough. The interview is about:

• your communication style - can you be selective to deliver the right information in the right way to a particular audience
• your listening skills - really think about what you are asked, pause if you need to before answering, interpret what they are getting at
• your values and what you choose to emphasise
• are you going to rub along with the person hiring & the rest of the team.

Generally speaking someone reasonably calm, assured and relaxed is more likely to be hired than someone who rushes, is nervy, or flusters/panics. In my experience people who are warm, smiling and open in body language do well.

Remember they have chosen to invite you for interview, the odds are in your favour when you walk in in that you've already met the criteria.

Oh sorry one other... When they ask 'do you have any questions' I always ask as my first question 'are there any areas I haven't been able to cover with my examples so far?' Normally they say no, but once someone called out a weakness in an answer per their criteria so I offered another example

Some bits that always work for me:

• write down the question, it gives you thinking time and if you get distracted when your talking you can glance down and get back on track
• before the interview think of what you'd do in the first 30, 60 and 90 days in the role, it helps you come across well as even if you don't mention it directly it helps shape some good questions
• spend 5 minutes before the interview in the wonder woman pose listening to amped up music... There's a bunch of psychology behind it that it helps you feel more confident
• if you've not got one good answer, give two answers that show different sides of the question e.g. tell me when you've lead a team to deliver a complex project... Can be broken into 'here's a complex problem I solved' and 'here's when I lead a project team to deliver anything at all'. Sometimes people get flustered if they can't match everything perfectly, but as a hiring manager most care that the person could do the job, not that they do that exact job right now

Agree. My young adult DD had two interviews recently and I’d prepared her in the same way. She got offered both jobs .