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Going into an interview. Thoughts on this please?

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notacooldad · 14/09/2018 13:43

In the next few weeks our team is going to be interviewed for our own jobs (The joy!!)
One colleague says that he always takes a blank piece of paper and pen with him and uses it away to take a moment to gather his thoughts. So say if the question was around effective communication he would write down bullet points e.g. who needs to know, Data protection. How we communicate. He will then be able to answer her to g all his points in.
Another worker says they have a pad with prompts on e.g
Multi agency, Safeguarding, etc.

No one else had heard iof anyone doing this before.Is it normal? Is it allowed ( well it must be because they've dine it in the past) Are they putting themselves at at unfair advantage, especially against those that are huge intimidated about interviews.

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leghairdontcare · 14/09/2018 13:46

It's fine. I always take notes into an interview. Sometimes not even bullet points but whole long form answers. Nobody has ever questioned it.

And I do that because I am hugely intimidated by interviews.

purplemunkey · 14/09/2018 13:47

I've taken notes to interviews before. Mostly with any questions I have for them so I don't forget to ask them at the end. No one has ever batted an eyelid so I think it's fine. They few times I've pulled my notes out I've asked if it's OK and the answer was 'of course!'. It's an interview not a memory test so I'd imagine it's fine in most cases.

Fatted · 14/09/2018 13:48

Just wanted to say good luck for the interviews. I've been in your position twice and it's not fun!

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LittleMissedTheSunshine · 14/09/2018 14:03

I do a web diagram /mind map of all the competencies I think I may be asked about (planning and organising, teamwork etc) with little spokes coming out of each one with examples. Then colour it in so each one is a different colour. I think the colouring in thing is just a bit of a ritual but it also helps me find something quickly eg if they ask a teamwork question and I know teamwork is green on my map I can just zoom in there.

LittleMissedTheSunshine · 14/09/2018 14:04

oh and I write my questions for them on the other side.

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