Interview with presentation about me!! Help!!!!

[ilovespinach]

I've just been invited to an interview for Team Assistant position. This is general admin work and full time. I've been at home with the kids for a while so this is a fairly big deal.

I've been told I need to give a 10 minute presentation about my cv to the hiring managers. This is for a large company who are looking for someone to provide English support(important as I'm not living in the Uk) This is good for me. I don't have to wing it in my second language. They are aware I'm much stronger in English.....

I haven't worked in a similar position but have worked in admin albeit a long while ago.

Can anyone give me any tips? I'm going to go through my cv and the job description and tie it as much together as possible. I will use Power Point....... I've got 6 days to plan and I'm bricking it!!!

@ilovespinach (I love spinach too) wow what an ask for an interview! I'd be feeling too much pressure😂

That's a strange ask of them, is it a particularly 'prestigious' role or is it literally a bog standard team assistant thing? (Without being rude!)

From the job description it looks bog standard. I think the aim is to check my English.

Bumping

In any interview give examples and relate it to the company- divide the presentation into three sections

Who I am
What I’ve done
What could I bring to the company

Great advice from OnlyFools and exactly what I was going to say.

I've recently done one. It was fine! I've also been helping my DH with some speechey type stuff lately and found some great advice on line, like focusing on your material, not the audience and chanellinhnyour nervousness differently so you see it as excitement.

Good luck!

Don't make the fact you're a mum (assuming you are) take over. It's really dull. They want to hear about you, not the fact that you do what all mums do and run around like a maniac supporting your kids.

What about Maybe talk about three things that reveal something about you. Favourite book (or blog), favourite holiday destination, favourite place to eat. Favourite thing you own. Trick is to use each thing and think about Why it's your favourite - your reasons are more important than the actual thing itself.

Oh ignore that - I mis read the post. . Read it as "about me", rather than "about cv"

I suggest trying to find a few examples from past jobs where your efforts were important in achieving something for the company. Say something about the task/project, your role in it and how you helped ensures it was successful for the company.

Try and let your personality shine through. They will be trying to assess if you are a good fit culturally too.

Thanks for the tips.....I'm taking some time reading about the company and will look at the job description and my cv again.

Also sometimes it’s good to add “what i would do on day one”...acquainting yourself with procedures etc- good luck

And use STAR when giving examples of anything.

www.thebalancecareers.com/what-is-the-star-interview-response-technique-2061629

make it funny, just a slide or 2 & in good taste, but memorable