Interview and presentation tips please!

[Custarddreaming]

Wise ones of mumnet, I have an interview next week where I have to give a 15 min presentation. I'm incredibly nervous. I would greatly appreciate any tips or advice. I've never had to give a presentation in an interview before

Have main points on screen and fill in with your talk, don’t have to much jargon. Treat the interviewers as if they’re thick.

Yep agree with @GoingOutOutNEVER make sure the presentation doesn't have much writing, make it visually interesting for the audience and so it gives you visual prompts. Practice your presentation lots and remember not too many slides for 15 mins, no one likes death by PowerPoint. As an example try:
1 slide for name and topic
4 slides content
1 slide for questions

Remember to breathe...

Good luck! 👍

Don't do what someone I interviewed recently did - apologised beforehand that her presentation was rubbish because she "hadn't had much time".

Agree with above, keep slides brief, remember that interviewers want you to do well, good luck

Does it have to be slides on PowerPoint? Given everyone hates death by PowerPoint, and they will be interviewing multiple candidates, perhaps step away from PowerPoint to stand out? Will you have access to a flip chart and stand instead? You could Pre-write some flip chart pages, get creative if you are artistic or get help if you know anyone who is. Stick to the same rules as PP, not too many words per page and no more than 4 + an any questions page.

Is there a way you can make it practically engaging as well? Depending on the subject, is there product samples you can pass round? Start by asking the panel simple yes/no questions to get them involved in your presentation and engaged as well. Good luck

Tell them what your going to tell them, tell them it , then tell them what you told them. Don't just read your power point out.

Thank you all.
It felt like 15 minutes was really long before I started, but now I'm having to trim to 15 min!

@jesscakess

Does it have to be slides on PowerPoint? Given everyone hates death by PowerPoint, and they will be interviewing multiple candidates, perhaps step away from PowerPoint to stand out? Will you have access to a flip chart and stand instead? You could Pre-write some flip chart pages, get creative if you are artistic or get help if you know anyone who is. Stick to the same rules as PP, not too many words per page and no more than 4 + an any questions page.

Is there a way you can make it practically engaging as well? Depending on the subject, is there product samples you can pass round? Start by asking the panel simple yes/no questions to get them involved in your presentation and engaged as well. Good luck

It's tricky Basically I'm interviewing with one person in the room, and one person via Skype.

My concern is that PowerPoint slides will mean the person on Skype couldn't see me, I might use a different system

I've tried at this point to just use the slides as illustrations etc

Sorry Jess but I would not use flip chart paper. I'd want to see a bit of innovation and creativity. I might use a flip chart in addition but not instead of. I think it's a bit lazy. I doesn't have to be OP you could use something else OP.

I will have a think!