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1982mommaof4 · 2022-11-14T20:48:10+00:00

So I currently work in a niche sector, my job at the moment is team lead ambit I work for a charity so the pay is low. 23,000. My contract ends in March so I have started looking around... applied for a management position at the weekend and had a call back Monday morning offering and interview.. pay is from 32-38000. I was delighted about the interview this morning but now I'm anxious that im not up to the job... any advice on interviewing for a senior role would be great

mdh2020 · 14/11/2022 21:11

If they have called you for interview they obviously think you are worth their time. Think about your current skills and how you could apply them to your new role. Think about how you work in teams and also be prepared to tell them any training you might need - it’s often asked.

C1N1C · 14/11/2022 21:22

Dress the part

Know your cv back to front

Have an elevator pitch on "tell me what you know about our company"

Give RESULTS-based examples for questions... I.e. rather than "I worked here and I was in charge of"... say... "I improved x by 50%... I created a new system that saved x hours etc.

Use jargon, but be comfortable with it... management is about confidence and authority and you have to show that.

Type in management skills (google), first one I saw had about 15 sensible traits... take each one and have prepared an example of a time you demonstrated it.... e.g. persuasion: " a colleague wanted to use x supplier but I had had bad experiences with them... I provided a list of reasons with times I had seen each company succeed and fail, and since then have had nothing but successful, punctual deliveries... also saving 20% in expenses" - examples like this demonstrate two skills, persuasion and business sense.

90% of the interview is the aura you convey in the first few minutes. Be amazing to the secretary, offer help, open doors, even as your sitting in the waiting room, be useful and friendly:)

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1982mommaof4 · 15/11/2022 19:41

mdh2020 · 14/11/2022 21:11

If they have called you for interview they obviously think you are worth their time. Think about your current skills and how you could apply them to your new role. Think about how you work in teams and also be prepared to tell them any training you might need - it’s often asked.

Thank you

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1982mommaof4 · 15/11/2022 19:42

C1N1C · 14/11/2022 21:22

Dress the part

Know your cv back to front

Have an elevator pitch on "tell me what you know about our company"

Give RESULTS-based examples for questions... I.e. rather than "I worked here and I was in charge of"... say... "I improved x by 50%... I created a new system that saved x hours etc.

Use jargon, but be comfortable with it... management is about confidence and authority and you have to show that.

Type in management skills (google), first one I saw had about 15 sensible traits... take each one and have prepared an example of a time you demonstrated it.... e.g. persuasion: " a colleague wanted to use x supplier but I had had bad experiences with them... I provided a list of reasons with times I had seen each company succeed and fail, and since then have had nothing but successful, punctual deliveries... also saving 20% in expenses" - examples like this demonstrate two skills, persuasion and business sense.

90% of the interview is the aura you convey in the first few minutes. Be amazing to the secretary, offer help, open doors, even as your sitting in the waiting room, be useful and friendly:)

Great advice thank you

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