Tag: interview preparation

Ace your interviews

Got an interview coming up? Come along to this workshop to prepare and boost chances of a positive job offer! Improve your interview skills in this practical session, covering: – First impressions – how to appear confident (even if you don’t feel it!); – Preparation – what you can do before the interview; – Difficult …

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Interview prep with TeachFirst

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We’ll explain what a competency based interview is and give you tips and hints for successful performance at interview. You will be meeting a member of our graduate recruitment team so will have the opportunity to ask any questions and find out more about our own recruitment processes.

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Dec 18 2018

How to use the STAR technique in a job interview

STAR technique in interviews

Jessica Ching is Digital Content & Marketing Executive at the London-based graduate recruitment agency, Give A Grad A Go. Since 2009, they have placed nearly 3,000 candidates in their ideal graduate jobs. Browse the latest Graduate Jobs on Give A Grad A Go’s website. A graduate job interview can consist of many different types of interview questions; including knowledge-based, …

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Jan 03 2018

Prepare for a job interview

Or not? Written by Alison Taylor, Careers Consultant I’ve got an interview coming up – can I blag it? Well … you know how I’m going to answer that question, don’t you?! Call us boring, but here in Careers, we certainly wouldn’t advise it!

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Oct 11 2017

How to Prepare for an Interview

Written by Samantha Meredith, Talent Aquisition Specialist, Enterprise Rent-A-Car What is the old saying ‘to fail to prepare is to prepare to fail?’ I am sure that this is also the case with interviewing. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, I can separate a well-prepared candidate from a #winging-it candidate in a matter …

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