17 August 2016
17 August 2016
Yes, we know it’s obvious, but often the obvious stuff is the stuff we tend to get wrong! DON’T spend your morning sweating like an Olympic shot-putter running down through Oxford Circus - TFL it. Or, better still, if you have a smartphone get CityMapper and look at all the options the evening before.
These should be the key things you genuinely want to know. Also remember that you’re allowed to use it in the interview to take notes - yes, really! - and you can also refer to your questions at the end of the interview. Good examples are:
No more, no less, or you’ll go blank. Don’t write them down. Yes use your book to take notes and ask questions, but DON'T use it to remind yourself of key facts in the interview - reading facts out from a book in front of you doesn't look great. You key facts can also be used to answer those broad difficult questions like ‘why do you want to work for us?’
Which you did things well in, you were challenged by, and you managed well. These can often be used to answer other more specific questions that begin with ‘Tell us about a time when you’ve …’
Et Voila!
A super interview…
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