Preparing for your interview
Preparing for an interview
Company Research:
The question "What do you know about our Company?" is frequently asked.
It is vital that you get information about the company i.e. country of origin, products/services, markets, staffing, turnover etc.
A simple phone call asking for company PR literature could provide you with all the information you need.
Other sources of company information include press articles and personal contacts within the company.
Identify Your Skills & Personal Strengths:
Know what skills you're selling and who you're selling them to.
Decide which aspects of your work experience to stress to employers.
Do not focus too much on current job responsibilities. Your best selling points may be from earlier jobs.
Take a broad approach when listing your skills. It may be necessary to include voluntary activities to illustrate your best skills.
List your Transferable Skills and your Personal Strengths
List your most significant Achievements in current and previous employments, outlining objectives and results in each case.
Try to associate your skills and strengths with each job-related achievement
- this will give evidence of where you have used your skills
It is important that you link your skills to the requirements of the job for which you are being interviewed.
Try to show how your achievements in a totally different working environment are relevant to this position.
Match your Skills to Job Requirements:
Essential that you match your skills and abilities against the job requirements.
Study the job advertisement carefully.
List the key requirements including experience, skills and personal qualities that are considered essential/desirable (These will generally be listed in order of their importance to the company).
Try to get hold of a written job description from the company or staff recruitment agency to help your preparation.
When you have compiled your list of job requirements, see how well you match them by preparing a statement of what you have to offer against each item.
Where there is a shortfall, you will have identified this early and have adequate time to address the issue before the interview.
If done carefully, this exercise will enable you to prepare an effective presentation of your relevant job skills, strengths and achievements, link them to the job requirements and improve your chances of success.
List likely Interview Questions:
List likely questions given detailed list of job requirements.
All job-related questions will be asked to establish whether you match the key requirements that the job demands.
This will give you opportunity to practice your answers, prepare an effective presentation and minimize the thinking on your feet.
List your questions - prepare three or four job-related questions to ask at the interview.
Do not ask questions about salary - if the interviewer thinks you are a strong candidate, he will bring this up.
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