Duration : 2.5 hours
Course Trainer : Hilt
Target Participant : Professional Management Support Managers / Academic Staff
Course Objectives:
To give participants an opportunity to prepare for interviews, anticipate the questions and improve their interview question answering technique. This is an interactive workshop where partiicpants will get a chance to plan, construct and practise answering a range of competency questions and traditional interview questions.
Course Content:
- What is a competency based interview and why are they used?
- Identifying and examining the competencies required for the roles under review.
- How to ensure your answers on the competency based application form are providing reviewers with the evidence they need.
- What are the elements of a "good" example when answering a competency question?
- Utilising the STARR method to structure interviw answers.
- How do interviewers score interview candidates?
- How to prepare for the presentaton section of the interview.
- First Impressions - how they are formed and how you can ensure yours is a positive one.
- Techniques to help you perform at your best - reducing interview nerves and avoiding "blanking"
- In-workshop practice and feedback on how to prepare and delvier andswers to competency questions.
- How to approach the typical open questions, e.g. "Tell me About Yourself" "Talk me through your application/ career to date" and "Is there anything else you would like to add"