Learning Objectives

In this module you can learn:

  1. How to plan for an interview process at early career, mid-career executive and senior leader levels
  2. How Personality Preferences may affect your preparation and conduct of the interview
  3. The types of questions you may meet; the ones you can prepare for and those you cannot
  4. Your scope to impress in face-to-face and video-conference interviews
  5. How to analyse a Job Description or Job Ad to prepare for an interview
  6. How to answer the 'Tell me about yourself' question
  7. Handling Interruptions
  8. Answering the "You seem to change jobs frequently..." & "How long will you stay with us?"questions
  9. How to answer "Please explain your current understanding of the job we are hiring for today"
  10. How to answer: Please explain your current understanding of the new colleague we are hiring for today
  11. How to answer: Can you tell me about a time you had to manage a particularly challenging team or project? How did you handle it, and what was the outcome?
  12. Handling Over/Under-qualification concerns
  13. How to answer: What is your greatest achievement?
  14. How to prepare for a behavioral or competency-based interview
  15. How to present your achievements and failures, your strengths and weaknesses
  16. How to demonstrate your fit for the job, the team and the culture
  17. How to demonstrate your career decisions, motivation and learning approach
  18. How to present your vulnerabilities to the interviewer
  19. How to answer: Why is this the right job for you?, Why are you the right person for this job? and Why should we hire you?
  20. Who else should we consider for this role?
  21. How to answer questions about ethics
  22. What is your strategy/action plan for this role?
  23. How to structure your answers
  24. How to deal with interruptions
  25. How to spot and handle risky questions
  26. Moving from management to individual contributor
  27. How to answer: What salary/package are you looking for? and other questions about prospective rewards
  28. How to answer: Why do you want to leave your last employer? What was wrong with your last employer? and questions about CV gaps and rapid job changes
  29. How to answer: Where do you see yourself in ten years? and similar forward-looking questions
  30. How to answer: What is your leadership style?
  31. How to answer questions about education and internships
  32. How to build rapport with the interviewer and help them achieve that objective by show and tell
  33. How to asserting potential
  34. Being vulnerable in the interview
  35. How to respond to the interviewer's behavioural queues & apparent biases
  36. How to prepare the questions you will ask
  37. Assess you first and last impressions
  38. How to close the interview and ask for an offer
  39. Critical Confidence moments in interviews
  40. How to improve your Self-Confidence for interviews
  41. The value of having a mock interview
  42. The types of interview you may meet
  43. Following up afterwards


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