Learning Objectives
In this module you can learn:
- How to plan for an interview process at early career, mid-career executive and senior leader levels
- How Personality Preferences may affect your preparation and conduct of the interview
- The types of questions you may meet; the ones you can prepare for and those you cannot
- Your scope to impress in face-to-face and video-conference interviews
- How to analyse a Job Description or Job Ad to prepare for an interview
- How to answer the 'Tell me about yourself' question
- Handling Interruptions
- Answering the "You seem to change jobs frequently..." & "How long will you stay with us?"questions
- How to answer "Please explain your current understanding of the job we are hiring for today"
- How to answer: Please explain your current understanding of the new colleague we are hiring for today
- 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?
- Handling Over/Under-qualification concerns
- How to answer: What is your greatest achievement?
- How to prepare for a behavioral or competency-based interview
- How to present your achievements and failures, your strengths and weaknesses
- How to demonstrate your fit for the job, the team and the culture
- How to demonstrate your career decisions, motivation and learning approach
- How to present your vulnerabilities to the interviewer
- 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?
- Who else should we consider for this role?
- How to answer questions about ethics
- What is your strategy/action plan for this role?
- How to structure your answers
- How to deal with interruptions
- How to spot and handle risky questions
- Moving from management to individual contributor
- How to answer: What salary/package are you looking for? and other questions about prospective rewards
- 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
- How to answer: Where do you see yourself in ten years? and similar forward-looking questions
- How to answer: What is your leadership style?
- How to answer questions about education and internships
- How to build rapport with the interviewer and help them achieve that objective by show and tell
- How to asserting potential
- Being vulnerable in the interview
- How to respond to the interviewer's behavioural queues & apparent biases
- How to prepare the questions you will ask
- Assess you first and last impressions
- How to close the interview and ask for an offer
- Critical Confidence moments in interviews
- How to improve your Self-Confidence for interviews
- The value of having a mock interview
- The types of interview you may meet
- Following up afterwards