This book provides interview candidates with a unique approach to preparing for interviews. Using memory-recall methodology at its core, this book guides the reader through the steps required to be successful at interviews. The tools and guidance provided in this book will help candidates overcome any nervousness they may feel during an interview. You will be guided in how you should prepare for an interview, given tools to help you think about your achievements and learn how to best show-case your skills and abilities.
This book commences by looking at how interviews are designed. In other words, how do interviewers choose what questions they are going to ask? The middle part of the book introduces you to the Evidence Grid. This is a simple tool that will help you pull together all your evidence so that you are prepared for any question that an interviewer might ask you. This book helps you learn how to recall your memories of past experiences, so that you can readily and confidently talk about what you've achieved in your current and previous jobs.
The last part of the book spends time exploring how to prepare your answers so that they are interesting, succinct and to the point. Responses to interview questions are described as "stories", as the interview candidate should aim to entertain the interviewer with stories about their past achievements that highlight their suitability for the post they are applying for. The final chapter looks at the “basics of any interview”, such as what to wear and what to do on the day of the interview.
Having working for over a decade delivering Interview Techniques training for large organisations for large organisations where change programmes meant that employees had to reapply for their own jobs the author, Karen Wise, decided to write this book in order to make this training accessible to jobseekers applying for any job level in any sector.
This book commences by looking at how interviews are designed. In other words, how do interviewers choose what questions they are going to ask? The middle part of the book introduces you to the Evidence Grid. This is a simple tool that will help you pull together all your evidence so that you are prepared for any question that an interviewer might ask you. This book helps you learn how to recall your memories of past experiences, so that you can readily and confidently talk about what you've achieved in your current and previous jobs.
The last part of the book spends time exploring how to prepare your answers so that they are interesting, succinct and to the point. Responses to interview questions are described as "stories", as the interview candidate should aim to entertain the interviewer with stories about their past achievements that highlight their suitability for the post they are applying for. The final chapter looks at the “basics of any interview”, such as what to wear and what to do on the day of the interview.
Having working for over a decade delivering Interview Techniques training for large organisations for large organisations where change programmes meant that employees had to reapply for their own jobs the author, Karen Wise, decided to write this book in order to make this training accessible to jobseekers applying for any job level in any sector.
