Preparing for Interview
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 35 secs) about how you should prepare for an interview. This audio should be used in conjunction with our Key Issues form, as supplied to you in your Interview Training Session. If you need a replacement copy of this form, email LIAM HORAN
Structuring your Answers in an Interview
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 19 secs) about how you should try to structure your answers in interview. The structure he proposes here is amended in every case to reflect your ‘natural’ communication style – we believe in ‘tweaking’ your current style, rather than trying to dramatically overhaul it: thus, you will be able to easily incorporate our suggestions into your style in all interviews from this moment onwards.
The four-step Approach we propose for answers
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 28 secs) elaborates on the four-step approach touched on in the previous audio. Again, this is something that you will tweak to suit yourself, and to complement your ‘natural’ style of communication. Treat it as a guide that may help to improve your style.
When to use ‘The Bridge’ in your answers
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 19 secs) about when you should deploy ‘The Bridge’ in an interview – this is when you take an improbable or indirect question (such as ‘tell us a little bit about yourself?’) and divert the answer to a place where it can be of benefit to you.
How to cross The Bridge in your answers
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 44 secs) about how you should cross ‘The Bridge’ – as referenced above.
How to approach changing your sector
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 39 secs) about how to approach job-seeking if you are changing sectors. “Be focused on where you go from here”, he says.
How to deal with an area in which you are weak
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 40 secs) about how to answer a question about an area in which you are weak.
Tell us about yourself
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 29 secs) about how to answer the ‘so, tell us a little bit about yourself’ question
Have you got any questions for us
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (1 min 51 secs) about how to answer the ‘so, have you any questions you’d like to ask us’ question
Benefits of a Mock Interview
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (1 min 45 secs) about the benefits of putting yourself through a Mock Interview before the big day.
How we structure Mock Interviews
Liam Horan, Sli Nua Careers, talks (2 mins 4 secs) about how we structure our Mock Interviews.
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