How to strike the right tone in community work interview by Angela Tjalsma March 3, 2023 Q: My friend is going for an interview in a fortnight as a community development worker with a youth organisation. The role will involve helping young people growing up in difficult circumstances to get involved in activities such as sport,…
Turn a quick job spell to your advantage in interview by Angela Tjalsma September 23, 2022 Q: I have an interview next week and I’m afraid they will pick up on the fact that I have only been in my current job 13 months. In reality, I took a step downwards for this job after the…
A smart move – or back into the fire? by Angela Tjalsma October 7, 2022 Q: I’m going for a job in a company that I regard very highly. However, the position I am chasing is not at the level I would want – or, perhaps more to the point, not in the area of…
Actions you took are at the heart of the START method by Angela Tjalsma January 12, 2022 This is the third in our series of five columns explaining the START answering method that candidates find useful in competency-based job interviews. Typical competency-based questions start with ‘tell me about a time when you [were asked to lead an…
Stressful situations at work, how I learned from the tough… by Angela Tjalsma September 2, 2021 Q: I was surprised when one of the interviewers asked me how I handled stressful situations at work. I tried to tell her that I didn’t really feel stress on the job, but she didn’t buy it. I mumbled something…