Collaboration means more than just working together
Q: I have an interview coming up – a competency-based one – for a management job in a bank. One […]
Factor yourself into interview research
Sometimes a candidate preparing for a job interview has got to go back to basics – and, by basics, I […]
A pinch of perspective will help with career lows
I recently spoke to a candidate who had an issue she described as being ‘like a pebble grating beneath a […]
Complacent candidates risk missing the boat
Q: I’m going for my boss’s job. It’s okay, it’s not a coup d’etat. She’s going peacefully – off into […]
Criticising will rub salt into the wounds
Q: They know, and I know, and they know that I know, that the last person in the job was, […]
You’re the presentation – not the slideshow
Q: I’ve an interview for manager of a business incubation centre. They want me to present for ten minutes on […]
Backward step can drive you on
Q: I’m going for a job which will see me go backwards to hopefully go forwards. I’m afraid in the […]
It’s not always a numbers game
When, in an interview training session, I hear a candidate start an answer with “there are five reasons…” or “I […]
Audio: Going for a teaching interview in your own school
So, you’ve reached a point in your teaching career where you want to climb the ranks within your current school. […]
Unprofessional behaviour or downright rude?
Q: I’ve recently had a bad interview experience – one of the interviewers left the room twice to take phone […]