You found a job or course you’d love, you applied for it and… Yes! You have an interview.
First of all, well done: not everyone gets to this stage. Now, it’s time to prep. We’ve asked our experts to share their interview success secrets.
In this short film, our experts give their top interview tips.
"When speaking to students about interviews, the main advice I give is practice makes perfect. Being in an interview situation is almost like speaking a foreign language. It's a different way of speaking. You're not used to speaking so positively about yourself, so practise with friends, with family, with a careers adviser, even in front of a mirror. Another piece of advice is make sure you research the company or the university that you're applying for, because that will be one of the questions and you don't want an embarrassing fail because you don't know about the course or you don't know about the company you've applied to."
"As you approach your first job interview, I think you can think about things in a simple way which is to consider two things. One, your own skills and experience and your ability to relate that to the job itself. Look at the job description, look at the person specification. Number two, look at the employer. I think about understanding the role itself as near as possible to understanding what you do on a day-to-day basis, then consider what the purpose of that business is. Where do they make their money? How can you align all your skills to those things">