Excel at Graduate Interviews: How to Make the Best Impression with Recruiters

Author: B. Woodcock
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Category: Teaching Staff, Teaching Staff, Careers Guidance, Careers Guidance, Advice On Careers & Achieving Success
Book Format: Paperback

Interviews are an important part of the job application process and, without proper preparation, can be intimidating. This book will guide you through the essential steps in planning for an interview and creating a strong first impression, so that you can approach them confidently. It will show you how to identify where your skills lie and how best to get these across to employers, by helping you craft answers to common questions and create strategies for unpredictable ones, as well as giving tips on telephone, video and Skype interviews. This book also covers recent developments such as cultural fit, situational judgement questions and strengths-based interviews. Throughout the book, insights from employers and real-life experiences of other candidates demonstrate the dos and don'ts at different stages of the process. A range of exercises help you to practise what you have learned and to reflect on each experience, so that you can continue to improve your interview skills.

Table Of Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Preparing for the Interview.- 3. First Impressions.- 4. Types of Interview Question.- 5. How to STAR at Competency Questions.- 6. Types of Interview.- 7. Interviews for Different Roles.- 8. Telephone, Skype and Video Interviews.- 9. The End of the Interview and Afterwards.- 10. Try a Practice Interview.
About Bruce Woodcock
Bruce Woodcock is a university careers adviser with 30 years' experience helping both students and graduates. Over the course of his career he has developed ground-breaking careers materials including one of the most widely used graduate careers websites in the UK, which receives over 6 million visitors a year. He is currently a Careers Adviser at the University of Kent, UK.

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Brand Palgrave Macmillan
Artist / Author B. Woodcock
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