Interview tips

Confidence and presentation skills are the key to success in interviews. Our Employment Advisors can show you how to present yourself in a way that will impress employers.

Interview tips

Be positive

An interview is your chance to show the employer that you are the best person for the job you have applied for. Whatever the question you are asked, try to think about how you can answer it in a way that shows something positive about you, or even better, a reason you would be good at the job.

Be calm

Try to stay calm during the interview. Despite what people think, you (the jobseeker) are in control during the interview process. You have the power to show the interviewer that you are the best-qualified person for the job and that you want the job more than the other people who applied for it. If you need to take a few seconds to think before you answer a question, this is not a bad thing. Take your time and an interviewer will like the fact that you are thinking about your answer carefully.

Be on time

If the interview is being held in an area you don't know very well, it is worth travelling there beforehand so you know how to get there on the day of the interview. It is very important that you are not late for an interview because this creates a bad impression before you have even been asked a question.

Be yourself

It is easier to do well in an interview if you are honest about the answers you give. Employers expect you to put a positive spin on your achievements and skills, not to say you can do things you can't. If you lie about your abilities in the interview and you are offered the job, it will soon come out that you were not honest and this will make your relationship with the employer very difficult.