This weeks guest speaker was Maria Brown. Maria is a Careers Development Manager and spoke to us about interview skills
The following are a few key things to keep in mind when preparing an interview:
Research the company – websites, word-of-mouth etc
Look for job descriptions(Position) and specifications(Person)
Work out a strategy
Know everything that is on your C.V.
Questions that may be asked:
Tell me about yourself? – Talk about college, hobbies or interets
What do you know about the company? – Research
Tell us about your work experience to date.
Can you tell us your strong points? – Driven etc…give 200%
Weak points? – Yes man, leading to too much work
Tell us about your third level studies?
What type of people do you find difficult to work with? – turn the answer round to be positive.
Why do you want to work for this company?
Where do you hope to be in 5 years?
Can you tell us about any difficult situations that you have encountered?
Can you give an example of when you have worked under pressure? – College
Why should we hire you?
What is the achievement that you possess that you are most proud of?
I found the lecture to be very helplful for my own interview this week.
