Enhance your interview skills with this comprehensive guide covering competency-based questions, using the STAR technique, types of interview questions, and strategies for university interviews. Learn how to identify key competencies, ask relevant questions, and excel in job interviews using practical examples and tips.

• Interview Skills
• Competency Questions
• STAR Technique
• Job Interviews
• University Strategies

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Mastering Interview Skills: Techniques and Strategies

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1. Interview Skills

2. Objectives Know how to identify competency based questions from a job description Understand and know how Key considerations when looking at going to university One to one appointments with students Know what questions to ask at the end of the Brief overview of Post 18 options to answer different types of interview questions One to one appointments with students and parents and parents Administrate the grant application process Look at the different ways to gain a University Be able to use the STAR technique to answer competency based Know how to research university choices interview education questions

3. Types of interview questions Tell us about yourself Talk us through your CV Introductory Questions Motivational Questions Why do you want this job? Why do you want to work for this company? Competency based Questions Tell me about a time when Give me an example of when you have used your communication skills

4. Using the STAR technique to answer competency based questions Situation outline the situation Task describe the task you had to carry out Action clearly describe how you completed the task and the steps taken Result tell the interviewer what happened as a result of your action (this should always be positive)

5. Please give me an example of when you have worked in a team? THE STAR TECHNIQUE Situation As part of my university course I was placed in a group where we had to advertise a product Task We had to think about who were our target audience and decide what advertising methods would be most effective and then design the campaign Action Here clearly outline how you worked together and the part you played. E.g. I was responsible for .. And we Result We received really positive feedback and the company who sponsored the project said this is an idea they would take forward

6. Identifying Competency based questions Activity Using a job description you find on one of the job websites, identify 3 competencies required for the job and create two suitable competency questions

7. Questions to ask at end of interview Stay away from questions around Training or progression Salary Size of team Holiday Anything that would affect you taking the role Benefit

8. Mock Interview If you would like to have a mock interview with a careers adviser please email: skillsjersey@gov.je

9. Questions & feedback

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