careerskillsorg.uk
Resources for each step
- Step 1 Getting Started
- Step 2 Your Personal Sales “Tool Kit”
- Step 3 Searching for Opportunities
- Step 4 Your interview "Tool Kit"
- Step 5 Communication Tools
- Step 6 The Interview
- Step 7 & 8 After the Interview; Into the Future …
Career Skills - Step 4 help students prepare for the day of the interview.Questioning techniques are explored, different types of question explained and a wide selection of sample questions together with pointers to interpretation provided. Innovative relaxation and voice control techniques are introduced.
Aims
Students will understand the type of question they will face at interview and will have prepared themselves to answer a wide range of searching questions. They will have acquired techniques to help manage interview nerves and control voice modulation.
Learning outcomes
It is expected that students will:
- appreciate
the different types of question they may face and be ready to handle them
effectively (reference pages 37 to 39)
- prepare
outline answers to a wide range of sample questions (reference pages 40
to 61)
- have
experienced meaningful interview practice (reference page 72)
- appreciate the effectiveness of relaxation techniques and voice modulation (reference pages 67 to 71)
- make
a list of additional possible interview questions and closing questions (Reference
pages 62 to 65)
Resources needed
Student copies of Career Skills for making personal notes and preparation for role plays. Other resources could include:
- Room set up for interview rehearsals
- Briefs for candidates and interviewers in role plays
- Video camera and/or tape recorder for role plays (if available).
Tutorial structure for group or individual support
The detailed content of Step 4 in Career Skills could be used to assist in the development of tutorials for group or individual support:
- roup discussion on questioning techniques, and methods of handling;
- group work to discuss selected questions, motivation for them and answers proposed – with report back to full group;
- individual work to prepare answers to model questions;
- carry out interview rehearsals on role play and/or real life bases – with peer assessment of performances/lessons learnt;
- practise relaxation and voice modulation exercises – feedback to discuss effects.
