{"id":39569,"date":"2020-07-23T09:56:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T08:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/?p=39569"},"modified":"2020-07-23T10:06:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T09:06:23","slug":"so-youve-got-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/candidate-advice\/so-youve-got-an-interview","title":{"rendered":"So, you\u2019ve got an interview!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Your CV has been noticed and your interview is all scheduled (yay!), now it\u2019s time to prep! Interviews can make even the most confident of people nervous, but preparation beforehand will help it go a lot smoother, so here are some of our interview tips.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n We know you probably know these common interview tips already but, to ensure you make a great first impression:<\/p>\n Now to the nitty and gritty…<\/strong><\/p>\n An interview is a short space of time for you to sell yourself and get across your skills, personality and experience.<\/p>\n As we mentioned previously, preparation in advance of an interview will help you feel comfortable and confident and even if you don\u2019t get the role this time, you can be assured that you gave it your absolute best.<\/p>\n Firstly, always ask your Recruiter what to expect in your interview. Sometimes it\u2019s group interviews, presentations or tests.<\/p>\n Spend some time reviewing your CV<\/strong> and its relevance to the position description.<\/p>\n Also, do some research into your role.<\/strong> If you\u2019re applying to a Marketing position, look at their social media and previous campaigns to get a feel for how they do things. If your role is more specific, such as Email Campaign Executive, make sure you subscribe to the company’s newsletters so if you are asked about it, you can show you\u2019ve done your research and are able to talk about it.<\/p>\n Do your research into the company.<\/strong> Find out their values, their mission statement and get a feel of their company culture (usually found on their About Us page or on social media). Make a note of anything you particularly like and how you feel you\u2019d fit in. Read through annual reports and understand the company’s products\/services, size, locations, financial situation and growth potential.<\/p>\n The worst part of an interview is not knowing what they will ask you. However, if you apply the STAR (Situation, Task, Action and Method) technique to their situation-based questions it will help you give a strong answer!<\/p>\n (S) Situation. Describe the situation in which the event took place.<\/strong><\/p>\n (T) Task. Describe the task you were asked to complete.<\/strong><\/p>\n (A) Action. Explain what action you took to complete the task or solve the problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n (R) Results. Explain the result of your actions.<\/strong><\/p>\n For each question, focus on showing the positive of a situation.<\/p>\n Here are some examples of questions they could ask you:<\/strong><\/p>\n And don\u2019t forget to prepare questions to ask them! Here are some ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n Your CV has been noticed and your interview is all scheduled (yay!), now it\u2019s time to prep! Interviews can make even the most confident of people nervous, but preparation beforehand will help it go a lot smoother, so here are some of our interview tips.\u00a0 We know you probably know these common interview tips already…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":39570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-candidate-advice","post-type-insights"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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