(upbeat music)
- Hi, I'm James, I'm a first year BT apprentice,
and this video is about how to prepare
for a face-to-face interview.
Firstly, congratulations.
The face-to-face interview is typically the last stage
of a job process or an interview process,
So this could be for an apprenticeship, a job.
Either way, it's for some people like coming into their
first day of work.
I personally don't believe that, but that's everyone to
themselves.
I think, looking at this, the person interviewing you on
the other side of that table will be
a human being.
If there's two people there as well, they're two humans.
So I don't think you should be exactly worried about what
you're up against.
I think as long as you go in there with a kind of good
confidence, bright face and look
or the other person, like, you want to be there.
not slouch, body language needs to be set up and obviously
you need to know what
you're talking about so to know what you're talking about
in a face-to-face
interview that it's typically going to be a mix of company-based
questions and
your experiences and how they align with the job
description. So you firstly got a
research, obviously look at the job description of the job
or apprenticeship
you're applying for that'd be a very good start in my
opinion and then
divergent into that...
start to get some business awareness behind you, research
the company, research
the competitors perhaps and also just get familiar with the
industry because
the one thing that they would ideally look for is someone
who is driven enough
to get to know their new surroundings if they were to get
hired of course. In the
interview again look going back to the typical job
description you try and
align your experiences and skills with those mentioned
under job description so
So as an example.
If they're looking for leadership skills of small teams you
can perhaps align that with an experience you had at an extracurricular
scout group or something else like that.
I'm sure people have done that. I mean, the only
experiences I had was me in school and they completely
accept that as well.
Just prove to them you're the candidate by aligning that
because the worst thing that could possibly happen in an
interview is that you may be saying quite good things.
but they're not aligning with the job in hand.
So applying for a creative job and years in design,
I don't think it's necessary to start talking
about something entirely different
unless obviously the traits match.
First impressions count.
This face-to-face interview will be the first time
they see you in person.
No video interview, no kind of robotic voice
in front of the mic.
This is you now walking into this.
So you need to dress up quite well.
You can either go for smart casual or smart.
Smart usually looks quite the part in my opinion,
but I prefer smart casual myself
because that also indicates my personality
in a subconscious way.
Also, turn up to the interview on time.
I can't believe I've got to say this,
but if you turn up on time, you're sure to get some smile
because the worst thing as well
when the interview comes outside,
there. They're humans. Smile, try your best and if you feel
like you can't
speak to another human about what you're good at and what
your experiences are
practice with family and friends and try and get that
confidence down to a T and
you might as well be on your way to landing your first job
or apprenticeship
or your next one.
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