Our Water and Infrastructure Director, Rob Kelly, visited the University of Southampton at the beginning of the month to deliver a workshop for the students.
The aim was to help students by giving advice on the essentials needed to land a job after they graduate. Covering CVs and Interview tips, Rob went into detail about:
- CV format
- CV content
- Tailoring techniques
- Personal profiles
- Interview preparation
- Organisation research
- Killer questions
- Interview approach
- STAR technique.
The STAR technique is designed to guide you through competency-based interview questions, often questions starting with ‘Tell me about a time you did X’.
S – Situation T – Task A – Approach R – Result
Competency questions are generally used to find out how candidates would react to certain situations, by asking for real-world examples to back-up their claims.
Don’t let their open-ended nature fool you. There is a formula you can apply to keep your answers on track, which is where STAR comes in. Click here to read the full details and examples with how this technique can help you.
If you are looking for some help with writing your CV or would like tips about what you can do to prepare for an upcoming interview, our Advance Advice page is where you need to go next! We have lots of articles here to help and these have come from top, experienced recruiters who know recruitment processes like the back of their hand.
Click here to read more interview tips.
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