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| But what if you can’t tailor your answer or if the question is too specific to use any of your pre-prepared answers? Here’s my secret tip…Offer an alternative question and answer that instead. To continue with the conflict resolution with a co-worker example, let’s say I’ve never quarrelled with a co-worker, or at least, I don’t have an answer ready for that, but I do have a conflict resolution scenario with a customer ready to go…ask the interviewer if you can answer _that_ question instead — and then answer it. Not only does it sidestep awkward silences, it shows adaptability, flexibility and gives you an opportunity to showcase your experience in a different way. I’ve done this in many interview situations, and nobody has ever pulled me up on it or refused to let me answer my alternative question. |
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I agree this is a good strategy but I think it's important to highlight that you should tell the interviewer you are answering a slightly different question. I know you've said that but I think it would be good to emphasise it more because I have had so many people answering different questions to the one I've asked in interviews which can often be a sign or poor listening skills.
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| - Badmouthing current/past employer — don't do this; no matter how eloquently you describe your past employer's faults, there's a little voice in the back of my head wondering if you were the problem (many true stories) | ||
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Another answer that puts me off that I've seen a lot here is if a candidate goes straight in for the hard sell, "I am Natalie and I'd be great for this job because of X,Y,Z". No harm in highlighting all your great skills and experience but I didn't ask "Why should we hire you".
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Very useful content :)
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I love it - I can see you when I read it all.
I just chaged the first person to third person, to stay with our curriculum standard :)
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| - Criticism of yourself — this isn't the time to tell me you suck at paperwork (true story) | ||
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This generally looks great, thank you so much!
A couple of thoughts:
- In the introducing yourself section (and indeed in your example intros at the bottom), I'd probably also mention that people should come across as interested in the particular company/role? Even "Early career James" reads to me a little generic "I'm interviewing at 20 companies and don't remember which one this one is". A little "And I've heard how well YourCorp supports juniors" or "I love that YourCorp builds an app I use every day, and how the app never breaks" or something goes a long way.
- We have an "introducing yourself in interviews" workshop in class and also some prep we expect people to do beforehand. It feels like we should do a little consolidation here? Maybe that prep piece can just become "Read this guide"? (And maybe we should fold a couple of pieces from the prep into this guide too)? The prep (https://github.com/CodeYourFuture/curriculum/blob/main/common-content/en/module/induction/interview-introductions/index.md?plain=1) if there are any edits you're interested in making :)
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| ### Early career James | ||
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| I'm James, and I'm a recent graduate from Aston University in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. As part of my degree I did a 12 month industrial placement with Service Birmingham as a .NET developer working on management information systems for Adult Education Providers. During my final year, I was the Aston University nominee for the City of Birmingham Silver Jubilee Engineering Award that recognises the best engineering student across all the universities in Birmingham. Right now I'm looking for graduate roles that will enable me to grow and strengthen my skills as a software developer and I know that *Company X* has a well deserved reputation for developing junior talent. |
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Early career James
I'm James, and I'm a recent graduate from Aston University in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. As part of my degree I did a 12 month industrial placement with Service Birmingham as a .NET developer working on management information systems for Adult Education Providers. During my final year, I was the Aston University nominee for the City of Birmingham Silver Jubilee Engineering Award that recognises the best engineering student across all the universities in Birmingham.
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One thing about me is that I love sports, and boxing is my passion; it teaches discipline, focus, how to maintain calm under pressure and make quick decisions with patience.
Right now I'm looking for graduate roles that will enable me to grow and strengthen my skills as a software developer and I know that *Company X* has a well deserved reputation for developing junior talent.
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| **Length:** 1-2 minutes is a nice length, but you can go up to 3 or 4 if you have enough relevant things to talk about — for example, a long career that you want to summarise. | ||
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It was mentioned before that adding hobbies/non-work activities is an open question -I think that if that activity denotes any skillset that might help the candidate, it could be an optional additional field to the answer format below.
E.G: You're also a coach from a local hockey/cricket team, or love running/boxing, etc...
WDYT of adding an optional field like:
https://github.com/CodeYourFuture/curriculum/pull/1722/changes#r2936715718
I'm suggesting because that can change the whole course of the interview, from personal experience ;P
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| - Your experience, e.g. *"I've got x years of experience in backend development"* | ||
| - Your most recent role, e.g. *"I've been doing cool stuff at this company for the last x years"* |
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- Your experience, e.g. *"I've got x years of experience in backend development"*
- Your most recent role, e.g. *"I've been doing cool stuff at this company for the last x years"*
- Your non-working/activities hobbies that might catch the interviewer's attention to your competencies, like leadership or handling conflicts (Optional).
- Why you are interested in this role? e.g. *"I'm currently looking for a new role that will offer me opportunities to develop in areas x, y, and z"*
- Why you are interested in this company? Does the business have a reputation for technical excellence? Do they have a strong commitment to developing junior talent?
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@jcholyhead I used this guide as part of an interviewing workshop I did with ITP this Saturday and it went down very well and I had a specific comment that the intros guide was really well written :). I was going to consolidate bits from this guide into that workshop once it's merged, so I can do the same for the other workshop @illicitonion mentioned here too if you want. |
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