Interviews

Overview

What happens at interviews? What do interviewers want to know and what formats do interviews take?

This very common interview style can also be known as structured, criteria based or situational.

Technical interviews focus on testing specific technical skills.

A case study interview presents you with scenarios to see how you would tackle them.

The interviewer goes through your experience chronologically, inviting you to expand on what is in your application.

It is essential to prepare for an interview. Get our tips on how in this section.

A guide to commonly asked questions that may be asked by the employer, plus your questions to ask at the end of the interview.

First impressions matter and how you come across can be as important as what you say. This page provides tips on making a good first impression.

Including practice interviews with a careers adviser, talks and further resources found in the careers information centres.

This article was published on Aug 13, 2010