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Done my presentation talk and emailed it to the interview person so they can load it up on the laptop. No turning back!
Feel OK, just jotting down notes about the talk.
Done personal statement/work history and just going over that.
Practising interview questions.
Wish me luck, will let you all know how it goes after tomorrow.
Feel OK, just jotting down notes about the talk.
Done personal statement/work history and just going over that.
Practising interview questions.
Wish me luck, will let you all know how it goes after tomorrow.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Good luck.
Try not to get stressed about it, you are essentially going to meet some people to see if you get on.
lol it's in the same department that I used to work in, I know 2/3 people on the interview panel (one being my previous line manager!)
Interview went fine actually - I was getting quite anxious in the morning so had to pop a couple of propanolol 
Arrived with lots of time to spare, left my coat at reception and drank some water whilst waiting, mentally going over my talk.
When I went in it was a very friendly greeting, gave the presentation nicely I thought (good job I'd brought a laser pointer as there wasn't one - rooky error for the others), open body language, lots of eye contact with all the interviewing panel. Seemed to cover all the subject areas of the talk topic, as well as covering the theory of the talk I gave a quick example (from real life that I've done), and some future directions. Talk was supposed to be 10 minutes, mine was under - plenty of time for questions. I didn't rush, didn't robotically read from the slides but talked around the headings.
The actual face-to-face bit went OK I thought, I could answer all the questions asked, gave examples from real life, talked around the subjects brought up, my CV, examples from real life for scenarios they gave (when have you shown innovation etc), talked about the future role etc etc. I was the last to be seen (so there must have been about 4 people interviewed today) and was in for interview for 1 1/2 hours in total. It went fine and I was relaxed.
So fingers crossed, will find out early next week ....
*nervously crosses fingers*
Arrived with lots of time to spare, left my coat at reception and drank some water whilst waiting, mentally going over my talk.
When I went in it was a very friendly greeting, gave the presentation nicely I thought (good job I'd brought a laser pointer as there wasn't one - rooky error for the others), open body language, lots of eye contact with all the interviewing panel. Seemed to cover all the subject areas of the talk topic, as well as covering the theory of the talk I gave a quick example (from real life that I've done), and some future directions. Talk was supposed to be 10 minutes, mine was under - plenty of time for questions. I didn't rush, didn't robotically read from the slides but talked around the headings.
The actual face-to-face bit went OK I thought, I could answer all the questions asked, gave examples from real life, talked around the subjects brought up, my CV, examples from real life for scenarios they gave (when have you shown innovation etc), talked about the future role etc etc. I was the last to be seen (so there must have been about 4 people interviewed today) and was in for interview for 1 1/2 hours in total. It went fine and I was relaxed.
So fingers crossed, will find out early next week ....
*nervously crosses fingers*
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
at a few interviews, this might have led to me throwing up which may not have given the right impression...
hope there's good news soon.
I'm coming to the conclusion that I'm crap at interviews...
weltweit
Well-Known Member
A few people have suggested I use it.
I am a bit loath at the moment, I mean what am I going to say I am doing - "unemployed" hardly exciting is it!!
evildacat
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Doesn't really matter if your unemployed, if you can fill it with good jobs,descriptions and such should be no worse then I am on there. Hate filling in all these bloody education/employment history/assets/weaknesses/and all the reference info everyone wants. What happened to send in a CV with a cover letter instead of having to sign up to that particular site then spend 2 hours filling in the same forms over and over again. Wish they would look at your CV an cover letter and let you know if they would like to interview you.
evildacat
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I apply for a wide range of jobs most are from companies that are on the larger side be it government, council or conglomerate all seem to have the same application system.
weltweit
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I have a feeling that having an HR department may correlate with requiring application forms
evildacat
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More then likely right! just have that annoyance of filling in the same shit all the time to not even get a reply even when you email them back later to ask for input. I've at least uploaded my cv to cv-library so on some jobs I can auto apply not that often they come up though!I have a feeling that having an HR department may correlate with requiring application forms
weltweit
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My CV is on : reed.co.uk, jobserve.com, jobsearch.co.uk, jobsin.co.uk, jobsite.co.uk, totaljobs.com, monster.co.uk, & fish4.co.uk
fat lot of good it has done me !! ... well that is not wholly true, I do get calls.
evildacat
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Yay! does it make the applying for the job as simple as on cv library though with an auto apply?My CV is on : reed.co.uk, jobserve.com, jobsearch.co.uk, jobsin.co.uk, jobsite.co.uk, totaljobs.com, monster.co.uk, & fish4.co.uk
fat lot of good it has done me !! ... well that is not wholly true, I do get calls.
weltweit
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It can be, if you want them to have the CV which you uploaded.
It is my standard CV uploaded to the online sites, I have 3 (soon to be four) base CVs depending on what type of job I am looking at and when I apply for a job I customise it further to make it as relevant as possible.
I am about to cut into it even more, I have been applying for roles where they only want 2-3 years experience, despite that I would like the job, but I am constantly told by agencies that they will not put me forward because I have too much experience. So now I plan to cut out all the experience from perhaps 8-10 years ago in the hope that they will then at least put me forward.
evildacat
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Well good luck I can't even get a reply of your application was not successful. I do only have the ne CV I got a professional site to tidy it up and it hasn't help either, have been altering things on it to suit the job but still nothing.
weltweit
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I telephone to follow up my application. Usually I am applying initially to an agency, but the jobs website reveals who the agency is as I go through the application process. I leave it a day and then I phone them to confirm they have received my application and if they are receptive I ask what they think etc etc... But you are right, if I don't call I rarely hear anything from them.
evildacat
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The most recent job I applied for had the department head's email on so instead of applying straight away, I emailed asking him a few question attached my cv and asked what he thought my chances were. Told me to focus on communication aspect of my current job when inputting why I believe I am suited for this job but also told me he expected people with more experience to or have applied. Still going to apply hopefully get an interview as I am usually really good a interviews and always give myself a good chance. Might try it this way all the time in the future as at least I got a response and some feed back.
evildacat
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Did the same thing again today, I was told by a friends boyfriend that there were jobs where he worked but I couldn't find any jobs for the place even on their own website, only real email address I found on the site was the Business Development Manager so emailed him asking if he knew of how I could get in contact with the correct department to enquire. It took him 6 mins to reply at 6.30pm saying he had forwarded it to the appropriate department, was really impressed.
weltweit
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Hard luck .... do you know what the person that got the job, had that you had not?
No idea, maybe they've got experience of developing training materials (which I don't), meh.
Puddy_Tat
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I have just failed an online Excel test for a possible job in a big way (this being the pre-interview phase.) I didn't realise the fancy new version of Excel is quite so different from the old ones - and my last workplace being a bunch of tightwads was still on the ancient version.
Oh balls.
A refresher course of some sort is called for.
And this was the first job in my own line of work remotely near home that I've seen and stood a chance of getting in about 6 months.
And of course having spent 20 years in one trade, nobody else would think of employing me for anything other than basic clerical work, and then they would say I'm overqualified for that...
As reggie perrin would have said - Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
Oh balls.
A refresher course of some sort is called for.
And this was the first job in my own line of work remotely near home that I've seen and stood a chance of getting in about 6 months.
And of course having spent 20 years in one trade, nobody else would think of employing me for anything other than basic clerical work, and then they would say I'm overqualified for that...
As reggie perrin would have said - Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
Looby
Well-Known Member
That's so bloody annoying Puddy Tat. Our IE is so out of date that we can't use websites that would be really handy for our jobs. Ffs!
I'm being slowly tortured by a HR department. They were sifting for the jobs I've applied for early this week. I've had confirmation that they've got my application but nothing else and the ad didn't say when I'd hear. I'm jumping out of my skin every time an email pops up.
I'm being slowly tortured by a HR department. They were sifting for the jobs I've applied for early this week. I've had confirmation that they've got my application but nothing else and the ad didn't say when I'd hear. I'm jumping out of my skin every time an email pops up.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Wish I was still in that position.
I send applications off now with the full expectation that I'll hear nothing more.
That expectation is almost always met.
That said I am getting short listed in about 10% of my applications to be fair. 18 months and 50 odd applications on though.
Spent about 16 hours re-writing my CV and covering letter (well the base of it, obviously I write a "new" one for each job...) a couple of weeks back. Just sent off my first 3 applications using them. Nothing ideal, but I just wanted to trial the new material as it were...
Looby
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That sounds so tough. : (
I'm lucky because I have a secure job and this is the first external thing I've applied for in about 5 years. I expect to get to assessment centre but don't think I'll get the post. I want it more than I can say, it's dream job territory. So, no pressure then! : D
I do really need to move though. I've had a terrible few weeks and am at the crying before work stage so I know it's time to get out.
I'm lucky because I have a secure job and this is the first external thing I've applied for in about 5 years. I expect to get to assessment centre but don't think I'll get the post. I want it more than I can say, it's dream job territory. So, no pressure then! : D
I do really need to move though. I've had a terrible few weeks and am at the crying before work stage so I know it's time to get out.
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