Saiyada Fazal
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Saiyada FazalNovember 5, 2015
How to handle tricky interview questions!
OK, confession time! A long time ago, when I went for my first interview for a graduate scheme at a leading advertising agency - right at the end the interviewer asked me, "so, if you could be a vegetable; what...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 4, 2015
"Describe a time when you communicated effectively in a difficult situation?” Tips to answer competency questions
Competency based questions are those that require you to answer with one particular example, such as: Please give an example of a time when you demonstrated leadership capability. Tell us of a time when you actively contributed to the success of...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 3, 2015
How to answer the 'Why do you want to work for us' interview question.
Motivation questions explore your enthusiasm for the role, company and the sector. Interviews are expensive business and the employer wants to make sure they offer the placement or graduate job to the best and most suitable candidate. Typical motivation questions...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 2, 2015
How to answer 'Tell me about yourself' interview question!
You are bound to have an interview as part of your placement or graduate job search, interviews come in all shapes and sizes – from an informal chat over a coffee to pre-designed questions seeking to uncover strengths, competencies and...
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Saiyada FazalOctober 29, 2015
Lacking career inspiration - a cat is your perfect muse!
We have a lot of cat lovers in the Careers Service, I am shamelessly sharing a photo of my two cats - Sooty and Snowy. Like all cats, mine are incredibly tenacious, adaptable and know all the 'cuteness tricks' to get...
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Saiyada FazalOctober 28, 2015
How to interview well when discussing a disability
GUEST BLOG: City Disabilities is a charity set up to provide support and advice for students and professionals with disabilities, as well as employers. Liz Dawes has very kindly written a guest blog post which contains excellent advice on how you discuss...
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Saiyada FazalOctober 20, 2015
Careers support for disabled students
The careers team are mindful this is a really hectic time for a lot of you - some of you may be considering placements, applying for graduate jobs where as some of you may be trying to clarify your thinking about...
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Saiyada FazalOctober 19, 2015
Strengths Based Interviews - what are they?
As you probably know, one of the ways the Careers Service supports students is by offering Mock Interviews. Last week, I was helping a student prepare for an Interview at EY, one of the early adopters of strengths-based recruitment. This...
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Saiyada FazalOctober 14, 2015
Demystifying the Careers Fair!
This afternoon a number of students have been asking me questions about the Autumn Careers Fair taking place on Thursday and Friday this week. For some students this may well be your first ever careers fair that you are going...
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Saiyada FazalOctober 13, 2015
Questions to ask employers at a Careers Fair
This image is from China Daily of a Job Fair in Beijing. Whilst we aren't expecting quite such a crowd at the Autumn Careers Fair this week; you may want to spare a thought for the representatives from various companies who get asked...