Interviews
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Navigating Assessment Centres as an Autistic Graduate
As part of our Careers Celebrate Diversity, Challenge Discrimination week on Disability and Mental Health, we focus today on finding a job as an autistic graduate. Our guest blogger, Chris Ellis who recently completed his MSc in Biosciences first blogged...
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Will Robots Assess My Next Video Interview?
Machine Learning and Video Interviews – how to prepare? As it is future proof your career week and we are talking about how technology can affect our world of work, I have recently researched how technology is already affecting application...
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Top tips for video interviews
In a recent Institute of Student Employers survey (2017), 49% of employer respondents said that they now use pre-recorded video interviewing during recruitment processes. Unilever, EY, John Lewis, CERN, and Goldman Sachs are all big-name users of video interviewing. Video interviews are...
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NHS Scientist Training Programme - Tips for the Application Process
NHS Scientist Training Programme - Tips for the Application Process The application window to this great scheme has now opened. The Scientist Training Programme (STP) is a three year programme with both work – based and academic learning. Are you...
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Interview preparation resources
Interviews can be a nerve-racking experience. While you may have spent hours perfecting your application, interviews depend on your performance on the day. But don’t panic! In the Careers Service we have lots of resources to make sure you...
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Guide to Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI)
If you are applying for jobs within the science or the healthcare sector, you are likely to encounter an MMI. The following opportunities include the MMI style of interview: The Scientist Training Programme Graduate entry into dentistry or medicine Physician's...
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Interview practice - any time, anywhere!
Ah, interviews. Sooner or later, we all have to have them - whether it's for a placement, a summer internship, postgraduate study or the graduate job of your dreams. But they are not the most looked-forward-to of events. Or the...
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The dreaded "Do you have any questions for us?" moment in an interview!
I have delivered a few interview skills talks and workshops recently and one part of the interview students almost always fear is at the end when the recruiter asks you: "Do you have any questions for us?" This blog post...
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Battling nerves before an interview
It is natural to feel nervous in front of an interview, but sometimes it can all feel a bit too much. Here are some tips that I follow and that I hope can help you battle those nerves. Preparation This...