Sonru Video Interview Preparation

Hi as promised in my previous post I’ve got a couple of pointers on how to nail the interview. There are so many tips out there but I would like to keep it simple and concentrate on the basics that you need to get right.

Here at Sonru we are experts in the interview process and believe that interview practice with constructive feedback from professionals is the best way to prepare, but before you do this it is important to understand the basic criteria on which the interviewer will base his/her decision. The criteria can be broken down as follows.

(1)Can you do the job, (2) Will you do the job (3) Will you fit in

Today I am going to concentrate on how you can convince the interviewer that you can do the job. To convince the interviewer that you can do the job you have to show him/her that you’ve got the skills to do the job, and that you’ve got the capacity to learn new skills that may be necessary, how do you do this?

Look at the job spec and try to ascertain what skills will be needed for the job, look at your CV and try to find similar skills that were necessary in your previous roles. Prepare examples which refer back to your CV of how you demonstrated these skills to achieve certain goals or objectives. If you think that you don’t have some of the skills necessary this isn’t a problem. You can compensate by showing the interviewer that you have the capacity to learn new skills very quickly. This will also prove that you can take on more tasks at a quicker rate. Demonstrate this learning potential by showing how quickly you developed and progressed in previous roles.

Remember that if you include something in your CV you better be prepared to expand on it in much greater detail. The interviewer will use the information on your CV and the job spec as the basis for many of the questions so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have fully prepared answers, for a good deal of the interview. Meaning you’ll be off to a great start before the interview has even begun.

As always feel free to leave any comments. I will keep providing tips on how to convince the interviewer that you will do the job.