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1. INTERVIEWS & ASSESSMENT CENTRES
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3. Agenda
• Your objectives
• Most wanted skills!
• Means of selection
• Typical criteria
• Interviews v/s Assessment centres
• Top tips
• FAQs
• Summary and feedback
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4. Your objectives for this session
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5. Most wanted skills!
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6. Means of selection
I nterviews
• Individual‟s capability
• Individual‟s ability and willingness to be challenged
• Individual‟s contribution
A ssessment centres
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Adaptability and interpersonal skills
• Ability to think „out of the box‟
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7. Face to face interviews- top tips!
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8. Introducing assessment centres
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9. Typical criteria for assessments
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10. Assessment centres- top tips
Dealing with Careful
variety reading
Listening
effectively
More “how you Focus and
think” than motivation
“what you throughout
know”
Focus on
individual
performance
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11. FAQs
• What do you know about us?
• Why do you want to work for this company?
• What attracts you to a career in…?
• Why should we employ you?
• What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
• What do you think are the qualities required for this job?
• What skills do you bring that other candidates may not
have?
• What did you learn at university that you could bring to
this job?
• Where do you expect to be in five years’ time?
• Are you able to move/travel?
• Are you applying for other jobs?
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12. Summary and feedback
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