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Your career, Interview preparation

How to use AI to prepare for your job interview

We’ve recently had a couple of clients who have used AI to generate their answers ahead of coming to their training session with us. What they quickly realised is that while on the surface the answers looked really strong and…

SMcC
17/08/2026

Interview preparation, Competency Interview, Your career

Competency and Strengths Based Interviews

Competency or Strengths? - Interview Styles

Either interview style can be used by interviewers – some will even do a mix of both! What are they and what is the best way to prepare? What is a Competency Based Interview? Competency (also called Behavioural) Interviews assume…

Sinead
03/03/2026

Interviewing Advice for Employers, Interviews, Your team

Can you ask a candidate these questions in a job interview?

One of the most lively parts of our interviewer training workshops is when we ask the participants to vote (anonymously!) on whether a selected number of questions are legal or illegal to ask. Clearly, we don’t go for the really…

SMcC
05/12/2025

Interview preparation, Tell Me About Yourself, Your career

Tell me About Yourself – What are they really asking?

Let’s decode it for you – “Tell Me About Yourself” is Interviewer code for Why Should We Hire You? So while it may be important to you, interviewers do not want to hear about your social life, favourite hobbies, whether…

Siobhan White
27/08/2025

Interview preparation, Local Government Interview Questions, Your career

Local Government Interview Questions

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Preparing for your Local Government Interview?

Local Government have identified key competencies and these are tested at your interview.

Siobhan White
12/12/2024

Interview preparation, Your career

How do I finish an interview well?

We often get asked “How do I finish an Interview well?” Here’s our advice to make a lasting impression! While working with a client recently we got towards the end of the interview preparation session and came to a typical…