hi there my name is Richard McMunn from
the interview training company past my
interview com and in this tutorial I'm
going to teach you how to pass your
first-ever job interview so if you have
an interview coming up and you've never
been to one before please stay tuned and
watch this tutorial fully from beginning
to end because I promise to help you
succeed
now lots of you have been contacting me
on YouTube and saying Richard I've never
been to an interview before I am nervous
how do I pass well to help you succeed
this is what I'm going to cover I'm
going to give you a list of interview
questions you really must prepare for if
it's your first ever job interview I
will also give you suggested answers to
those questions to help you succeed your
very first job interview and I will give
you some brilliant tips on how to answer
those interview questions when you have
zero work experience and you have never
been to an interview before and I will
also tell you about further resources
you can get access to to help you pass
your first ever job interview so there's
four strong reasons why you should stay
tuned and watch this presentation now
just very quickly before I get into the
first job interview questions the tips
and the answers a very warm welcome to
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McMunn that is me there in the center of
the screen I am a former firefighter of
17 years and since then I've been
helping people like you to successfully
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let's get into the training so how do
you pass your first ever
job interview well it's very very
important to use the fact that you have
little or no experience to your
advantage so don't be nervous
before you go to your interview and of
course you're going to say to me well
Richard how do I do that
how do I use the fact that hi of little
or no experience to my advantage
well here's what you need to do first of
all talk about the fact that you are
willing and ready to be trained to a
standard they need in the job you are
being interviewed for so the majority of
hiring managers want to take somebody on
who is enthusiastic and passionate and
they can train up to a specific standard
you should also talk about your
enthusiasm and passion for commencing
work at their company and also getting
off to a flying start in your career so
when they say to you when you come into
the interview room you sit down and they
start off and say introduce yourself to
us or tell me about yourself this is the
best way to answer this very first
interview question if you have no
experience and it's your first job
interview
I am very hardworking and I am
enthusiastic to get started in a role
that I believe I'm going to enjoy I am
also a very determined person who
genuinely wants to make a positive
impact in my first job before I applied
for this role
I read the job description and the
person specification carefully and I am
confident I can carry out my
responsibilities to a very high standard
now although this is my first ever job I
believe this will be an advantage
because not only can you train me up to
a standard that is needed but you can
also teach me the fastest way to be a
high-performing and productive employee
I feel confident that if you do hire me
you will be impressed with my team
working skills my ability to learn
things quickly and retain information
and also my passion for quality customer
service that is a brilliant answer for
somebody who is attending their very
first job interview and they have no
previous work experience so you can
either pause the video if you want to
and take a note of the questions in the
as we progress together or if you want
to wait I will tell you a can download
my full set of 21 first ever job
interview questions and brilliant
answers in PDF format now at some stage
during your first job interview they are
going to ask you the following question
why do you want to work for us now
although you have limited or no work
experience and this is your first job
interview you are not at a disadvantage
when answering this common job interview
question and the best way to answer this
interview question is to focus on the
following 3 things in your answer tell
them what makes their company unique so
carry out a little bit of research about
their company before you go along to the
interview have a look at their products
and their services have a look at their
history and what makes them unique also
tell them that this is going to be a
place you can learn and develop
professionally from all the other people
who are working there and also tell them
that you plan to stay with them for many
years and help them to grow and develop
as a business so here's my suggestion
answer to that job interview question
why'd you want to work for us if it's
your first ever job interview I want to
work for you for three reasons the first
reason is based on the fact you are a
forward-thinking company and you provide
excellent products and services for your
customers so this means I will always be
challenged in the role and I will also
need to work to high standards now the
second reason is I feel this is a place
I can learn and develop and from what I
can tell there are lots of dedicated and
talented people here whom I can work
alongside and learn the right way to
become a highly effective employee
finally although I am new to work I do
want to stay with the same organization
for a long period of time and based on
your history and the customer
satisfaction levels you constantly
achieve I think this is somewhere I will
be very happy in my work again that is a
brilliant top scoring answer to that
common job interview question why do you
want to work for us so they are also
going to ask you this question during
your first ever job interview what are
you
strengths now because this is your first
job interview you will need to focus on
strengths that are based on your
personality your willingness to learn
and also what you actually enjoy doing
so let's now take a look at another
strong positive answer to this common
job interview question what are your
strengths here we go
my strengths include my positive and
cheery attitude to life I genuinely
believe you get out of life what you are
willing to put in I am also a fast
learner and I can retain a lot of
information quickly and this means I
will be able to get up and running in
the role quickly other strengths include
my desire to work as part of a team and
support my colleagues to complete their
duties as well as my own and also my
loyalty my honesty and my integrity if
you put your trust in me and Jaime
within this position I will not let you
down and I will be a proud member of
your team so there's some great
strengths in there that you can use if
this is your first job interview and
you've got no previous work experience
now please don't go anywhere because I
still have lots of interview questions
and tips and answers to work through
with you but when you're ready if you
want to click that link in the top right
hand corner of the video it takes you
through to my website pass my interview
comm where you can download my 21 first
job interview questions and brilliant
answers and it's a great document that
you can have within your inbox within
two minutes from now so let's move on so
how do you answer behavioral interview
questions if it's your first ever job
interview and you've got no previous
experience so behavioral interview
questions are the type of questions
where the interviewer says you give me
an example where you have provided
excellent customer service but you're
thinking to yourself I've never been in
that situation so how do I answer it or
they might say to you tell me a time
when you worked under pressure to
complete a difficult task so how do you
answer these kind of questions well
where possible use situations you've
been in that are outside of work so if
they say to you give
an example of when you've worked as part
of a team think about a situation you've
been in where you worked with others
perhaps playing team sports for example
or if they say to you can you give me an
example of when you've worked under
pressure talk about how you prepared
fully for your examinations or your
academic studies here are two really
good tips for answering behavioral
interview questions when you've got no
previous experience so where you've
never been in a situation before give an
example when you saw someone else
demonstrating it to a good standard so
for example if they say to you that
question give me an example of when you
provided excellent customer service talk
about when you've been on the receiving
end of brilliant customer service and
I'll give you a suggested answer in a
second that's based exactly on that
question give me an example where you
provided excellent customer service tip
number two always use the star technique
to structure your answer to behavioral
interview questions so that means you
simply format your answer in the process
of situation you tell them the situation
you were in you tell them the task that
you needed to achieve you tell them what
action you took to complete the task and
then you tell them the results of your
actions so if they ever ask you a
behavioral interview question always
respond using the star technique
situation task action and result so
here's an example answer to help you
answer that question tell me a time when
you provided excellent customer service
when you've never had a job before and
this is your first ever job interview
here we go although I have never held a
job where I've had to give excellent
service I do know how to provide it I
understand that in this job it will be
my responsibility to give your customers
brilliant service because that
encourages them to come back to the
company time and time again only last
week I entered a store and the customer
service assistant immediately welcomed
me with a smile they took the time to
ask me questions about the goods I
wanted to purchase and they offered
suggestions about the different products
they had available
they then wrapped up my purchase
carefully showing that they cared before
taking my payment and wish
a good day before I went on my way now
because they were so nice and they made
me feel welcomed and valued I have since
returned to the store on to further
occasions to buy my goods I understand
how important it is to provide great
service and I will always make sure I
represent your business positively when
dealing with your customers that is a
brilliant way to answer that behavioral
interview question tell me a time when
you provide an excellent customer
service when you've got no previous work
experience it works really well because
it shows that you can observe what good
practices are what good customer service
is so another guaranteed interview
question that will come up during your
very first job interview is what's your
biggest weakness and this is one of
those tough interview questions where
people think oh no I don't want to give
them a weakness that is a match for the
job and that's exactly right you don't
want to do this so again this is pretty
much guaranteed to come up during your
first job interview but do not give a
weakness whatever you do that is a
requirement of the job for example if
you are going for an interview for a job
where you need to speak to or deal with
customers don't say to the interviewer
my weaknesses I don't really like
working with people or I don't like
dealing with customers because you
simply will not get the job also do not
at any time say that one of your
weaknesses is that you're late you know
unfortunately I tend to be late but I am
trying to improve because you won't get
the job I can guarantee it
so what we need to do is is to give a
weakness that is safe that's not going
to do you any harm so if you are
attending your first ever job interview
and they say to you which they will do
what's your biggest weakness here's my
suggested answer one thing that
frustrates me the most about myself is
that I find it really hard to say no to
people if somebody asks me to help them
I will always say yes now the problem is
I sometimes take on too much and then I
get overwhelmed now although I am very
hardworking and I will always help when
I am able to I am learning to think
before I say yes to everything that is a
perfect answer
to that very first job interview
question what's your biggest weakness
now they are also going to ask you the
following interview question where do
you see yourself in five years time now
again this is an extremely common job
interview question now whenever I have
interviewed people in the past and I
have sat on interview panels numerous
times before I always ask this question
and if the candidate says that they plan
to not be working with me in five years
time I will not give them the job now
the reason why an interviewer or a
hiring manager will ask this question is
because they are going to be investing
lots of time energy and resources into
getting you trained up in the role so
therefore the last thing they want to
hear is that you're going to leave
within a few months or even within the
first year to go somewhere else so
here's my suggested answer to this
interview question where do you see
yourself in five years time this is my
first job and I plan to stay here for a
long period of time now providing you
are happy with my performance which I
genuinely believe you will be I will
still be here in five years time for
sure five years from now I expect to be
a highly respected member of the team
fully competent in my duties and someone
who can perhaps help train up new
members of the team when they join in
similar positions to myself so you are
not just saying I plan to still be here
you are showing vision in the fact that
you are thinking in five years time
you're gonna be fully respected great at
your work fully competent and also
perhaps helping the company train up new
members of the team who join in similar
positions so that is a brilliant answer
now they are also going to say to you
when you get to the end of the interview
do you have any questions the vast
majority of people say no I don't have
any questions you've covered everything
in the interview but you if you say that
you are missing a golden opportunity
here to ask some questions that show
number one you care about the success of
their company number two you are
enthusiastic to learn more and also you
can't wait to get started so when they
say to you do you have any questions
here's what I would say yes I'd like to
ask
just three questions if I'm a place what
would you need me to concentrate on in
the job within the first few weeks of
starting so that shows again you've got
vision you're looking at and thinking
right what am I going to be doing in the
job
within the first few weeks at start of
starting I would also say what are the
future plans for the company and do you
have any new products or services coming
out soon that shows you care and you are
interested in the success of the
business number three
whilst I'm waiting to find out the
results of my interview is there any
further information or literature I can
read to learn a little bit more about
the company now they're probably going
to say to you no it's okay we'll be in
touch soon to let you know the results
but if you said that to me I would be
thinking wow they really do want to find
out as much as possible about the
company I would not ask any more than
three questions two or three questions
he's perfect don't sit there and ask
them five or six or even seven questions
because they have to interview other
people and they haven't got time but I
think three questions like that are
brilliant they show that you care and
that you are enthusiastic so the next
thing to do please do click that link in
the top right hand corner of the video
and have a look at the 21 questions that
I recommend you prepare for on that page
you can download all of the questions
including the ones I've gone through now
and also brilliant answers I've also
answered some of the common questions
people ask about job interviews their
first ever job interview such as what
should I wear for my interview how can I
be the standout candidate so do check
them out I've also given you 5 brilliant
tips in addition to the ones I've worked
through within this presentation on that
page to do click that link and have a
look at that page you will find it
useful and you can download the answers
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