hi everybody my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training company and
in this tutorial I'm going to give you
my seven top interview tips that will
teach you how to pass any interview so
whatever the interview you have coming
up please stick around and watch it from
beginning to end because I promise you
the tips in this tutorial are gonna make
a massive difference so a quick warm
welcome to this tutorial that's me on
the right hand side my name is Richard
McMunn from the interview training
company past my interview calm and as I
say we're gonna focus on my seven top
tips for passing your interview as
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the content so seven top tips my first
tip tip number one you should know what
the interview questions will be before
you attend the interview now you might
be sitting there thinking well how am I
gonna know what the questions are well I
will explain how to do that right now
now essentially there are two types of
interview question there are job
specific interview questions and there
are motivational interview questions now
the way to predict the interview
questions is just to take a look at the
job advert the job advert and the job
description are your friend they are
going to help you pass the interview so
get a copy of it so this is a sample one
for the role of admin assistant so if I
just quickly read this out I'll explain
how you can use a job advert to prepare
for the interview question so it says we
are looking to recruit an enthusiastic
and skilled admin assistant to join our
team in helping make our customers
experience an invaluable one you will be
comfortable dealing with customers be
able to prioritize workloads and meet
tight deadlines and then this is the
important part it will give you the
skills and attributes sometimes it's
called essential qualities and it says
there you will need to have an ability
to work on your own you need to be a
great communicator and organizational
skills you need to be friendly confident
well presented in customer focused
professional telephone manner and
understanding of the
for confidentiality and then be a team
player so that's the key element that
we're going to need to be able to
predict the interview questions so if I
then break down that essential criteria
you can see there that I've listed them
ability to work on your own initiative
well the interview question pretty much
guaranteed will be describe a time when
you worked on your own initiative to
complete a difficult task the next one
be a great communicator and have
organizational skills the question will
be describe a time when you utilized
great communication skills at work and
explained how you manage your workload
on a daily basis the next part being
friendly confident well presented
customer focused describe a time when
you delivered excellent customer service
the next bit an understanding of the
need for confidentiality the interview
question will be describe a time when
you demonstrated confidentiality in a
work situation and then the big one at
the end the team player the question
would be one of you worked as part of a
team to complete a difficult task so you
can just look at the job advert and you
can decide for the interview question
from that and if you want me to do it
for you tell me what job you've got in
the comments section below the video and
I'll give you a list of questions to
prepare for okay moving on to tip number
two so we've already covered the job
specific interview questions but what
about the motivational ones what are
they going to be well there are
essentially seven motivational interview
questions that the vast majority of
interviewers used during interviews and
here they are first one tell me about
yourself it's pretty much guaranteed to
be the first question I'm going to come
on to that in a second and give you a
sample answer next one what are your
strengths what are your weaknesses where
do you see yourself in five years time
why do you want to leave your current
job what can you bring to the role and
also how would your co-workers describe
you okay now these are relatively common
interview questions and if I was in your
position I would have my answers ready
for all of these so all you need to do
to pass your interview is to prepare the
answers for the motivational interview
questions which are there on the page
and the job specific ones so you know
how to do
Seifer the job-specific interview
questions from the job advert so we're
making good progress now let's move on
to tip number three now the first
interview question is always the
toughest to answer okay the reason being
is you've just gone into the interview
you are thinking what are they going to
ask me and you may be nervous but you
pretty much know what the first question
is going to be they're not going to say
to you okay let's start off can you tell
me when you worked as part of a team to
achieve a difficult task they're going
to say to you okay tell me about
yourself and why you are suited to this
role so you should have this answer
ready here's my sample answer for this
question tell me about itself I am a
hard-working enthusiastic and
professional team worker who takes pride
in their work and their standards now
having studied the job advert and the
job description the essential skills
needed to perform the role well I
believe are a perfect match for my own
attributes I'm at the stage in my life
where stability is really important and
I would like this job so that I can
realize my career goals and also work
for a forward-thinking innovative
company who has exciting plans for the
future I believe that if you give me the
opportunity to work for you you will be
impressed with my work ethic my
professionalism and commitment to the
rock now that is a pretty short but
sharp and punchy response that could be
used in any kind of job interview
whatsoever okay so you can use that if
you want to and but you'll also notice
that it's positive in nature so every
single word that I'm describing in that
response is positive
there's no negativity in there at all
it's a really strong response so tip
number four moving on from positive to
negative stuff do not say anything
negative in your interview now some
people do this unwittingly they don't
mean to say it but they end up by end up
saying something that is negative
remember the interview panel don't know
you this is the first first time they
have met you yes they have read the CV
and yet all your resume a and it and it
reads brilliantly and then you get in
the room they don't know you they don't
know what you like so you have to be
positive throughout so don't say things
like I'm sorry about I'm feeling really
nervous don't say is of course you're
gonna be nervous
but just don't say it doesn't matter
they will expect you to be nervous I
don't have much experience but I can do
a good job that in itself is negative
because your sense of well I don't have
much experience sell yourself don't
mention anything about your lack of
experience just persuade them that you
are the right person for the job and
don't say this I want to leave my job
because I don't particularly get on well
with my boss or there are a couple of
people I don't like in the team or the
company is boring now to work with
they're not moving forward in the right
direction if you think about it if
someone was saying that to you at
interview
you wouldn't think they were quite a
negative person and also don't mention
anything about oh I've got some holidays
coming up in a few weeks time and don't
say to them and how much leave do I get
what's the salary for this job you know
just focus on the positive things and
above all do not please say this in your
interview so what do you guys do here
now I've been interviewing people for
over 20 years and I am amazed at how
many people turn up to interview when
they say and so what you do want your
products and your services there is no
way I will give them the job because
they've done zero research so make sure
you know about the company you're
applying to join but don't mention any
of those negative things tip number five
now there are eight brilliant things you
can say in an interview there are eight
two brilliant things you can say in an
interview here they are and I've carried
out my research and I've been attracted
to your company so there's two great
things that you've carried out in
research and you are attracted to them
and you can say my CV or my resume a is
a match for the job advert and you can
also move on and say my previous skills
and experience are a match for the job
description so if you said that to me
I'd be thinking hey this this person
already has the skills required for the
role you can also say I enjoy working as
part of a team to achieve difficult
tasks or you can say I'm someone who
likes to continually learn and develop
you can say that use that in the tell me
about yourself question right the star
well I'm someone who likes to
continually learn and develop
I want to employ people who like to
continually learn and develop next thing
I'm self-motivated I'm a fast learner
now if I take you on in my company I
want
to learn really quickly and I want you
to be self-motivated I don't want to
have to stand over the top of you and
tell you what to do all the time I want
you to find out for yourself I am very
excited about this job I want to build a
career with your company and I have a
plan in place of what I'm going to do if
I get the job now if you said that to me
I'd be like okay this is interesting and
I would come back to you and say well
watch your plan now if you do utilize
that that one brilliant thing in an
interview where you say okay if I'm
successful I already have a plan in
place of what I'm going to do and I will
say what will you do here's your three
stage plan number one well I will learn
the role inside out and the fastest time
possible by taking notes and studying
them in the evenings after work I will
integrate into the team by getting to
know my work colleagues and finding out
how I can support them and the team and
then finally I will set to work on a
difficult project or task that will make
a difference to the company and I'll do
that so I repay the trust that you have
put in me so they are three things you
can say in your plan if you do utilize
that final one of the eight brilliant
things to say in your interview tip
number six so at the interview the
hiring manager is going to say to you if
you've got any questions they'll
probably say this at the end or you've
got any questions for us at the end of
the interview so say these two questions
at the end they're brilliant question
number one it was your biggest
competitor and what could I do in this
role to help you beat them again I would
be like are quite like this person they
obviously are thinking about my
competitors and what they can do to
contribute to better them next question
where do you see the company headed in
the next five to ten years because that
tells me you're planning on staying with
my company for a long time which is what
I want to do I don't want you coming in
and then leaving in six months time I
want you to be there for the long haul
and help the company to move forward on
it's exciting future tip number seven
now when you finish the interview you
get home when you get back from the
interview send this email or letter
preferably an email if you can here we
go so this is the email so in the
subject line you would put reference job
interview and then put your date on
there and then put something like this
dear sir/madam following on from today's
job interview I wanted to place on
record Mike
thanks for an informative and enjoyable
experience during the application and
interview process I found out many
positive things about your company and I
sincerely hope I'll get the opportunity
to demonstrate you how I can excel in
this role once again thank you for
giving me the opportunity and I look
forward to hearing from you in due
course so that is a positive thing and
also it puts you in the minds of the
interview panel so they finished
interviewing everybody and then they go
back to their desks and they've got that
email from you now this is a brilliant
thing only a couple of people have ever
done this to me an interview and one of
them is now my managing director so it's
a real positive thing to do in any
interview now I hope you've loved those
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