We first assessed how we presented ourselves, were we confident? Calm? Were we positive?
These were quite important as there were alot of things we should and shouldn't do whilst in an interview. But the main thing was just to be yourself.
You also need to be articulate able to speak clearly, have a good response time and show that you know what you are doing.
Things you shouldn't do would be to give short answers and have alot of pauses, also not elaborating.
Some more feedback from the interview were to make sure you understood you knew your area when speaking to the interviewer, you needed to be good at explaining your work, researched the company and be flexible/adaptable.
Not understanding your position is detrimental to you getting the job or not.
We were also given a personal SWOT analysis to do in our own time.
This was to assess our Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Strengths -
What do you do well?
What advantages do you have over other people?
What software are you knowledgeable in?
Do you have good time skills?
Weaknesses -
Do you have a lack of expertise?
Are you unorganised?
Are you uncomfortable or awkward in groups?
Are you a poor listener?
How often do you procrastinate?
Opportunities -
Collabaration
Networking
Selling yourself
Training others
Threats -
Competition
Economic downturn
Disruptive technology
Other candidates who have more experience than you.
SWOT analysis proved very helpful in knowing how to improve myself.
Reference:
https://canvanizer.com/images/canvas-thumb/swot-canvas.png
http://articles.bplans.com/how-to-perform-swot-analysis/
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