Course purpose

The Job Interview Skills course provides you with the foundations and basic knowledge on the tools and techniques to get a job interview, the preparation before the interview and the appropriate behaviour required to succeed in a job interview. The course will help you to develop the language and techniques to be able to conduct an interview in English as an interviewee with great amounts of self-confidence.

This programme is designed for undergraduate or graduate students who are to face for the first time the working industry or professionals who are considering changing jobs.  It covers a wide range of topics from how to get the desired interview to CV and Cover Letter preparation, body language during an interview or the different stages involved in a job interview.

The course is highly practical and includes also filming of interviews throughout the course in order to create a real-life scenario. Feedback from the trainer and professional interviewers will be delivered during the different stages of the course.

Course structure

The course aims at students with a Pre-Intermediate level and above.

The total length of the course is 16 hours and is taught during the week or at the weekend.

There are some of the contents that will be covered during the course:

- Job Search

- CV preparation/ cover letter preparation

- Types of interviews

- Interview preparation

- How to deal with interview nerves

- Stages of an interview

- Types of questions

- Body Language during the interview

- Interview follow-up