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The University of Sheffield

How to Succeed at: Interviews

The University of Sheffield via FutureLearn

Overview

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Being offered an interview is exciting but can be quite daunting. On this course, our experts from The Careers Service here at The University of Sheffield will make sure you are prepared for the big day.

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This course is designed for anyone applying for jobs or courses. It will be of particular interest to those in the early stages of their career, or those who are out of practice and need to update their skills. No prior knowledge or expertise are needed.

Syllabus

  • Preparing for interviews
    • Welcome to Week 1
    • Getting ready for the day
    • Thorough preparation does work
    • Summary of the week
  • Dealing with interviews
    • Welcome to Week 2
    • Creating a positive impression
    • Getting to grips with interview questions
    • Closing stages
    • End of week summary
  • Handling different types of interview
    • Welcome to Week 3
    • Successful telephone and video interviews
    • Other non-standard interviews
    • End of course summary

Taught by

Hilary Jones and Pamela Hafekost

Reviews

4.8 rating, based on 472 Class Central reviews

4.7 rating at FutureLearn based on 512 ratings

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  • I am able to learn many essential things required in a professional interview for a candidate.

    This course not only for beginners, it is equally important for any professional candidate those who are going to appear an interview. Even, HR and other people who are closely related to the recruitment process, this course is very helpful to them.
  • I learned in detail some of the possibilities about what I already had lived about job interviews, but with more detailed and clear information about, and also learned a lot about other possibilities I never faced before when going for interviews.

    Really useful information, nice and useful files to download and study more, a nice course to take!
  • It is a very helpful course with templates you can download to help you prepare for interviews. The information is quite useful and presents more modern and current recruitment scenarios such as video interviews.

    The course can be used both if you are applying to higher education programs or jobs.
  • When you are looking for a job and have planned some interviews, it is always good to prepare yourself. This course helps you with that, how to prepare and how to deal with interviews.
    That being said the tips being given are quite straight forward, and unless you never did an interview before most of it sounds like common sense. Anyway, it can help to go with more confidence in that important interview. You can never be too prepared!
  • this course answered all my questions and calmed my worries about both job interviews and school interviews. Was very insightful and gave excellent advice, highly recommend it.
  • Anonymous
    This course has armed me in various ways. I came with this thought that - 'I know enough of interviews' but when I dug into week 1, I started to get convinced that there was much more than I knew. The various templates were so helpful and informativ…
  • Anonymous
    Excellent explanation of recruiting process via simple steps to professional career growth. Readiness to quality preparations is the best choice for the desired workplace. Recommend trying the helpful tips personally!
  • Anonymous
    It has been an interesting course , relevant , with some useful tools and templates . There were some general points made that are applicable to many types of interview . I think it would be particularly useful for people with little experience of interviews but equally may validate the approach taken by some of those who have had many interviews and give them new insights .
  • Anonymous
    The course had many tips on; the types of interviews, interactive questions, how best to prepare for any type of interview.
    They also give encouragement on how not to feel down if an interview doesn't go as it has planned and how to improve from it.
    It is great for undergraduates and any person who has an interview coming up.
  • Anonymous
    The module on body language and presentation was particularly insightful, providing practical tips to project confidence. Additionally, the guidance on crafting compelling responses to common interview questions greatly enhanced my ability to articulate my strengths and experiences.
  • Pamela Gayle Johnson
    This course is great for all levels:
    1) Beginners would get the most out of it;
    2) Intermediate would also find it very helpful; and
    3) Advanced level course attendees would still find this course very good for basic reviews of interview techniques to maximize self-confidence in handling any job search interview situation.

    The downloadable pdf's are great reminders (to avoid future nervousness)!

    Thank you for this on-line course!
  • Anonymous
    The course is very useful. I was an employee in the previous period, and I am currently reading and learning to apply and work for several jobs and study opportunities. The information is very important. I recommend it to friends.
    Thanks to all the team
  • Anonymous
    This is very helpful!! From what to wear to the different types of questions you may face, it delve into all aspects of interview. And it emphasizes on preparation, which is crucial.
  • Anonymous
    I found out the course very substantial, factful and extremely usefull for those who are going to prepeare for job interview. The lessons, videos and texts inside are not long that make study easy to access, understand and follow. It seems that high class professionals worked out the course, thank you a lot! Hugs
  • Anonymous
    he course content was well-structured, covering various aspects of the interview process. It gave me a clear understanding of what to expect and how to prepare effectively."
  • Anonymous
    I think I am ready to face any interview now as this course has helped me build my confidence. it's a great subject and it's so easy to understand.
  • Anonymous
    Great advice, well presented and covers everything. I learned a lot. The videos and example quizzes were particularly good.
  • Anonymous
    So helpful course.Thank you for the opportunity.This course was amazing with every basic tips and skills for the interviews.
  • Anonymous
    This course helps us prepare for interviews. Either a job or a course with more principles and makes us more confident
  • Anonymous
    I discover this course has good information ,and useful ,good tips for i have good interview .
    Thank you for the couse

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