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Interview for trainee

INTERVIEW SKILLS

What we need to find out from the candidate during their interview:

To find this out we will ask the following open questions during the interview: (Your group will need to finish writing these questions.)

i) Has the candidate found out about the company?

1) What do you know about the football league?

2) What do you know about the job you have applied for?

3) Give us an example of something you have been responsible for (at home or school) and tell us how you made sure you performed this task successfully?

4) Give an example of how you have worked successfully as part of a team. What was your role in the team and what was the team outcome?

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ii) Have they found out about the job?

iii) Are they responsible and keen to do their best?

iv) Can they work effectively as part of a team?

v) Are they keen to pick up new skills?

vi) Do they have the enthusiasm and commitment to perform the job successfully?

vii) Do they have any experience that is relevant?

viii) Can they communicate clearly?

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KS3 & 4 PSHELESSON PLAN 3 – INTERVIEW SKILLS

The following lesson plan is designed for one 50 to 60 minute session.

Objectives: • Tounderstandtheinterviewprocess• Tounderstandthetypeofquestionsthatareaskedataninterview• Toknowhowtoprepareforaninterviewinordertomakethemostoftheopportunityandtopresentyourselfinthemostpositivelight

Lesson ResourcesResource3:‘PackofElevenJobCards’–oneforeachrolebeingofferedinthecompetition.(UsedinLesson1)Resource11:‘InterviewQuestions’worksheet

Lesson Introduction (5 minutes)Explainthatiftheirapplicationisshort-listedforstagetwoofthe‘What’sYourGoal?competition,theywillneedtoprepareathree-minutevideoansweringasetofquestionslikeinaninterview.

Askthestudentswhathappensinajobinterview?

Interviewcandidatesareaskedquestionssothepotentialemployercanfindoutwhotheythinkismostappropriateforthejobvacancy.Allcandidatesareaskedthesamesetofquestionssotheprocessisasfairaspossibleforeachpersonandsotheemployercancompareeachcandidate.Aninterviewisatwowayprocessasit’salsoanopportunityfortheintervieweetoasktheirpotentialemployerquestions.

Sointhissessiontheyaregoingtolearnabouttheinterviewprocessandrole-playaninterviewscenarioforoneofthetraineerolesonofferinthecompetition.Beforetheycandothistheyaregoingtolearnwhatpreparationboththepotentialemployerandthecandidateneedtodobeforetheinterviewday.

Activity OnePreparation for Interview – The Employer (15mins) Whatdoestheemployerwanttofindoutaboutthecandidateduringtheinterview?

• Hasthecandidatedonetheirresearchandfoundoutaboutthecompany?• Havetheyfoundoutaboutthejob?• Aretheyresponsibleandkeentodotheirbest?• Cantheyworkeffectivelyaspartofateam?• Aretheykeentopickupnewskills?• Dotheyhavetheenthusiasmandcommitmenttoperformthejobsuccessfully?• Dotheyhaveanyexperiencethatisrelevanttotherole?• Cantheycommunicateclearly?

Explainthatallthequestionsaboveareclosedquestionsandcanbeansweredwithyesorno:e.g:AClosedQuestion:‘DoyouknowanythingaboutTheFootballLeague?’hasaYes/Noresponse.Thereforethesequestionscannotactuallybeaskedintheinterview.

Questionsinaninterviewneedtobeopenquestions:e.g:Soanappropriateopenquestionwouldbe:‘WhatdoyouknowaboutTheFootballLeague?’Itcannotbeansweredbyyesorno,andgivesthecandidateachancetodescribeandexplainthingstheyknowandhavedone.

Cantheythinkofsuitablequestionsthatcouldbeaskedinaninterviewtoelicitcandidates’knowledgeandexperienceinthefollowingareas?

• Hasthecandidatefoundoutaboutthejobtheyareapplyingfor? e.g.InterviewQuestion:Whatdoyouknowaboutthejobyouhaveappliedfor?

• Isthecandidateresponsibleandkeentodotheirbest? e.g.InterviewQuestion:Giveusanexampleofsomethingyouhavebeenresponsiblefor(athomeorschool)andtellushowyoumadesureyouperformedthistasksuccessfully?

• Cantheyworkeffectivelyaspartofateam? e.g.InterviewQuestion:Giveanexampleofhowyouhaveworkedsuccessfullyaspartofateam.Whatwasyourroleintheteamandwhatwastheteamoutcome?

Giveeachgroupofthreestudentsthe‘PackofElevenJobCards’(Resource3)withthejobdescriptionsonandthe‘InterviewQuestions’worksheet(Resource11).

Explainthatintheirgroupstheyneedto:• decidewhichtraineeroletheywillwriteinterviewquestionsfor;• findandreadthroughthejobdescription;• writetheremaininginterviewquestions.Remindthemthattheyareaskingquestionsfora‘trainee’notanexperiencedprofessional.

Feedback:Askstudentstofeedbackusefulquestionstheyhavewritten.Iftheyhaven’tcomeupwithany,getthestudentstoaddastheirlastquestion‘Arethereanyquestionsyouwouldliketoask?’asthisisnearlyalwaysaskedinaninterview.

Activity TwoPreparation for Interview – The Interviewee / Candidate (10 mins)Explainhowimportantitisfortheintervieweetoprepareforaninterviewthoroughlyandthatitisnaturaltofeelalittlenervousbeforeaninterview.Beforehandtheyneedtothinkcarefullyaboutthequestionstheymightbeaskedandhowtheywouldanswerthem.Italsohelpsiftheyhavealreadythoughtaboutpersonalexperiencestheycouldusetoanswerdifferentquestions.

Explainthatinthiscasetheywillknowtheinterviewquestionsinadvancesotheycanthinkabouthowtheywouldanswerthem,butthiswouldnothappenwitharealinterview.

Asagroup,discussdifferentwaystheymighteachanswerthenineinterviewquestions.

Activity ThreeThe Interview Role-Play (10mins)Discusshowtheemployers/interviewerswillbehaveduringtheinterview:e.g.welcomingbutformal,puttingcandidatesateaseinorderthattheyperformtheirbest,shakehandsetc

Discusshowacandidate/intervieweeusuallyfeelsataninterviewandwhattheyneedtodotoputthemselvesacrosswell:e.g.nervousbutneedtosmile,makeeye-contact,friendlybutformal,etc

Explainthattheyaregoingtorole-playtheinterview.Theyneedtodecidewhowilltakewhichrole:1) Interviewee2) Interviewer(relevantmembersofstafffromTheFootballLeague–usuallytherecruitingmanagerandamemberofHuman

Resources)whoasksthequestionsduringtheinterview3)Interviewer(relevantmembersofstafffromTheFootballLeague–usuallytherecruitingmanagerandamemberofHuman

Resource)whomakenotesontheanswerstheintervieweegives.

Ifthereistimeavailable,studentscouldswaproles.

Activity FourConstructive Feedback from an Interview (10 mins)Explainthatallintervieweesareentitledtoconstructivefeedbackwhetherornottheyareofferedthepost.Thiscomprisesofpositivefeedbackofthingsthecandidatedidwellandhowtheirskills/experiencemeetthejobcriteria(e.g.howtheycameacross,contentofanswers,etc)andsomethingthatcandidatecouldworkonorchangeinordertoimprovetheirperformanceattheirnextinterview.Ifthecandidateisnotsuccessful,theinterviewermayhighlighthowthecandidatedidnotfulfilthejobcriteria.

Intheirgroups,askstudentstodiscusstherole-playinterviewanddecidewhattheirconstructivefeedbackwouldbe.Theyneedtodecideonthreepositivecommentsandonethingthatcouldbeimproved.Thisistobedonebyallthreestudentsnotjustthoseinthe‘employer’roles.Inthisinstance,theycouldalsoconsiderappropriateconstructivefeedbackforthetwointerviewers.

Plenary (5 – 10 minutes)Dotheythinktheirgroup’scandidatewouldhavebeenofferedthejobandwhy?Explainthatinworldofwork,theinterviewerswouldhaveameetingtodiscussallthecandidatesandcomparetheirresponsestoeachquestionbeforeadecisionismade.