How to Succeed at: Interviews

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.

If you’re still at the stage of writing your CV and submitting applications for a job or course, join our course How to Succeed at: Writing Applications.

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.

• 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