Interview presentation (without powerpoint). Ideas please
Discussion
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Thanks both,
I'm not sure what the capacity is for engaging the "panel".It is only two people and one is a bod from HR. The brief says they will give me ten mins uninterrupted and will then stop me and ask questions regarding the key competencies (think I listed these in an earlier post above).
It does say I am free to produce handouts or other visual aids if this will help....... not sure what scope this gives me.... I don't fancy lugging an easel and flipchart pre prepared stuff in though I will if it could be helpful.....
If all else fails it may well be
or 
Cheers,
Thanks both,
I'm not sure what the capacity is for engaging the "panel".It is only two people and one is a bod from HR. The brief says they will give me ten mins uninterrupted and will then stop me and ask questions regarding the key competencies (think I listed these in an earlier post above).
It does say I am free to produce handouts or other visual aids if this will help....... not sure what scope this gives me.... I don't fancy lugging an easel and flipchart pre prepared stuff in though I will if it could be helpful.....
If all else fails it may well be
or Cheers,
I'm not sure why the lack of materials is causing any issues to be honest, they really aren't necessary.
It sounds like the other 2 sections take care of the 'how clever are you' stuff pretty comprehensively and this presentation is just an opportunity to highlight some other stuff about yourself which you think is relevant. Make it interesting and memorable, you should be able to sum up the point you're trying to make in one short sentence. If you can tell a story you're pretty much guaranteed to give an interesting talk.
Take the 'ensure I am a success part' as an example. Almost everyone will say the same thing about hard work and innovative solutions here - if you've overcome any hurdles successfully it's worth turning that into a story and just use hard work and being clever about things as buzzwords in the conclusion.
Out of interest, when do you talk? At the beginning or end? If it's at the end everyone will be keen to actually hear something a little bit different, especially if the panel are doing multiple interviews a day.
It sounds like the other 2 sections take care of the 'how clever are you' stuff pretty comprehensively and this presentation is just an opportunity to highlight some other stuff about yourself which you think is relevant. Make it interesting and memorable, you should be able to sum up the point you're trying to make in one short sentence. If you can tell a story you're pretty much guaranteed to give an interesting talk.
Take the 'ensure I am a success part' as an example. Almost everyone will say the same thing about hard work and innovative solutions here - if you've overcome any hurdles successfully it's worth turning that into a story and just use hard work and being clever about things as buzzwords in the conclusion.
Out of interest, when do you talk? At the beginning or end? If it's at the end everyone will be keen to actually hear something a little bit different, especially if the panel are doing multiple interviews a day.
Edited by drab on Saturday 17th January 09:38
Hi Drab,
Thanks for the reply.
I am not sure when I am talking (though it is in the afternoon series of interviews). The interview is in three parts: Ten minute presentation with questions following, an hour and a half case study with the brief to write a report outlining my findings and recommendations and then finally a 45 minute interview. The parts can be in any order and I find out on the day which.
Amazon delivered a desk top A4 portrait style easel (similar to surveyors post earlier)for presentations which I will use with slides in as an aide memoir but mostly I am planning just to treat it as a best mans speech, get them engaged and tell them why I want to do it, why I can do it and how I can do it
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I've had the content critiqued by peers and manager at my current job and it's been praised throughout for style and content. Just need to present the fecker now.
Thanks for the reply.
I am not sure when I am talking (though it is in the afternoon series of interviews). The interview is in three parts: Ten minute presentation with questions following, an hour and a half case study with the brief to write a report outlining my findings and recommendations and then finally a 45 minute interview. The parts can be in any order and I find out on the day which.
Amazon delivered a desk top A4 portrait style easel (similar to surveyors post earlier)for presentations which I will use with slides in as an aide memoir but mostly I am planning just to treat it as a best mans speech, get them engaged and tell them why I want to do it, why I can do it and how I can do it
.I've had the content critiqued by peers and manager at my current job and it's been praised throughout for style and content. Just need to present the fecker now.
Thanks Glen.
Interview was yesterday.
Presentation bit went well, interview I really enjoyed and the guy interviewing me had a relative whose godfather was Colin McRae so we had quite a big chat about that initially as I met him and RB back in the day.
The report I had to compile went not well at all
Ran out of time and to be honest the quality was poor.
It's an average taken across the three parts of the process,presentation,interview,report analysis......
Interviews are UK wide for the week so I find out within 7 days apparently.
Fingers crossed and thanks all for your help/contributions.
Interview was yesterday.
Presentation bit went well, interview I really enjoyed and the guy interviewing me had a relative whose godfather was Colin McRae so we had quite a big chat about that initially as I met him and RB back in the day.
The report I had to compile went not well at all
Ran out of time and to be honest the quality was poor.It's an average taken across the three parts of the process,presentation,interview,report analysis......
Interviews are UK wide for the week so I find out within 7 days apparently.
Fingers crossed and thanks all for your help/contributions.
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