First job interview for 22 years - gulp!

[V88Dicky]

Ok guys and girls, I've landed a job interview next week for a national company that provides facilities management. The job is to check electric things then stick little stickers on plugs and stuff

I didn't know much about the company tbh, so obviously I'll be spamming up on that side of things, but is there anything in particular I should or shouldn't do?

As always, any advice is much appreciated.

[Mojocvh]

Pat testing? Do they train you for the job? if so then concentrate on the non job stuff.

[V88Dicky]

I don't think job specific training is provided as the advert asked for qualifications and preferably experience, both of those bases I have covered.

Guess I'll be talking for a while about my previous experience and quals then, and possibly how I expect to fit in with the company etc?

Edited by V88Dicky on Saturday 21st April 21:09

[rog007]

Recent research suggests that all interview questions stem from 3 core questions: can you do the job; will you enjoy doing the job; and will you fit in to the organisation? If you can answer all of those, or derivatives of those, convincingly, then that's you sorted! Good luck!

[A2Z]

I've been getting alot of the "competency based" questions in recent interviews.

"Tell me about a time where.....

You influenced people
Overcame a problem"

etc

[TLandCruiser]

I recently had an interview with the competency based questions and I generally don't like them because I come from an engineering background where all my questions have been technical based on my ability

[hornetrider]

Holy necrothread batman!

[Hackney]

Could you provide an example of where you resurrected something that people thought long dead?

[boyse7en]

Hackney said:

Could you provide an example of where you resurrected something that people thought long dead?

It's not dead. It was just sleeping ... for five years.

Wonder if the OP ever got the PAT-testing job?

[TLandCruiser]

my bad, I thought it was a recent post as I was searching for competency based interviews

[Monkeylegend]

But did Dicky get the job?

[hornetrider]

Come on Dicky we're all dying in anticipation.