Mock interviews
Aims & Objectives
- To raise student awareness of interview skills / techniques
- To help students in the preparation of CVs and letters of application
- To help students prepare effectively for an interview
- To enable students to experience an interview with a real employer
Description of Activity
Students acquire experience in being interviewed for a job while employees acquire experience in interviewing and assessing (young) people.
Normally students will be able to select from one of the real life jobs advertised in the Mock Interview pack. The mock interview is, preferably, conducted at the place of work of the business volunteer. If no appropriate place of work is available a school-based interview can be arranged. An interview at the place of work may be more convenient for the volunteer and make it more real for the student. A typical interview will last about 20 minutes with 5 minutes for the interviewer to fill out student feedback forms and 5 minutes for immediate verbal feedback. Depending on the number of student candidates this will be a half a day or a whole day activity.
What we Need
The demand for mock interviews is huge so there is always a need for business volunteers to be involved. If you are, or know of, a business that might be able to help the young people of Newham, please do contact us.
Details
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Year Group |
Secondary (ages 14-16) |
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Group Size |
1 to 1 individual interviews, number of interviews negotiable |
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Room(s) |
At business volunteers place of work. School based interviews can be arranged |
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Time |
Each interview approx 30 minutes |
