How to Succeed at: Interviews

The University of Sheffield via FutureLearn

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Free Online Course (Audit)
Languages

English
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$109.00 Certificate Available
Duration & workload

3 weeks, 3 hours a week
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On-Demand

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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.

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Hilary Jones and Pamela Hafekost

Reviews

4.8 rating, based on 481 Class Central reviews

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Ronny De Winter @RonnyDeWinter

When you are looking for a job and have planned some interviews, it is always good to prepare yourself. This course helps you with that, how to prepare and how to deal with interviews.
That being said the tips being given are quite straight forward, and unless you never did an interview before most of it sounds like common sense. Anyway, it can help to go with more confidence in that important interview. You can never be too prepared!
Kajal Das @kajaldas

I am able to learn many essential things required in a professional interview for a candidate.

This course not only for beginners, it is equally important for any professional candidate those who are going to appear an interview. Even, HR and other people who are closely related to the recruitment process, this course is very helpful to them.
Priscila Frohmut @priscilaffonseca

I learned in detail some of the possibilities about what I already had lived about job interviews, but with more detailed and clear information about, and also learned a lot about other possibilities I never faced before when going for interviews.

Really useful information, nice and useful files to download and study more, a nice course to take!
Inma De La Torre @Inma

It is a very helpful course with templates you can download to help you prepare for interviews. The information is quite useful and presents more modern and current recruitment scenarios such as video interviews.

The course can be used both if you are applying to higher education programs or jobs.
Anonymous

This course has armed me in various ways. I came with this thought that - 'I know enough of interviews' but when I dug into week 1, I started to get convinced that there was much more than I knew. The various templates were so helpful and informativ…

This course has armed me in various ways. I came with this thought that - 'I know enough of interviews' but when I dug into week 1, I started to get convinced that there was much more than I knew. The various templates were so helpful and informative. I practiced a bit on them but it is my homework to use them maximally. The presentation of the course, the attachments and videos were too informative that you learn everything in detail. The lecturers are too knowledgeable of the subject that you don't have questions to ask. Their guidance and teaching leaves you satisfied but simply I'm still challenged to take their material seriously if I want to pass interviews. I believe that with this material, I have to pass interviews. I thank future learn for enabling me to take on this course that is so precious. This course has come in the right time when I'm applying for jobs. I simply pray that I'm shortlisted and I know with this valuable knowledge I will pass. I thank future learn for this great opportunity to educate me and I will market it to my colleagues and friends to do it. Thanks and long live FutureLearn.
Anonymous

I entered this course thinking it would be just about the popular cliches; look good, speak well, answer questions etc. But Ive got so much more than what i expected, the course dealt with techniques of preparation, different types of interview settings and formats, what different employers will expect, how to show team work, flexibility and smartwork from the onset. We even got good advice from different interviewers and at the end its all a learning process successful or not. Its great how just learning the contents of this course as boosted my confidence through discussions and knowledge. Great course indeed.
Keren Rodriguez @KerenR

this course answered all my questions and calmed my worries about both job interviews and school interviews. Was very insightful and gave excellent advice, highly recommend it.
Anonymous

Sure, it was a very helpful course. I benefitted from every piece of information or explanation it provided me with. I read all the pages and watched the included videos. I also solved all the quizzes. The mentors were exceptional. I can say that I reached the aim I was looking for when I enrolled in this course.
I advise everyone to join the course: How to Succeed at: Interviews.
Thank you all.
Pamela Gayle Johnson

This course is great for all levels:
1) Beginners would get the most out of it;
2) Intermediate would also find it very helpful; and
3) Advanced level course attendees would still find this course very good for basic reviews of interview techniques to maximize self-confidence in handling any job search interview situation.

The downloadable pdf's are great reminders (to avoid future nervousness)!

Thank you for this on-line course!
Anonymous

I am very grateful for such a useful and informative course! I learnt a lot of new and interesting things and expanded my knowledge. I'm sure that now the mention of an interview will not cause me stress, because I have the preparation :) Good luck to everyone!
Anonymous

The course was interesting and helpful. The course I would say came at the right time for me as I was invited for an interview while taking the course so it really helped. I am now more confident with interviews than I was before taking the course.
Anonymous

I found out the course very substantial, factful and extremely usefull for those who are going to prepeare for job interview. The lessons, videos and texts inside are not long that make study easy to access, understand and follow. It seems that high class professionals worked out the course, thank you a lot! Hugs
Anonymous

It is a helpful course that allows me to reflect on critical areas for improvement. I have used it alongside other resources to pinpoint gaps and areas for further development.
Anonymous

Thanks to this course I followed in 2020, I was well equipped to attend my competency interview in 2021.
I recommend it to anyone preparing for an interview.
Anonymous

Excellent explanation of recruiting process via simple steps to professional career growth. Readiness to quality preparations is the best choice for the desired workplace. Recommend trying the helpful tips personally!
Sylvia Amar @Pimiko

It's a very good course, easy to follow. The material you can download is very good. I learned tips and rational ways to answer an interview for applying a job.
Anonymous

I found myself wishing that I had known about this course when I went for interviews about 40 years ago. There was such a practical range of instructions on how to do things, that I could use to make sure I could have prepared myself properly for interviews. Some of the things mentioned I used to do, but some I did not and would have gained a lot by following the instructions.

Thank you.

Gabrielle Jarvis
Anonymous

It has been an interesting course , relevant , with some useful tools and templates . There were some general points made that are applicable to many types of interview . I think it would be particularly useful for people with little experience of interviews but equally may validate the approach taken by some of those who have had many interviews and give them new insights .
Anonymous

The course had many tips on; the types of interviews, interactive questions, how best to prepare for any type of interview.
They also give encouragement on how not to feel down if an interview doesn't go as it has planned and how to improve from it.
It is great for undergraduates and any person who has an interview coming up.
Anonymous

The module on body language and presentation was particularly insightful, providing practical tips to project confidence. Additionally, the guidance on crafting compelling responses to common interview questions greatly enhanced my ability to articulate my strengths and experiences.