Career Hacking - Interview Skills

Whether you are a new developer looking for your first or second job in the industry, or someone contemplating a move after several years with the same company, you are likely to be interested in the question: “What does a hiring manager look for in a candidate at interview?”

From time to time the LJC offers sessions like this one, where you get the rare opportunity to sit down with hiring managers (wise folk) that are NOT recruiting so you aren’t focused on trying to impress them. Instead, you have the chance to ask them the questions that you really want answered before your next interview, such as:

• What really drives them mad in interviews?

• What makes a candidate stand out at interview?

• What common mistakes do they see on CVs?

The answers to these questions are often highly subjective and based around a hiring manager’s personal experience, so we are setting up a panel of hiring managers who will give you a range of opinions to these questions. You’ll be able to put yourself in the mind of a hiring manager and improve your chances of getting the right job to help you reach your career destination as soon as possible.

The event will work in a speed-mentoring format, which means you’ll sit in small groups of 5-10 people with hiring managers going from group to group to give a brief introduction and answering any questions you have around their recruitment process and view on interviews. RecWorks have organised this event, so as usual we will be onsite to help out and answer questions from our perspective as recruiters.

You’ll get more out of the event if you spend a little time preparing and thinking about your own approach to your next interview. What doubts or questions will you have that an expert can help you resolve? Please can you make sure you have taken a look at this presentation before attending the event as it explains the principle of career hacking and the approach that we recommend you take in asking questions at the event: http://blog.recworks.co.uk/career-hacking/

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Event organised by the awesome folk at RecWorks - Check out the blog here: http://blog.recworks.co.uk/

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