Day 6 - Interview Skills
All trainees should have completed PD Day 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
All trainees should have completed PD coursework
All trainees should have recieved feedback on their Honeycomb cell 'Learning from Failure'
Make an effort to mark the achievements of the trainees up to this point. They have completed almost all the learning modules. They have made thier CV's and now they are ready to prepare for interviews!!!
CONNECT ME and MOVE TOGETHER
To promote empathy and connection
To build visual focus and concentration
To facilitate non-verbal connection
Session plan is here.
To introduce trainees to effective interview techniques
To provide opportunities to practice having a remote interview
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To have trainees understand what employers are looking for in a technical interview
To have trainees learn about how to approach a coding challenge
To allow trainees practice in talking through their coding challenges
To reintroduce the STAR method of answering competency based questions
To examine the common competency based questions asked about communication, teamwork, organisation, and problem solving
To allow trainees to practice answering and get feedback on these types of questions
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To gain confidence through practicing interview techniques
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To allow trainees to reflect on the day and discuss with each other in small groups
To highlight what interview tips they found were most useful
To identify any key takeaways they will use for their group employability program
refer back to group session document (
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There are 2 separate Google Classrooms. 1 for technical coursework and another for PD coursework. There will be PD assignments every week so please check both Google Classrooms. See the coursework here.
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