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Job Interviews - Complete Guide for Candidates & Recruiters
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Job Interviews - Complete Guide for Candidates & Recruiters

How to Prepare and Succeed in your Job Interviews | Best Tips & Tricks | Firsthand Insights | Most Common Questions
Created byNikola Lugonja
Last updated 9/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • This course consists of 4 mini courses. There will always be summary lectures with the most important takeaways, and exercises to prepare for interviews.
  • 1) How to Ace a Job Interview
  • 2) How to Answer 8 Most Common Job Interview Questions
  • 3) Competency-Based Interviewing Explained
  • 4) How to Create a Job-winning Resume
  • 5) Tips and lessons on how Recruiters think and what they expect

Course content

4 sections • 46 lectures • 2h 18m total length

  • Introduction1:42

    Offering a complete job interview guide for candidates and recruiters, Nicola shares key segments to help you prepare. Access self-recordings, slides, and a final nutshell summary to reinforce takeaways.

  • Selection process overview5:01

    Explore how the selection process unfolds from résumé screening and phone interviews to first and second interviews, tests, and final job offers, tailored per organization.

  • How to prepare for an interview (research tips)3:22

    Learn to research a company’s values, roles, people, and content to tailor your interview, using sources like company sites, LinkedIn, job boards, and employee spotlights.

  • Interview structure (7 stages)4:56

    Explore the seven-stage interview structure that typically lasts up to an hour, covering small talk, company overview, motivation questions, case tasks, candidate questions, and closing statements.

  • Should you lie on your interviews?4:00

    Explore the risks of lying in interviews and learn how hard and soft lies damage credibility, with practical guidance to frame gaps as growth opportunities.

  • What to do if you can’t answer an interview question2:41

    When you can't answer an interview question, stay calm, turn it into a hypothetical, or honestly say you don't know and outline how you would handle it.

  • How to respond to funneling questions1:38

    Learn how to respond to funneling questions by starting with gentle prompts and drilling down to specifics. This approach helps candidates provide detailed responses and supports accurate interviewer notes.

  • Why interviewers take notes (peek behind the curtain!)2:25

    Learn why interviewers take notes during interviews to remember candidates, share insights with the decision team, and capture direct quotes for objective, bias-free assessment.

  • What to ask at the end of an interview + Question examples2:52

    Learn to end interviews with prepared, meaningful questions that show motivation, while avoiding broad queries and using examples about culture, goals, duties, and next steps.

  • What to do while waiting for the interview decision4:10

    Wait the one-to-two week decision window, keep applying meanwhile, then consider polite follow-up if no feedback, and avoid overinterpreting impressions since final decisions involve multiple stakeholders.

  • How to practice answering behavioral questions1:59

    Practice answering behavioral questions by quickly recalling relevant past experiences in 30–60 seconds, using the start technique, and tailor practice to anticipated competencies from job postings and company values.

  • Summary3:40

    Master the interview journey from research to follow-ups, and use the situation, task, action and result method to answer behavioral questions effectively.

Requirements

  • There are no particular requirements to take this class. All you need to do is follow the lectures carefully and use the most important takeaways for your future interviews.

Description

Mini-course #1

For many people, job interviews tend to be a very uncomfortable and frightening experience. The reason for this is mostly that candidates are not familiar with what happens on the other side. The purpose of this class is to transparently present recruiting and selection, and cover the most important parts of nailing an interview. From doing proper research beforehand, handling tricky situations, and understanding funneling questions to knowing what to ask at the end of an interview and how to stay active in the job search. This class focuses on the most significant parts and tips to help you elevate your performance on the job interviews.

How to ace a job interview (lectures):

  1. Class Introduction

  2. Selection process overview

  3. How to prepare for an interview (research tips)

  4. Interview structure (7 stages)

  5. Should you lie on your interviews?

  6. What to do if you can’t answer an interview question

  7. How to respond to funneling questions

  8. Why interviewers take notes (peek behind the curtain!)

  9. What to ask at the end of an interview + Question examples

  10. What to do while waiting for the interview decision

  11. How to practice answering behavioral questions

  12. Summary (class overview)


Mini-course #2

Take a look at the 8 most common job interview questions, why they are asked, how to respond to them, and what are some high-level answer samples. These are the 8 questions you are most likely to encounter or any type of job interview, independent of your profession. As a candidate, this will give you a lot of insights and strongly prepare for your next interviews. As an interviewer, this class can serve you as an inspiration for your question agenda and to better understand the motives behind these questions.

How to answer the 8 most common interview questions (lectures):

  1. Class Introduction

  2. Tell me about yourself

  3. Why do you want this job?

  4. What is your biggest achievement/failure?

  5. What type of work environment do you prefer?

  6. Why did you quit your last job?

  7. What are your goals/plans for the future?

  8. What are your salary expectations?

  9. Do you have any questions?

  10. Summary (class overview)


Mini-course #3

A competency–based interviewing is a behavioral type of interview used to assess a candidate's performance in a particular key area or skill that is attributable to the job description. This approach is built on a premise that the best predictor of future behavior is the past one. Therefore, candidates are asked questions where they need to provide specific examples from their prior experiences. In this class, we will look deeper into this concept and all the things that go together with it. The class is relevant to both interviewers (recruiters) and candidates.

Competency-based Interviewing (lectures):

  1. Class Introduction

  2. 4 Types of Interviews

  3. What is CBI?

  4. What are competencies?

  5. UCF vs Customized Competencies

  6. Universal Competency Framework construction explained

  7. How to use the competency cards (interview preparation)

  8. How to prepare interview questions based on competencies

  9. STAR technique - answer interview questions (for candidates)

  10. SBO structure - analyze interview answers (for interviewers)

  11. Funneling (probing) Technique explained

  12. 7 Common Interviewer Biases

  13. Questions, Exercise & Sources - Bonus video

  14. Summary (class overview)


Mini-course #4

Check out this class on how to build a professional and well-structured CV. We will take a look into both the content and design of resumes and share many useful tips and tricks to make your resume stand out in job applications. Aside from the CV, we will have a chance to discuss the cover letters and CV alternatives.

How to Create a Job-winning Resume (lectures):

  1. Class Introduction

  2. 3 Types of Resumes

  3. Design vs Content

  4. CV Structure

  5. CV Don’t(s)

  6. Result-oriented vs Task-oriented CV

  7. CV File Format

  8. Canva for Resumes (tool)

  9. Cover Letters

  10. CV Alternatives

  11. Summary (class overview)

Who this course is for:

  • 1) Experienced candidates (people looking for a job) who want to improve their job interview performance
  • 2) Candidates (people looking for a job) who don't have much previous experience with job interviews
  • 3) Recruiters and interviewers who want to improve their skills and conduct more effective interviews.]

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