Preparing for your interview
Telephone
Most often used by employers early in the application process to shortlist large numbers of applicants down to a more manageable number. Expect a telephone interview to last around half an hour.
Video
Increasingly popular among large employers, particularly for applications to graduate schemes. Video interviews can be live or pre-recorded, and will tend to last around half an hour.
Group Interviews
Employers may hold group interviews because they’re often more efficient than one-on-one interviews. There are two types of group interviews: one involves an applicant being interviewed by a group (or panel) of interviewers; the other involves one interviewer and a group of applicants.
Assessment centres
Enable employers to compare the performance of lots of candidates at the same time. You'll attend an assessment centre with other applicants and take part in tasks such as presentations, team exercises, and psychometric tests. Assessment centres usually last a full working day.
<–There are a number of different types of job interviews.
In some cases, you’ll only need to succeed at one of these to land the role. In others, particularly at large graduate employers, you may face several interview formats throughout the application process.
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