Interview Skills
An interview is your chance to show an employer the person behind the CV. Many capable school leavers lose out not because they cannot do the job, but because they did not prepare, could not give examples, arrived late or froze when asked "Tell me about yourself". The good news is that interviews follow patterns, and the skills can be learned and practised. This course shows you how to research a company, prepare your documents and plan your day, answer the questions you will almost always be asked, handle tricky and unfair questions, use the STAR method to give clear examples, choose the right clothes for different workplaces, make a strong first impression, and succeed in online and phone interviews. It ends with what to do after the interview, including following up and handling offers and rejections. The course is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task in which you prepare and write out your own interview answers, and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV.
What you will learn
Prepare for any job interview, answer common questions with confidence using the STAR method, dress and behave the right way, and handle online and phone interviews.
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: Preparing for an Interview
- Module 3: Common Interview Questions
- Module 4: The STAR Method
- Module 5: First Impressions and Dress Code
- Module 6: Online Interviews and After the Interview
- Module 7: Putting It into Practice
How it is assessed
Short quizzes as you go, a final assessment with three attempts (fresh questions each time) and a practical task.
Certificate
MetaCo Certificate of Completion, with your own number and a QR code employers can scan. This certificate confirms completion of a MetaCo short course.
What you get
- The lessons, quiz and practical task
- A downloadable workbook (PDF)
- The Work Readiness toolkit
- A one-page cheat sheet to keep
- The MetaCo certificate with a QR verification link, and a "Copy to my CV" line
- The Career Starter Kit, free with your first purchase
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