You're nervous. Hell, I'm nervous and I'm sitting on the other side of the table. The recruiting side.
Yes, my friend, this is an interview.
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First things first, you need to know that I'm rooting for you. You've put in a lot of effort to get this far - you've polished your CV, crafted your personal statement, got advice from your partner, your mum, the bloke next door. It's a few hours of your time - if you're dedicated, maybe even a whole weekend.
I know it's taken time and I appreciate.
It's taken me time too. It's taken a while to craft that job description and recruitment pack, to diarise interviews and craft questions which match up to the job specification and competencies. Then there's the sifting and shortlisting. That takes a while.
All in all it's taken us both a good deal of effort to get to this point, so I'm rooting for you. I want you to do your best because this is my one shot at finding the right person. If you've got the skills I need I want to know about them.
I need you to
tell me about them. Because I can only go by what you say and do on the day.
On exercises...