Job Interview Preparation

A good place to start your job hunt is by looking at Tesco job vacancies. They often have a wide range of job vacancies to suit many different education and experience backgrounds.

It is completely natural to feel nervous before a job interview but you can minimize pre-interview stress with some preparation.An interest in the position and the organisation you are being interviewed for is key. Potential employers like to see that you have some knowledge about what the company does and how the job role fits into this company.

When gathering information about a company the best place to start is with it’s website. This will give you all the information the company wants you to know about itself. Whilst you will not be expected to know every last detail about the company’s and the services it offers, it is good to show that you have prepared yourself with a little background knowledge.

Many companies have a strong team-working ethics, they prefer to have employees working together to achieve a common goal rather than working alone which can lead to communication difficulties. If this is the impression you get from your pre-interview research and from the information given in the job specification, it is important that you prepare yourself with information about your team accomplishments. Whilst it shows good self-motivation when you have made sole accomplishments, a company may be more interested in what you can do whilst working as part of a team if that is how they have better productivity.

No matter what position you are applying for, it is good to know what products and services are offered by the company. It shows you have taken some time to get to know a little about the company before attending the interview. 

Having a small list of questions prepared before going into the interview is also very important. You are showing an interest in the company and the position you have applied for. By having no questions you may be showing a lack of interest which will be seen as a negative on your part.You may find that all of your questions have been answered during the interview process, don’t worry and don’t feel that you still need to ask the questions and get the interviewers to repeat themselves. Just let them know that you had some questions but they have all been answered whilst you have been talking.

Finally, think about the questions the interviewer may ask you. They will want to know what experience you have and how you would handle certain situations. They may ask you to refer to previous situations you have been in and want you to draw on information from real life scenarios. It is good to have an idea of what scenarios you can refer to before the interview despite not knowing exactly what information the interviewer may wish to gather from your answer. Example scenarios would be positions of responsibility, meeting deadlines, managing a project, etc. Answering in a confident, knowledgeable will give the interviewer confidence in you. Try not to be evasive or miss out key areas of information as this will hinder the interviewer when deciding if you are right for the job.