The Career and Panel Interview Skills Training workshop is intended to immerse attendees into both the interviewee and assessor roles. Student activities are designed to assist employees of all positions by focusing on the attendees’ ability to articulate individual skills, experiences, related qualifications, or to represent their position “fit” under actual interview stress. Additionally, attendees will be afforded the opportunity to evaluate others, an insight often only enjoyed by agency selection panels. Of added value, attendees will receive instant feedback with instructor-led coaching.

Admittedly, there will likely be three professional presentations each of us will give throughout our life: the one we prepared for, the one we gave & the one we wish we gave. This workshop is designed to reduce the list associated with the things we “wish we said, or did” by exposing attendees to       techniques that will enhance individual communications during these challenging and sometimes stressful experiences.

Course Objectives:

• Debate position “fit”
• Analyze job skills, duties and measured competencies
• Prepare an effective summary of related experiences
• Participate in mock interviews with a variety of questioning formats
• Deliver a concise communication of essential job competencies, related experience and qualifications
• Practice the use of Situational, Task, Action Taken and Results (STAR) approach to selling yourself
• Rate the performance of others to identify the 1⁰ of separation that often exist between candidates
• Name three challenges that all interview participants must overcome
• Review methodologies that will maximize presentation effectiveness
• Perform diverse simulated interviews under realistic conditions and stress
• Discuss methods to manage stress effectively during an interview
• Analyze video-taped self-performance with hands-on coaching
• Critique communication styles to learn methods to respond to questions and leave assessors with a positive, memorable experience, by focusing on interpersonal communication skill-sets
• Evaluate the performance of others, so that you can experience the challenges faced by assessors
• View and manage heart rate under the stress of an interview and practice controlling it
• Prepare individual mnemonic to aid in making a positive first impression
• Manage stressors through proper preparation and attitude