The video interview includes a range of competency-based and firm-specific questions. You'll have one minute thinking time and two minutes answering time for each question - you need to use this time wisely.
Here's some top tips to help you at this stage:
- Think about the questions that are likely to come up around key competencies and your motivations – plan how you may showcase relevant experience, skills and commercial awareness in your answers.
- Prepare by creating a 'bank' of situations or experiences to refer to in your answers, then you can use your thinking time to plan the structure and detail of your answer, rather than pondering on what examples to draw upon.
- Use the "STAR" method to clearly explain the situation, what actions you took, how you resolved the situation, and what you learnt as a reflection or the result to structure your answers.
- Use dynamic language and active words to describe what you did, rather than passive words. For example: collaborated, organised, designed, liaised, and created.
- Try placing your device on top of books or a stand so your eyes are level with the camera, as this will help with your posture and make you appear more confident.
- Don’t look at your notes or read off the screen, it’ll make you seem unprepared.
- Use your voice by alternating the tone, pitch and volume to emphasise any points you’re making in your answer – it’s not only about what you say, but how you say it.
If you progress to this stage, you'll have 7 days to complete this interview.
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