In advance

·         Re-read your application form.

·         Familiarise yourself with the required skills and qualities for the role you have applied for.

·         Identify examples from your past experience which you can use to demonstrate that you possess the relevant skills and qualities.

·         If you lack direct experience, what else can you tell the panel that demonstrates your potential to fulfil the office?

·         Anticipate questions the panel may ask.

·         Practise your responses using the STAR model.

On the day

·         You are very welcome to take notes and a copy of your application form into your interview.

·         You are also very welcome to take a pen and some blank paper into your interview. The panel would encourage you to briefly note down the question asked before considering the question and your response. This reduces the chance of you missing key words or phrases.

·         Don't rush your response to the interview questions. Take a moment to properly consider the question and, if it is a competency based question, think of the best example you can give to demonstrate the criteria being explored in the question.