Acing in Interview Skills Workshop

Objective

In an interview, it's not just what you say but how you say it. Hiring decisions are also made within the first 5 minutes. So how can you make sure you leave a memorable impression and get the job offer?

Using interactive techniques (e.g. role-playing, games and videos), the workshop will provide tips and frameworks to help candidates in behavioural interview situations. In addition, we will discuss how to start strong with a comprehensive "tell me about yourself", and how to ask good questions at the end to leave a lasting impression.

Proposed Agenda

• Interviewing Goals & Objectives: What Interviewers are Assessing
  • Be Memorable
  • Not just what you say, but how you say it
• Why decisions are made in the first 5mins
  • How to start strong & properly introduce yourself (i.e. “Tell me about yourself”)
• Behavioural & Competency-based Interviews
  • Overview & Format
  • Prepare, prepare, prepare
  • The S.T.A.R. model
• Other Types of Interviews (e.g. telephone, videoconference, case interviews, etc.)
• Finishing Strong – How to Ask Good Questions
• Job Offer Negotiation & Acceptance
  • Job Acceptance Ethics
  • How to Professionally Turn-down an Offer

About the Trainer

Jonathan Kwan is Managing Director of Kwantum Leap Group. With over 15 years of experience as a career coach, and management consultant, he is currently an external career advisor for the world's top business schools, including Cambridge, INSEAD & HKUST. Currently, he's studying the effectiveness of high-potential leadership programs in Asia.

Originally from Canada, Jon is the founder and a Board Member of the CUTC Foundation, a non-profit focused on technology education and awareness. He is also the founder of Audacity, a movement that provides role models and encourages youth to not be afraid of following the road less traveled during their careers.

Jon holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. In his spare time, you can find him playing Ultimate Frisbee in and around the island