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Tackling an interview presentation...

  • 14-06-2015 12:50pm
    #1
    Zipppy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭


    Have one coming up shortly for Public service..been given a topic and asked to 'discuss'.

    My thoughts on how to approach this is to discuss and evaluate the topic in the context of my own skills / experience, and then offer recommendations that fit with my experience and skills hence 'selling myself' as the right person to come in and get the job done..

    Thoughts on this approach?
    Any other considerations?


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  • #2
    Tigger99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭Tigger99


    Are you sure it's not a separate interview and presentation? I've never heard of an interview presentation in the public service?


  • #3
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    I did an interview and a presentation on a topic - IT related when going for an IT job in the public/civil service so its not that uncommon for some interviews to have a presentation as part of it, a lot of job interviews do now a days.

    Based on what I did I just picked out a topic from the list I was given, talked about that presented the key points and I was asked questions on it but the topic did have to do with the role and what affect be on the department I was applying for.

    Depends on the topic but I'd say bring in your own knowledge and skills into it if its a very general topic, if its specific then I wouldn't just add in what you have mentioned it be more to do with the role and how it fits with the role and department? That's the impression I got from them based on the questions I got on the topic it was not just on the key terminology that I tried to point out. It was how it would affect the role/department really how would such and such be useful and how to improve it, how it fit with the role/department.

    Did they not give an outline of what questions to fill out in the application?

    Best of luck OP!


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