Employability Edge Interviews and Recruitment Processes

Interviews and Recruitment Processes

Prepare and practice to build your confidence. This module outlines common interview questions, styles and settings, and explains the selection processes to get you to that all-important final interview.

How long will the module take to complete?

Approximately 120 minutes

Learning objectives

Prepare for an interview
Respond to a range of interview questions in different settings
Understand assessment centres, psychometric testing and gamification
What to do after the interview.

Working through this module

You will gain maximum advantage from this module by working step by step through the topics and activities. At the end of each topic there is an ‘Additional Resources’ section where you can explore additional information about the subject matter to get that employability edge.

Important

Download and save the ‘Contemporary Recruitment Processes’ Activity Book below, and login to your JCU Big Interview, and LinkedIn Learning accounts to participate in this module.

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Topics

The Balance Careers. (2019). Common Engineering Job Interview Questions.
Cameron School of Business. (n.d.). Behavioural Based Interview Questions THE STAR METHOD.
Careers.govt.nz. (2019). Tests at interviews.
Chartered Management Institute. (2019). 4 ways gamification is shaking up the interview process.
Gamification.co. (n.d.). L’Oreal uses serious games for employee recruitment
Glassdoor. (2019). Ask an interview coach: How do I answer hypothetical interview questions?
GradLeaders. (n.d.). 6 Gamification examples: A real game-changer for recruitment and career services.
Graduate Opportunities. (n.d.). Aptitude tests and assessment centres.
Hays. (2019). Assessment Centres.
HR Trend Institute. (2019). 9 examples of gamification in HR.
Indeed Career Guide. (2019). How to respond to a job rejection email.
Indeed Career Guide. (2019). Interview question: “Tell me about yourself” (With example answer).
The Interview Guys. (2020). How to Master the STAR Method for Interview Questions.
LinkedIn Learning. (n.d.). Example interviews: Tell me about your strengths.
LinkedIn Learning. (n.d.). Making a great impression.
Public Service Commission NSW. (2019). Work sample exercises.
Readygrad. (2019). What is an assessment Centre?.
Recruiterbox. (2019). Gamification in recruiting.
Robert Half. (2019). Behavioural interview questions.
Seek. (n.d.). Four questions you should expect to answer in a video interview.
Seek. (n.d.). What employers have no right to ask.
Target jobs. (2019). The graduate job hunters guide to gamification.
TopResume. (n.d.). 7 Tips for the Morning of Your Interview.
The Muse. (2019). How to nail your digital interview (and actually get to meet the hiring manager in person).
University of Huddersfield. (n.d.). Psychometric Tests.
University of Sydney. (n.d.). Assessment Centres.
WorkPac Group. (n.d.). What to wear to a job interview: The complete guide.