Before the interview:

• What shall I wear? Have a look at Exercise 1 and agree or disagree!
• Prepare yourself! Write answers to all the questions in Exercise 2. Discuss your answers - what sounds vague, unclear or could be answered in a better way?
• Warning! The most common mistakes will be dealt with in Exercise 3. Discuss - what is the biggest "sin"? What would really put you off?

The interview

If you work in pairs, take turns to interview each other. If you are three, the third person will act as an observer, and take notes. Switch roles, so all three get to do all the roles.

As an interviewer, decide on a company and research it for - let's say - 2 hours (this could be more or less depending on how much time you have). Do not tell the applicant which company it is - he or she will be busy doing research as your employer to be.

Then, give the applicant 30-40 minutes to quickly learn as much about the company. You, the employer, will of course know more, and you will hopefully be able to answer questions or at least know if it a good question to ask or not.

When the time is up, start the interview.

Make sure you film the whole thing. The mobile camera will do just fine. Everyone think seeing themselves on screen is an absolute horror, but - and this is the important part - it will help you improve enormously.

Then switch roles - the applicant will now be the employer.

To prepare for the interviews, check out The ABC to Succeed. This can (should!) also be read later, before going to a real interview.