Okay, time to stop lurking......

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Welcome back. What to swot up on largely depends on if, as a supervisor you are expected to know more than your underlings or if it's purely a people management role. For example, my boss has just started, he has no technical experience at all (think Dilbert's Pointy-Headed boss) but he is very good at the managerial thing.

Good luck anyway.

 

Hello Arroryn and Welcome back

As for the interview, just be yourself, open and honest is the best policy, yes you will have to sell yourself, but don't lie to get the job.

They must of given you a job spec and profile, put yourself in their shoe's what would you ask someone if you were the company:-

Are you a team worker? Can you priotise your work, time management skills, work as individual to get the job done. Flexiable. These are all core skills needed, as for IT, they will probably ask you to give anexample where you setup a network or delgated work or how did you rebuild a PC.

Good Luck!

 

Say what you know and most importantly sound enthusiastic.

Good luck to you!

 

Hi Arroryn,

Welcome back!

The only thing i would add, is, assuming you are going for a job with another company, swot up on what they *do*.

I would try and be yourself.
If they do ask you something you don't know, say that you aren't sure but are not afraid to ask a colleague or find the answer yourself.

Best of luck.

Si

 

Most people will not want to make you feel embarrassed and uncomfortable by asking direct questions which you may not know the answer to. It's no fun for the Interviewer or the interviewee to be seen floundering and lost for words. So this is unlikely to happen.

You will find that they ask questions in a way that allows you to tell them what you do know. This is so that they can gauge your experience and knowledge, also so they can see if you are willing and able to learn more.

Good luck, just relax, be yourself and look them in the eye

 

Welcome back and good luck

 

Sorry gal cant offer much help - but Good luck!

 

eye contact is very important in an interview, but dont start giving them dirty looks cuz you never liked the question
seriously though, good luck

 

I interviewed one guy for a van drivers job and he never looked me in the eye once. He just sat there staring at the floor. It turned out this guy lacked a lot of self esteem and had very little confidence. He had been on the dole for years and was supporting his family on social security.

I took a chance and offered him the job. Over time his confidence grew and he became a valuable member of our team. Typically, a year or so later he left, went back to the dole because he was financially better off taking hand outs than earning van drivers pay and paying the tax man. Go figure

 

just remember the 3 P's

Planning
Preparing
Post Mortem

 

Good Luck Arro!

Sorry, I must have missed this thread before.

Welcome back!

 

Well, seems a shame you have to Lurk girl?

What's that all about?

Your a valued part of the community here and if you didn't know that already then spending too much time with your head stuck in book. Just because your studying doesn't mean you have to lurk?

You have to balance these things, besides what the hell is CF for? Eh?

Helping people with their studies and pointing them in the right direction? Personally I think you should post more, but hey that's me!

People do notice when your not here, anyway I've had my rant of the day, I'm now going to go outside and have a rant at some muppet who's blocking my driveway

Good luck with the job thing and studies

 

Did you get the job?