How do you prep for interviews ?
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Hello, I know the field is heavily saturated right now but I would like to get into Instructional design. I have 10 years of teaching exp where I developed my own curriculum and taught both adults and children but vast majority of my experience is with children. I am also doing a postgraduate course in Instructional design and working on my portfolio. I guess I am just looking for success stories from people who intentionally pivoted into ID. Everybody I ask said they got into it by accident.
I've hit a wall with my current position. It's not a career, it's just a job and while I do it well, my heart isn't in it and I've lost confidence in our current management. How do you even start to find the thing we were made to do? If any of you have been or are in this position and have any advice, I'd appreciate it.
I received a job offer to an Amazon DSP company. The interview went great, everything seemed extremely positive. I completed the entire onboarding process and was only waiting for my background check to come back before starting training. The app said I would receive an email within 10 days with next steps but it's been 3 weeks and I haven't heard anything, the recruiter hasn't answered my calls or responded to my texts and there's no other contact info online. Do I give up or hold out?
Curious. How would someone pivot back into doing receptionist work after more than 5 years spent in a higher position? It seems that interviewers can't get past what the last job was, even though it is no longer relevant to the job seeker, and that person is experienced in front reception work, and the sedentary role would be perfect for that applying person.
Has anyone made a lateral move within a hospital without a clinical background? I've been a cook for 16 years and I'm ready to get out of the kitchen. My position is casual so shifts aren't guaranteed. I've been applying externally but nothing is biting. Recently applied for an internal Messenger role as a first step. Any advice on what roles are realistic without clinical experience?
I go over the job description. Prepare my answers to at least answer two main questions using the STAR method. If you interview enough you just reuse & apply it to that specific role.
I recommend listening to Emma Grede’s Podcast. Her episode on How to Nail Your Next Interview was quite fantastic and valuable. Good luck!
Getting a career coach for a few sessions can really boost your confidence for interviews. They'll help you figure out what questions might come up and how to give genuine answers that make you shine without overdoing it.
use Ai to help you structure your answers paste the job description in a strong AI tool and prompt it to come up with a list of possible questions, then prepare the answers to those. a lot of recruitment teams get questions to interview candidates using AI, so just do the same thing as a candidate
Honestly, I read the job description and the company about page, and just go for it. If I haven't interviewed in a while, I'll have my resume ready to refresh myself. I like to be chill and be myself, because that's who they're going to get on the job anyways. I don't really have trouble answering questions or coming up with my own questions, so I don't specifically prep for that.
I would look up the person(s) who will be interviewing me on LinkedIn (their role, what they post about related to their role/company, past work) and write 2-3 very specific, tailored questions for them for the end of the interview. Also, seconding prepping to answer questions in the STAR format.