Collyer's employability students take mock job interviews

The mock interviews were conducted by industry experts in real-life conditions

Collyer's employability students have been put through their paces with mock interviews by experts from Assurity Consulting.

Lucy Hargreaves, employability co-ordinator, explained: “Assurity’s Ian Robinson and Lara Batley have been running some brilliant sessions with our students over the last few months.  “Working from real job descriptions, the group have followed the process of researching the company and job role, completing an application and submitting a CV and covering letter.

“After all the preparation and research, they were then finally put through the rigours of a mock interview by senior staff from Assurity; we made sure our students had never met them, to add to the realism!”

Assurity’s Thomas Nicklin, Victoria Teer, Vanessa Scampton and Sarah Cross posed the questions and judged performances in several awards categories.

Joint winners of the best interviews were Tim John and Hope Johnson;

Best CV and covering letter was won by Ed Pirie, while best dressed prize went to Jason Glaze. Best question to the interview panel was awarded to Joe Humphries.

Using their extensive experience, Thomas, Victoria, Vanessa and Sarah kindly spent time with each student to talk through the concept of a job interview, and after the mocks, they spoke to the students individually, to provide feedback on their performance and advise on areas they may wish to work on before seeking employment.