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Category: Interviews

November 13, 2023November 9, 2023

Graduate Schemes, Work Placements, Internships, Vacation Schemes, and Spring Weeks explained

You’re a student and you know that you should be applying to *gestures broadly*. But what do these things mean? How are they different? When should […]

Applications, Career research, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Internships and work experience, Interviews, Job Hunting, Networking, Placements by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
October 30, 2023November 6, 2023

Describe a time when you’ve answered a competency-based question effectively.

Rachel Haddy is an Employability and Placements Adviser. In this article she discusses some of the pitfalls of competency-based questions and how to avoid them.   […]

Applications, Interviews by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
October 2, 2023September 29, 2023

From Geography Undergrad to Grad Job with Savills

If you’re Graduating in 2024 now’s the ideal time to start thinking about your career path after Uni, but what’s the process like? Recent Exeter […]

Career research, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Exeter Alumni, Interviews, Job Hunting by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
November 21, 2022

Top 5 Tips for Interview Success

Oliver Laity is the Careers Information and Systems Manager for the University of Exeter. As an experienced interviewer, and interviewee, he knows a lot about […]

About the Career Zone, Career research, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Interviews by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
November 1, 2021

WikiJob’s Guide to Psychometric Tests

WikiJob is a great resource we frequently signpost students and graduates to. In this guest post they break down their top tips for acing all […]

Interviews, Psychometric Tests by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
May 24, 2021

My Placement at Siemens Energy

Claire Humphries is currently on a Placement Year with Siemens Energy as a Sales and Marketing Intern, alongside her Geography and Business Management (Flexible Combined […]

Career research, College of Humanities, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Interviews, Job Hunting, Networking, Placements by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr

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