Melbourne interview preparation - Setting yourself apart in Melbourne graduate program interviews

Melbourne graduate program interviews are highly competitive – competitive to obtain, and once obtained – competitive to excel at! Graduates should tackle their interviews head on. Hiring a interview preparation expert can be a key part of the process in applying for a graduate program. Students are encouraged to undertake intensive interview preparation in Melbourne with universities and consultants with local industry knowledge about what interviewers like to hear!

How the universities can help

Some universities offer career counselling to give students guidance about the types of jobs that match their interests, qualifications and skills. They also give students resources on consultants who run sessions on how to write a CV in Melbourne, plus consultants who provide cover letter writing services and interview preparation services to would-be graduate program applicants. Those universities who provide details of consultants offering interview preparation in Melbourne can provide graduates with strategies for answering interview questions, tailored to Melbourne’s market.

How Melbourne consultants can assist

Getting your CV and cover letter right is the most important first step in securing a graduate program position.

CV editing consultants can tailor your CV to match the particular role you are applying for, with your skills and experience. Experienced cover letter writing experts can also tailor your cover letter so that it promotes your most valuable skills and experiences.

CV editing consultants tailor your CV for the specific role you are applying for. A graduate applying for law graduate positions and finance graduate positions, would need to radically alter their CV, depending on the type of role. Your skills, and your experience, should be adapted to the role. Potential employers want to know how your skills and your experience would assist their business. If your last job was quite a while ago, or if this job would be your first one, then a consultant can help fill those gaps in your CV. For many graduates, getting meaningful work experience on your CV can be difficult. Consultants can help you focus on things you have done outside of university, and show you how you can sell the skills you learned as being relevant to the job.

Once you have secured an interview

Beating hundreds of other applicants to get the job interview can be a challenge in itself.

But once you have the job interview, you have an opportunity to sell yourself in the best possible light to your potential employer. Interview preparation experts know this – and can show you how best to answer questions!

For graduate program positions, consultants will typically start by researching the graduate programs in Melbourne which you are interested in, and will then closely analyse the websites of those companies. It is important to gain an in-depth understanding of what the company can offer you, just as much as what you can offer the company. Companies usually want graduates who will fit with their culture. It can be tricky to work out if you are a “cultural fit” for a company, but some careful reading about the company itself, combined applying the industry knowledge of consultants, can often give you a pretty good idea of what the “culture” of a company is really like.