ICAEW.com works better with JavaScript enabled.
The ICAEW Guide to Successful Job Search

Episode 9: Delivering a first-class interview

In the ninth podcast of The ICAEW Guide to Successful Job Search series, host Simon Gray, FCA, offers his top tips on how to make sure you perform at your best during an interview.

To create the ICAEW Guide to Successful Job Search, ICAEW worked with Simon Gray, author of ‘Super Secrets of Successful Executive Job Search’ and founder of Career Codex, in addition to experts from across the recruitment and business world to share their knowledge of how to find and secure the job you want.

In Episode 9, ‘Delivering a first-class interview’, Gray shares his advice on how you can seal the deal when you’ve secured an interview for your dream job. After discussing some of the common myths regarding interviews, Gray takes you through the interview process a step at a time, covering:

  • How to research for the interview;
  • How to control the interview from start to finish; and
  • What to do after the interview.

He also explains how to ask great questions that demonstrate your experience, knowledge and enthusiasm.

In this podcast Gray is joined by:

  • Sally Adams, Acting Chief Financial Officer at Electrocomponents Plc;
  • Andrew Clark, Finance Director at Costa Enterprises; and
  • Jonathan Firth, Managing Director Michael Page Finance.
Allow SoundCloud audio

This audio player is provided by Soundcloud, a third-party service. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded as SoundCloud places cookies on our site. For more information on how we handle cookies, please see our privacy policy and cookies policy. To listen to this content on the website, please accept Statistics cookies and continue. Alternatively, you can access ICAEW podcasts on Spotify, Apple podcasts or YouTube.

Episode guide

You can listen to the rest of the series on icaew.com or on iTunes:

Episode Title Date available
Getting started 5 February 2016
The job market environment  12 February 2016 
The psychology of job search success  19 February 2016 
The importance of planning your job search  26 February 2016 
CVs that stand out and impactful cover letters  4 March 2016 
Getting in front of decision makers  11 March 2016 
The power of networking  18 March 2016 
Positioning yourself online  25 March 2016 
Delivering a first-class interview  01 April 2016 
10  Handling the offer and negotiation stage  08 April 2016 

Further information