interview....

[strooood]

right so i dunno if anyone remembers that 'strange request' thread.
well it was a piece of work for Arsenal and theyve given me an interview as the reserves and youths reporter off the back of it.

im going up on wednesday where i'll get a tour of the stadium and that sortve jazz and then said interview.

it's fair to say i'm shitting a brick as it's my first ever formal interview.
has anyone got any tips for it?
thanks in advance.

[Reg Smeeton]

right so i dunno if anyone remembers that 'strange request' thread.
well it was a piece of work for Arsenal and theyve given me an interview as the reserves and youths reporter off the back of it.

im going up on wednesday where i'll get a tour of the stadium and that sortve jazz and then said interview.

it's fair to say i'm shitting a brick as it's my first ever formal interview.
has anyone got any tips for it?
thanks in advance.

 Don't mention 69.

[Simon Pieman]

Do the whole thing using your best Snoop Doggy Dogg impression.

The sensible answer is:

*Go fully suited and booted. Make sure your shoes are polished (sounds simple but stuff like that makes a difference).

*Research the club especially how the youth setup works and what leagues they play in.

*Make some general questions to ask them about the club in general. Ask how they expect the role to develop you and how you in turn will be expected to progress.

*Just be confident that you know you are good without being cocky. Self confidence is the main thing. However, anything you don't know don't try and bullshit. They'll be happier that you're more willing to listen and take it in if you don't know, than bullshit through stuff to get through it.

Good luck.

[myxo]

I've just completed my first round of formal interviews post University and somehow managed to blag a decent job, I was also bricking it ROYALE.

You'll be waiting in the reception thinking "I've probably wasted the train ticket for this one", personally that made it easier for me due to thinking I had about as much chance as being headbutted by the pope as getting the job. I had nothing to lose so relaxed and had a laugh with the interviewer.

Rule #1 I think is to look the part (I wore a 29.99 George suit), appear as a well rounded individual with interests outside of the CORESKILLS that make you the perfect man for the job, share a laugh and non-offensive joke and you might even enjoy yourself, a lot of interviewers are as nervous as the applicants!

Also don't bullshit, just admit your limitations as unless you're Derren Brown it's always incredibly obvious that somebody's bullshitting under questioning.

Good luck buddy.

[JPC82]

just say how mint Henri Lansbury is

[Don Rogers Shop]

Strange thing to say but i would also make reference to the ladys team aswell and show that you have done your research and shown a interest.

[strooood]

right so, jeans and trainers, tell them don rogers is my hero and say corr you seen the tits on show in the bitches team?

[Don Rogers Shop]

You are not going to get this job are you

[tans]

right so, jeans and trainers, tell them don rogers is my hero and say corr you seen the tits on show in the bitches team?

 

[sonic youth]

fuck all of advice to give but good luck dex. sounds like a good job.

[Dazzza]

The best interview tip I’ve ever been given is to always have a glass of cold water on standby.

First off the chances are at some point your mouth and throat will feel like sandpit and it’ll help in that respect but it will also buy you some time when presented with a particularly tricky question.  Instead of a prolonged silence or rushing out the first thing that comes into your head take a sip of water and it’ll give you a couple of extra seconds to compose yourself and think and formulate your answer.  Plus it’s quite a nice natural break in conversation without a painful silence or umming and arring.

Other than make sure you do plenty of preparation and research.  I’d probably do a bit of work on experiential interview questions as well, which a lot of places use nowadays.  The sort of questions where you can give a specific example of where you’ve demonstrated a skill or ability to backup your answers.

[Sussex]

Don't mention that Fatbury was well pissed off you couldn't buy a burger and chips seperately and it was a ripoff.

Oh, take a spare copy of your cv in case there's more than one interviewer.

Good luck!

[Matchworn Shirts]

*Research the club especially how the youth setup works and what leagues they play in.

They nick all the young foreign players for other teams and claim they are products of the Arsenal youth system

Good luck with the interview, I have one on Wednesday going for my first job after just finishing university

[Chubbs]

I think you'll have a good time, arsenal have one of, if not THE best youth set ups in europe as far as talent goes.

[JPC82]

im with Dachauer, they dont bring the kids up from the ages of 12-15 really well, they go round the biggest teams in the world and sign their under 18s who have yet to be tied down to a contract by the clubs and just pay peanuts in compensation, like they did with Fabregas, the best they had produced themselves was Ashley Cole, is the only real player of note who is the exception, hoyte dont count cos hes shite