Motivation

75% of interviewers consider the applicant’s motivation to be important or very important.

First Impression

64% of interviewers think first impressions are important.

Social Interaction

78% of interviewers indicate that the social interaction (or lack of) is important.

Good Portfolio/Bad Interview

55% of interviewers remember candidates with a very good portfolio failing the interview.

The importance of a good Portfolio

63% of interviewers consider the portfolio to be very important.

GETTING ALONG WITH YOUR PORTFOLIO

Describing your projects

50% of interviewers consider the applicant’s explanations about his/her project to be very important.

Images

75% of interviewers value the images of the applicant’s portfolio as very important.

English knowledge

50% of interviewers indicate that the knowledge of English Language is important.

Importance of Skills

57% of the interviewers consider Speaking to be important, whereas just 28% consider Writing as important. Listening is considered important by 43% of the interviewers.

How important is it to have good communication in English when describing a project?

An average of B2 (Advanced) English level upwards is required

Warm up questions/
Talking about yourself.
• Where are you from? Did you have a good journey? Did you find our office easily?
• Tell me/us something about yourself/how would you describe yourself?
• What do you like to do in your spare time?
• Why do you want to be an architect?
• How would your friends/ colleagues describe you?
• Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?

Talking about the Practice/Master Degree
Talking about the Company/Master Degree
• Why did you choose our Master Degree?
• Why do you want this job?/ Why have you applied for this job?
• Why should we hire you?
• What can you bring to this position?
• What do you know about our office?
• What attracted you to our office?

Talking about your portfolio
• Could you choose one of your projects and sell it to me please?
• Why have you chosen this one?
• What aspects of your projects have you most enjoyed?
• Please, describe some details
• What kind of computer program did you use?
• What do you like to do best? Modeling, graphic design, working just in one stage of a project…etc.?
• Tell me the best and the worst bits of this project
• Where did the idea of your project come from?
• How did you come across this solution? How did you work it out?

Talking about your skills
• Did you have any specific role in your previous work experience?
• How does your profile match our practice?
• What are your strengths/weaknesses?
• What is your biggest achievement?
• How do you typically approach new projects?
• Describe one of your projects.
• Tell us about your ability to work under pressure
• How do you work in a team?
• Do you think you are overqualified for this position?
• What interests you most/least in your current work?
• What are you looking for in a job?
• When were you happiest at work?
• Could you tell us any situation where your best skills were displayed in a daily trouble shooting situation?

• Are you applying for other practices? Which ones?
• What do you think of our website?
• How long would you like to work for us?
• How much do you expect to be paid?
• Do you have any questions you would like to ask us?

Time for the candidate to ask questions