Interview advice

  • Visit the company website and try to understand their values
  • Do your research. Have they recently won any jobs, any awards?
  • Go on to LinkedIn find out everything you can about the person / people who are interviewing you
  • If more than one person will be interviewing you make sure you know what the relationship between the two and what their role in the company is
  • On the day make sure you know where the interview will take place, print off directions & take them with you
  • Ensure you arrive 15 minutes early. The old cliché of having a coffee across the road really isn't a bad idea
  • Don't smoke before going into an interview. Non-smokers really don't like it
  • Dress appropriately. It sounds old fashioned but it's still important
 

Portfolio Tips

  • A4 / A3 format
  • Ensure you have a back up if you have a digital folio
  • Print a hard copy and ensure it's easy to flick through. (bind or use a folio)
  • Ensure you include a couple of hard copies of your CV
  • Arrange the work in reverse chronicle order
  • Don't feel you have to include everything. Edit to a 40 minute dialogue
  • Ensure your folio shows a wide range of skills, freehand sketching, 2d / 3d computer skills, physical model making skills, detailing abilities etc.
  • Wherever possible include your design development work as well as the technical drawings and photos of the finished product
  • Ensure that you include examples of your own designs as well as work produced for others in an office environment
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CV Tips

  • Keep the file size as small as possible, no larger than 3-4MB - our clients may have problems receiving/storing very large CVs
  • Try and keep your CV to a maximum of 3 pages
  • Consider how your CV will look on a computer screen as this is where it will most often be reviewed
  • List your education and work experience in reverse chronological order (most recent first)
  • Be specific but succinct about projects you have worked on
  • Explain any gaps in work history. It's perfectly acceptable to have a break from work but just let the reader know why it was, so they don't think you've omitted something
  • Design CVs will need images, these can be on the CV or in a separate document. If the images are on the CV make sure they don't overtake the document, if they are in a separate document align them with your CV
  • List software packages you can use and your skill level on each
  • Give references with email address and mobile number if possible
  • Finally, use spell check and make sure all contact details are correct before you send it to us
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