29.06.2026 Vorbereitung auf Vorstellungsgespräche/ Preparing for job interviews

Where?

Online

When?

29.06.2026, 8:45am-2pm

Sprache:

English 

Trainer: 

Dr. Eva Reichmann

 

This is what it's all about:
The methods and procedures used in the recruiting process are changing as a result of the internet and new media, but one thing remains fundamentally the same: as an applicant, you must be able to briefly and concisely explain to the employer in a job interview why you are the right person for the job.
Digitalization is also advancing in job interviews and assessment situations, which is why it is important to prepare participants not only for traditional job interviews but also for AI-driven processes and assessment situations (as these are now used as pre-selection tools in approximately 75% of recruitment processes in industry).
It is helpful for applicants to understand what actually happens in a job interview; that is why we discuss the topic of “competence fit vs. cultural fit” and look at various questioning strategies used by employers (e.g., situational questions, backward-looking questions, etc.). The aim is to enable participants to deal with such types of questions in principle – because there are no “best answers to interview questions” (even if application guides in print or online claim otherwise).

Preparing for an interview begins with carefully analyzing the content of job advertisements and websites of potential employers. We start with this topic and then go through all the important aspects. Tips on the question “What happens after the interview?” round off the topic.

 

Content description:

We will actively practice interview situations (face-to-face, but also delayed video interviews or communication with the chatbot) with feedback and analyze short assessment situations.

 

Contents in detail:

• Your own preparatory work: Deriving keywords from job advertisements and websites.
• AI support for preparation: Using ChatGPT (and similar tools) as support.
• Putting your own profile into words.
• Conversation and dialogue techniques for the classic job interview.
• Conversation and dialogue techniques for video interviews and similar digital situations.
• Time-delayed or pre-recorded video interviews in the pre-selection process: mastering this unfamiliar situation
• Why do recruiters do what they do? Background information on personnel selection in interview situations
• Specific types of questions in interviews: situational questions, hypothetical questions, scaling questions, triadic questions, mirroring questions, questions about self-assessment, etc.
• The possibility of using storytelling for self-presentation
• Body language (for live and online situations)
• Nervousness: why it is good—and how to deal with it
• Preparation and follow-up for interview situations, following up after interviews
• Assessment situations in job interviews
• Basics of assessment situations as an initial selection tool

 

Objectives:

After the workshop

• participants will be able to present themselves and their professional skills profile in a variety of oral presentation contexts in a manner tailored to the audience and objectives
• participants will be able to optimally prepare for, follow up on, and review the various presentation settings

The focus is on the job application situation of women who have to compete with strong male competition in some fields of work and can choose specific ways of presenting themselves.

 

Methods:

The joint online time is PowerPoint-free; we practice actively and practically in realistic situations.

 

Maximum number of participants: 15 people

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