Mock Interview day for Beverley Grammar School Year 11s.

"I interviewed graduates last week and your boys performed better than most of those"

"If I was interviewing for an apprenticeship position I would have given every one of them the job"

"I must say how impressed I was of your pupils in the mock interviews. It was very enjoyable and great to see how focused and career driven your boys are"

Beverley Grammar School students have scored a major success with the school’s annual Mock Job Interview Day. All Year 11 students prepare for and attend a mock job interview with a local employer.  In order to make the interview process as realistic as possible, the students submitted their CV before the interview and the interviewers were given a copy of the students’ most recent school report so that they could ascertain predicted GCSE grades and the student’s levels of punctuality and attendance.

The students were asked a series of typical questions in an interview that lasted approximately 25 minutes. The students were then given verbal and written feedback on aspects such as; the quality of their responses, their body language and non-verbal communication and the standard of their CVs.

For many of the students, this was the first time that they had experienced a job interview situation and many of them were, understandably, rather nervous. However, the students acquitted themselves admirably and received exceptionally positive feedback from their interviewers.

The annual mock interview day is one of the many activities that Beverley Grammar School undertakes as part of their continued commitment to provide their students with the best quality careers education advice and guidance. This will reassure students, parents and future employers that the recent Quality in Career Standard awarded to the Grammar school by the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership was well deserved.

Lee Hamshaw, Beverley Grammar School’s Careers Leader, said: ‘'The students really do benefit from taking part in an interview with real employers. At Beverley Grammar School, we work tirelessly to ensure that our students are prepared for life after school.  Experience of the interview process is excellent preparation for the boys for when they enter the world of work”

Special thanks go to Rob MacNaught of RB, the Enterprise Advisor for Beverley Grammar School, who sourced all of the colleagues from the world of work. The day would not have been possible without his substantial assistance.

BGS are very grateful to the following companies for their support:

RB

BSI group

Engie

Pathology at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospitals

STEM ambassadors

KCOM

Wescot Credit Services

Victoria Plum

Arco

Office Angels

Fenner Dunlop

Royal Air Force

Smith and Nephew

Network Rail

EDF