Get Interview Ready

At Get Interview Ready we run online, dedicated practice interviews for our students with industry professionals working in a mathematical job role. We invite School of Mathematics Alumni and individual representatives from industry partners to provide true to life interview experience and constructive feedback to prepare students for internship, placement and graduate job interviews.

Find out how you or your organisation can engage with Get Interview Ready.

An opportunity to develop a proactive partnership with the School of Mathematics.

  • Engage with enthusiastic and knowledgeable students and find out about their interests and aspirations.
  • Understand more about what our students study and what they may bring to your organisation.
  • Gain valuable interview experience to support your own recruitment.
  • Raise awareness of your organisation with our student community.
  • An opportunity for corporate and social responsibility time allocation.

Get Interview Ready facilitates one-to-one online interview practice opportunities.

Each Get Interview Ready Session - 

  • Last for 3 hours (approx.)
  • Runs online interview breakout rooms for 4 interviews.
  • Interviewers provide profiles in advance for the students to prepare.
  • Students share their CVs in advance for the interviewers to prepare.
  • Interviewers and interviewees are mapped on interests and experience.
  • Have advance guidance.
  • Are managed online by supervisors on the day.

 

Interviewers are or have preferably: 

  • Alumni from the School of Mathematics or industry professionals who work or have worked in roles engaging degree level mathematical skills.
  • Experience of interviewing for roles requiring degree level mathematical skills.
  • Graduated and been in employment for 5 years or more.
  • Provided an outline profile of their current organisation, their job title, their job role and the application of mathematical skills and interests in their role. This will be shared with students in order to prepare.
  • To dedicate 3 hours on the day and time to read CVs for 4 practice interviews in the preceding week.

Get Interview Ready currently runs once in each academic year, usually in November to be in line with interviews for most internships, placements and graduate positions.

  • Recruitment of volunteer interviewers starts in September with confirmed attendees by late October, early November.

If you are interested in attending now or in the future, do not hesitate to get in touch.industrial-maths@bristol.ac.uk

 

Please complete our quick MS Form to register your interest in joining “Get Interview Ready” - https://forms.office.com/e/w5xnmk81mX or contact the School of Mathematics and we will arrange a call to discuss future Get Interview Ready opportunities - industrial-maths@bristol.ac.uk