Part 1 Interviewer: What's the first thing you're ____ in a candidate for a job? Ryan: The first thing you're looking for with a job candidate is an ____ for the role, you're also looking for them to ____ ____, er, relevant to the position. Interviewer: How do you ____ candidates to ____ in the ____? Ryan: It's important to ____ with the candidate straight away, so when you collect them from reception or from the, the front of the building whatever it may be, you want to kind of ____ them in a ____ ____, you want to ask them some ____ questions, just talking about their journey into the interview or, urn, the weather or have they been to the city before. Interviewer: And during the interview? Ryan: ____ an interview, once it has ____ I will always try to start the interview with some general questions, just to ____ the candidate to talk about themselves, to talk about their CV, their ____, um, and often when a candidate is talking about something they know, which is themselves and that they've been doing, urn, they're able to ____ much more quickly and have an element of confidence around, er, what they're talking. Interviewer: Is it important for candidates to ask the interviewer questions and if so what kind of questions should candidates ask? Ryan: Questions can be related to anything, so I personally would ____ candidates to ask questions rated to any aspect of ____ and most recruiters would welcome that sort of interaction as an ____ to actually give a little more information about the company. Interviewer: ls it OK for candidates to ask about the money or the ____ at the interview? Ryan: Of course, and candidates should be ____ and ____ about their expectations too; an interview is an ____ ____ to ask such a question especially if salary or, er, salary banding was not ____ in the job ____. Interviewer: How important are CVs and covering letters? Ryan: CVs are very important to a recruiter because it actually ____ an overview of a candidate's background, their employment, what they've been doing to date, but a ____ can actually be experience they have that would be ____ and often that skill and experience may be missed on a CV when you're looking at a wider career history. Interviewer: What's the worst thing a job candidate can do when they're ____ for a job? Ryan: First thing, is ____, making mistakes on their ____, um, chat's always viewed negatively depending on the role they're applying for. Um, also coming to an interview late, coming to an interview ____.

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