Monthly Archives: April 2015

Canadian federal oral exam preparation 3 days prior

Hopefully, you have made notes for the written exam (provided it was not a standardized test). If you have not, time is running short. You will need to find all the information that you possibly can on the department that has contacted you for an oral interview. Oral Interview timeline Why a timeline? As I mention [...]

12 things to remember in your job interview

Unfortunately, many candidates will be eliminiated from Government of Canada job competitions due to poor performance during they oral interviews. Most candidates are not prepared for the interview style that is performed in the Canadian public service and do not answer the questions correctly. In many cases, if they do answer correctly, they provide insufficient answers that do [...]

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