Interview Skills Clinic

Great session with Matthew - helped me boost my confidence and think in a more sophisticated way about how to express myself at interview. I was successful in securing the post I wanted. Many thanks.

Matthew helped prepare me for Medical School interviews. I had two layouts - one in an MMI format with questions sent out prior and one was a little more unknown but told to be more group and scenario based. Matthew was excellent in helping me with my questions - running through with the good aspects of my answers, highlighting how I could improve, gave me suggestions to think outside the box, everything. He helped me practice answering to improve my confidence with the interview setting and gave me tips for feeling at ease. With the other interview where I was unsure how to prepare, he gave me skills and actions appropriate to all situations to help improve me generally as an interviewee. Overall excellent service and a huge help with my interviews!

During my interview training, Matthew helped me to develop my answers thoroughly and helped me understand the different ways in which interviewers could ask the same question. It's without a doubt that without Matthew's expertise I would not have nearly as well prepared for my interview. Many thanks again Matthew.

Matthew began working with me at the start of June 2019 after graduating from University having applying for many roles and never getting further than the first stage. As a result of his help, he gave me the skills, knowledge and confidence to apply for roles with a strong application. I was able to secure a job within a few months of working with Matthew.Matthew helped me:-Redesign my CV to make it informative but readable for employers,-Taught me how to write a powerful and concise cover letter,-Assisted in crafting my work experience stories that demonstrate my experiences clearly to a reader-Taught me the importance of how to use the STAR (a situation, task, action, results) format and how to incorporate it in applications.-Read cover letters and provided specific and constructive feedback in a timely manner.-He was actively involved in my applications and the different stages of application.-Mock interview preparation-Overall very personable and enjoyable to work with.Importantly, Matthew explained to me the process of how employers decide to take candidates forward to an interview and what influences are important for the final appointment, something I found extremely useful when reading feedback from unsuccessful applications as I was able to understand the overall process better.Matthew is a friendly person who is enthusiastic about working with people and learning more about areas of work/interest beyond just reading cover letters or CVs. He actively helped with job searches and is invested in your success. This ongoing engagement with my interests/applications in politics and marketing in Scotland was a unique quality that I struggled to find with other advisors before.Matthew is very adaptable, efficient, personable, and realistic in setting targets within my continuing life commitments. Overall he was very prepared and professional and was really enjoyable to work with and will be of great help to anyone struggling and demotivated by the job hunt process.

Matthew is very knowledgeable and was able to cover a lot in the short time we had. I came away more motivated and confident. I wrote an application the following day then got the job.

Matthew's help was invaluable in preparing me for a job interview in a senior role. As I had no previous experience of being interviewed for a position at this level, I was feeling anxious about the whole process and not at all confident as I had very little time to prepare. Matthew was brilliant from the outset and very professional. We emailed and spoke over the phone prior to the session so he knew about me and why I needed some assistance, the details of the job I had applied for and also my work history. He reassurred me that he would be able to help and could see me at short notice.Matthew has a wonderfully warm manner which puts you at ease straight away and is extremely knowledgable, he went through my C.V. in detail and really understands your skill set regardless of which area or industry you work in. He had prepared a variety of question areas specifically for the type of role I had applied for which helped me frame my skills and experience in the right way. I left the session just feeling much more positive, a couple of days later the interview went and I was so happy to be offered the job. I can highly recommend Matthew to anyone seeking to improve their interview skills, I received really good feedback from the interview, the difference after just one session was amazing! Thank you Matthew for helping me achieve my goals, I will definitely be booking another appointment in the future.

Thanks to Matthew I was able to get an offer from my dream job!! After months and months of struggling. He was very patient and very helpful he also talked me through everything!Many thanks again Matt!

For a while I was struggling with how to present and phrase my answers. Matthew was incredibly knowledgeable on how to phrase and present my answers as well as in adding more energy to my overall performance. The interview went really well and I'd recommend him to anyone!

Matthew gives an excellent personalised service. Feedback is accurate and he is able to bring out the best in someone. He tailors the session according to your needs and tells you how to improve on answering questions at interviews. He is dedicated and enthusiastic; he was even willing to arrange a session during the holiday period. He helped improve my personal statement even outside of the session booked.My interview scores had improved tremendously and was successful at the interview after 2 coaching sessions with Matthew, one of which involved a videoed session - which I found particularly helpful. I would like to thank Matthew for helping me get the job I wanted.

Matthew was an excellent help in my preparation for both video interviews and in-person interviews for graduate jobs. He helped me immensely in understanding what employers look for, how to answer their questions and the body language needed to succeed. Following two sessions with Matthew, I got offers at two of the Big Four firms and the Civil Service Fast Stream. Thank you very much Matthew!