3. Getting ready for interview

Interview skills are an essential part of your professional development. Whilst you might be the most capable nurse or midwife, you have a short period to get this across. Interviews can be a little scary, but it’s also your opportunity to shine. Working through this resource will help you develop some of the tools to give your best performance.

So, how do you prepare for this interview? We suggest that there are a number of different steps and we will look at each one with you in turn. These are

• Research
• Reflect
• Prepare
• Practise