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Practice Room: interview skills training: practise job interviews with AI
Six lessons on preparing for interviews with AI as your practice partner: find out the format, build STAR stories, predict the questions, run a mock interview out loud, get ready for video interviews, and follow up. Australian, UK and US guidance side by side.
About this course
interview skills training: practise job interviews with AI.
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 15 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Job seekers and career changers preparing for interviews, in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time.
Sources we rely on
13 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Find out an interview’s format and what the employer is assessing
- Write STAR stories that match the job’s main requirements
- Predict likely questions from the job ad and prepare short, honest answers
- Run a mock interview with an AI tool and use its feedback to improve
- Prepare questions to ask, recognise questions employers are told to avoid, and follow up
Downloads
- Interview practice pack .docxSTAR story bank, question map, a mock-interview prompt with feedback criteria, a practice log and a video checklist.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
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General information and training only. Courses may count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. We don't guarantee employment or career outcomes.
- Interview tips · National Careers Service (UK)
- The STAR method · National Careers Service (UK)
- How to answer common interview questions · National Careers Service (UK)
- Video interview tips · National Careers Service (UK)
- Get ready to interview · CareerOneStop, sponsored by the US Department of Labor
- Practice interview questions · CareerOneStop, sponsored by the US Department of Labor
- Virtual interviews · CareerOneStop, sponsored by the US Department of Labor
- Applying for a job · What’s Next, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)
- Tips for job interviews · Queensland Government (Australia)
- Protection from discrimination at work · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Employers: preventing discrimination: Recruitment · GOV.UK
- What shouldn’t I ask when hiring? · US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Prohibited employment policies/practices · US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published guidance by regulators, professional bodies and software vendors, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. The course guide is an AI presenter and is labelled as one. Read how these courses are made.
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