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Job Interview Skills: From Invite to Offer

Prepare for job interviews in Sri Lanka from the first recruiter call to the offer letter. Answer "tell me about yourself" and "tell me about a time" questions with the STAR method, show real evidence even without work experience, handle panels, group discussions and online interviews, talk about salary in LKR, and spot fake offers. You practise with interviewers who react to every answer, and finish with a full mock interview and scorecard.

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What you will learn

Foundations

  1. What an Interview Really TestsEvery question, however it is worded, is asking one of three things. Learn to hear which one.
  2. Read the Job Ad Like the InterviewerThe job advert is the interviewer's checklist. Turn it into yours in thirty minutes.
  3. Tell Me About YourselfThe first question in most interviews, and the easiest to win. Present, past, future, in about a minute.
  4. The Call, the Invite and the Day BeforeThe interview starts before you walk in: with how you answer an unknown number and reply to an invitation.

Getting comfortable

  1. Tell Me About a Time: The STAR MethodQuestions about the past are the most common in graduate interviews. STAR turns a memory into proof.
  2. No Experience? Use What You HaveGroup projects, part-time work, societies, the family business, volunteering: they all count, if you can prove what you did.
  3. Strengths, Weaknesses and Why YouThree questions that sound like traps and are not. Honest, specific, and always with proof.
  4. Your Questions for ThemWhen they ask if you have any questions, the answer is always yes. Here is what to ask, and what to save for later.

In practice

  1. Online Interviews on Zoom, Teams and WhatsAppThe same interview with new ways to go wrong: light, sound, a backup for power cuts, and where to look.
  2. Panel Interviews and Group DiscussionsMore people in the room, and more ways to stand out. Answer everyone, and lead without taking over.
  3. Skills Tests and Questions You Cannot AnswerAptitude tests, Excel tasks, written exercises and coding tests. And what to say when your mind has no answer at all.
  4. Nerves, Body Language and Clear EnglishNerves are normal, and they show less than you think. Slow down, breathe, and let your English be clear, not fancy.

Advanced

  1. Tricky and Personal QuestionsGaps, grades, going abroad and your marriage plans. Some questions are hard, and some you do not have to answer.
  2. Salary Talk in LKRKnow your number before they ask, give a range, and compare the whole package, not just the basic salary.
  3. After the Interview: Offers and a NoA short thank-you, reading an offer properly, spotting an offer that is not real, and what to do when the answer is no.
  4. Your Mock InterviewFive questions, one interview, start to finish. Your first choice on each one goes on your scorecard.

Your certificate

Pass the lesson checks and Loazi issues a certificate in your name. It carries its own ID, so an employer can type it into loazi.org/verify and see straight away that it is genuine.

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Questions

Are the courses really free?

Yes. Every course on Loazi is free for students and graduates. You need a free Loazi account to take them.

What do I get at the end?

Pass the lesson checks and Loazi issues a certificate in your name with its own ID. Any employer can type that ID into loazi.org/verify and see straight away that it is genuine.

Do I need any experience?

No. Each course starts from the basics and builds up through four levels, so you can begin wherever you are.

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