Interview Coaching

– Techniques & Training

If you’re struggling to secure job offers despite attending numerous job interviews, you might want to consider professional interview coaching. Getting constructive feedback and practical guidance on essential interview skills will help you stand out at your next interview and increase your chances of success.

Build your confidence with interview coaching

Benefits of Expert Interview Coaching

  • Get interview practice guided by a professional

    Interview preparation is key. An experienced and qualified recruitment and human resources professional will be able to provide expert guidance on the different aspects of an interview, from commonly asked questions to building rapport with the interviewer.
  • Learn specific interview techniques and skills

    It’s all about making a favourable impression and showing recruiters why you’re the best person for the job. This involves clarity on your professional achievements and being able to articulate them logically and convincingly.
  • Hone your self-presentation skills

    From the way you carry yourself to the way you dress, sit, and gesticulate during conversation, professional interview training will help you hone your body language and communication skills to present yourself in the best light possible.
  • Build your confidence

    If you’ve been attending numerous interviews but haven’t got anywhere with them, you might be feeling demotivated. Job interview coaching sessions with an experienced recruitment professional will give you the confidence boost you need to up your game.

How To Ace Your Next Job Interview

Sydney Resumes provides one-on-one interview coaching services across metropolitan Sydney and the Southern Highlands and regional suburbs, customised (designed and prepared to align with the selection criteria for the job), to each individual’s unique needs for their upcoming job interview(s).

Under the expert guidance of principal and interview coach Virginia Craven with over 30 years experience in recruitment and human resources management, job applicants go through a highly personalised interview coaching session that takes between 1.5 to 3 hours as required and includes behavioural and technical skills coaching.

Virginia’s tried-and-tested interview coaching methodology puts job applicants through mock interview sessions involving custom-designed interview questions created specifically to align with the particular job’s selection criteria and position accountabilities. Her proven track record helps an average of 4 out of 5 applicants land the job they interview for.

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    Client Reviews

    Virginia was excellent! She is very experienced and it is pleasure to work with her. Highly recommend to anyone who is looking for resume, cover letter, selection criteria response writing, or interview coaching. If I need help with career advice in furure, I'd definitely go to Virginia.
    Margarita Budaeva
    Margarita Budaeva
    Virginia was recommend to me by a friend. At first I was a bit suspicious, what could possibly this person do for me! After one phone conversation I was excited to work with Virginia. I needed my CV rewritten completely and she really nailed it!Most of all I appreciated her honesty and advice that came from personal experience.One thing I remember well, she asked me to go through the final draft of my new CV and make changes, which made me laugh. Very professionally written and covered every single detail!Not a single word to change.Than you Virginia
    Luka Vrscaj
    Luka Vrscaj
    Virginia was recommended to me by a colleague. She has extensive and incredibly valuable experience in interview strategy and techniques. She is easy to work with and very responsive. I highly recommend her!
    Taline Chater
    Taline Chater
    Virginia got me back into a Business Development Manager role in 2020 after being made redundant. I'm in a great new job now thanks to Virginia.
    WhatsUp Gold
    WhatsUp Gold
    Virginia offers a highly professional service to her clients. She is discreet, thorough and delivers a resume that will give you the best opportunity in securing the job you want. She is diligent and her talent lies in teasing out your skills, strengths and work history, such that your resume stands out from the rest.I have no hesitation in recommending Sydney Resumes services to anyone.
    Sue Perkins
    Sue Perkins
    A wonderful human being to work with and an absolute wordsmith. Virginia transformed my resume and work history into an employment magnet, and was able to masterfully bring out the best (even better than what I thought!) in my experience and skills. Virginia is an absolute asset in the pursuit of any valuable role 🙂
    Liana Porihis
    Liana Porihis
    This is the second time I have used Virginia at Sydney Resumes. Virginia is very professional and has helped my applications stand out from the rest!! On the two occasions I have used her services not only did I get an interview but ended getting both jobs!! Very much recommended. Thanks again Virginia.
    Joel Gafa
    Joel Gafa
    After an extremely long absence from the workforce, i scoured the internet looking for a professional resume service and was immediately drawn to the website, Sydney Resumes. The website was easy to navigate, addressed many of the concerns I had returning to the workforce following a long absence and had a long list of testimonials from satisfied customers.Following a brief telephone conversation with Virginia Craven, the principal of Sydney Resumes, we met in person to discuss my return to the workforce, the area I would like to work in and my work history. Despite having very little to work with in terms of my professional work history, Virginia was able to utilise all the volunteer work I had undertaken to my advantage. My resume and letter of introduction were both exceptionally well presented and addressed key employability skills. In short, Virginia managed to work a miracle. I am thrilled with the finished product.I have no hesitation in recommending the services of Sydney Resumes.
    Jen Fields
    Jen Fields
    Virginia was a pleasure to work with. I found her extensive resume knowledge and skills invaluable. Virginia made herself readily available via email and telephone to answer any questions and assist where possible. The time, effort and thought that was placed into my CV was evident in the final product. I highly recommend Virginia to anyone who is looking to update their resume.
    Reen Perry
    Reen Perry
    Virginia was amazing with her guidance and made the process easy for myself. Virginia has superb written communication skills, outstanding customer service, and knowledge. I highly recommend her work.
    Helen Efstathiou
    Helen Efstathiou
    Virginia reformed my CV to a professional and outstanding standard, after I'd recently graduated my Bachelors and travelled for a couple of years. I received a number of job interviews and gained a position invaluable to starting me off on my career path. The CV is very well structured and easy to manipulate to add new positions and work experience. I have used this CV as a base for a number of years and still get great compliments for it. Thank you very much Virginia!
    Penelope Hill
    Penelope Hill
    Virginia was so deeply professional and her input and support enabled me to put together a CV that helped to finally land me a permanent teaching job after four years of submitting over 30 applications! I was so happy with her work, I then referred other friends to her who have also benefitted from Virginia's skills and knowledge. Thank you Virginia, I owe you so much for your efforts in helping me gain permanent employment.
    Gillian Trimingham
    Gillian Trimingham
    The resumes and cover letters undertaken by Sydney Resumes are expertly worded and professional. I have personally recommended this service to a number of people and everyone who has engaged them has succussed in obtaining the position they set out to achieve.
    Ellen Slaven
    Ellen Slaven
    I would like to thank Virginia Craven for all her help and professional attention with my resume.At 51 and in between careers, I had plenty of experience and qualifications to fill a resume but not a clue about how to put an effective one together.I have discovered from the positive feedback from my current resume, just how important structure and choosing the right target words can be. Your resume is your front line to the employer and needs to send a specific message in as short as space possible.Virginia gave caring , personal attention to my portfolio and produced for me a very impressive resume that helped open doors to opportunities that would have otherwise passed me by.I am very grateful for her help and have no hesitation in recommending her to fellow job seekers.Andi Benson,Team Leader at ADRA Gardens Cannington.
    Andi Benson
    Andi Benson
    I came to Virginia as a university student in my final semester. At the time I had been applying to countless jobs and was not receiving any responses/call backs.As a near graduate with numerous academic accolades and corporate work experience I could not work out why.After visiting Virginia, she transformed my resume and within weeks I started receiving responses/call backs. The layout of my resume was also praised at a career counseling session I had shortly after employing her services.I now work for one of the largest IT companies in the world. The work Virginia did quite literally got my "foot in the door" and provided me with the interview opportunities I needed to showcase my abilities.
    RYAN HARRIS
    RYAN HARRIS
    Virginia has exceptional writing skills, and she takes the time to understand you as a person. She has been an invaluable help to my career progression and a true mentor. She is very passionate and proud of her work.
    Tomas Bubla
    Tomas Bubla

    Testimonials

    “Hi Virginia,

    I met with the company’s founder and the CEO this morning. We had a good discussion and believed that he liked me. We shook hands on me joining the executive team and I should expect to receive a contract within the next 24 hours or so.

    Your guidance was invaluable through my interview process. I was able to breeze through multiple interview rounds because of your tips, insights and the confidence you instilled in me. What I found most helpful was your ability to devise relevant practice questions based on the selection criteria and the requirements of the job and how to respond to them in strategic and more effective way. I am so grateful to you for the growth in my interviewing skills.

    Thank you once again – I feel it was such an important step for me to seek a professional consultation (interview Coaching) and meet you. Your tips were invaluable.”

    Corporate Solicitor – Interviewing for In-house position – March 2020

     

    “Hi Virginia,

    Sorry for the delay but I wanted to be sure of the answer before writing to you…

    I GOT the job!!! Thank you.

    The interview coaching was really good, and I was asked many of the questions you rehearsed with me.

    Training with you was really helpful in many ways, I’m so glad I did it with you.

    I’ll spread your contact to friends who may need it.

    Thanks so much.”

    Non-fiction Writer and published Author June 2019

     

    “After working for almost two decades in the same company, I decided it was time for a

    professional career change. While my qualifications were very good the same could not be said about my completely outdated curriculum and my (almost) non-existent experience in interviews. After two initial interviews I was convinced that additional help would be needed if I wanted to be successful in getting a new position. I searched the internet looking for a professional resume and interview coaching services near my neighbourhood and I was immediately attracted to the Sydney Resumes website. At the time I had other interviews lined up, so I called Virginia for help asap.

    She was kind enough to accommodate my urgent request by meeting me a couple of days later – a Saturday. I had an interview scheduled for the following Tuesday for a position which I didn’t particularly believe to be suitable for my career aspirations however on Wednesday (a day later) I spent two and half hours being interviewed for a role which turned into a job offer on Thursday. It all happened within less than a week. I was thrilled with the results.

    My skills were exactly the same, I was the same person but the coaching session in conjunction with the honest feedback provided by Virginia enabled me to confidently present not only my skills and experience but myself in a highly professional and straight forward way.

    I cannot recommend Sydney Resumes enough “-full stop” :-)”

    Many thanks for your assistance and thorough support Virginia.

    Customer Success/Account Management/Customer Retention – IT Industry 3/2020

     

    Virginia!!!

    MANY THANKS FOR YOUR TIME YESTERDAY. What a great and productive afternoon. I could not have chosen a better coach. I will review the document now…again, thanks for going the extra mile in order to help me.

    IT Engineer/Sales Account Manager 2.2020