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So what we're doing today, we're doing Unit one employability in uniform, public

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services, and we're going through learning outcome three where the learners

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will participate in a simulated interview.

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As the interview goes all the learners will be expected to bring a CV with a

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personal statement outlining everything they've done beforehand, before this

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interview is taking place.

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So in today's session, we have 15 minute intervals with each learner coming

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in, producing over a CV, and they'll simulate a real life interview that you

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could expect either at an Army Careers Office or a police HQ.

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The questions themselves will be based under three different categories.

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Well, we've got the generic interview questions where most employers will

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always ask about who you are, where you come from.

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Can you tell me a bit about yourself?

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We have some specific role related questions.

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So this is for the learners, especially in the military establishments, where

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they need to display their knowledge of when the phase one training will take

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place phase two, regiment and what life is actually going to be like within

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that regiment and what they have to do to get there.

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So what I would expect to see is educational requirements, the job where basic

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training will take place, where they may be based around the world, and to

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clearly outline what they're actually getting themselves in for so they can

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display they've got an informed decision of what career they want to go into.

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The other questions we're looking into is ups, qualities and personalities

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questions. So these are questions based around leadership, teamwork.

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The qualities for every ups employee will need to be successful at the

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interview stage and then education.

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So tell us about what they've done in terms of their education and maths and

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English, because they're core links, especially with the promotion in the

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public service sector.

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This whole interview will be conducted by myself and among a panel.

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So to give the learner a real simulation of what it could be like.

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So, thank you for coming today.

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So first question I'm going to ask you.

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So what is your U.P.S.

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job interest I'm wishing to join the Army as a dog handler.

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Right? So can you tell me a little bit about yourself and why you want to be a

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dog handler? I've always had I've always had a deep underlying passion for

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animals and caring for animals and training animals and looking after them.

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And I've also had a passion for joining the army and serving my country.

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So I thought I'd combine them two roles.

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Can

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you tell me a little bit about dog handler in the army?

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Basically, I will be training dogs for patrol safety, security or searching for

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bombs and stuff like that.

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And then I will also, as well as training them, I'll actually be using the dog

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and looking after the dog and the welfare of the dog and all that stuff.

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And so, you know, you know quite a bit about that.

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So, you know, with the entry process of joining the military, can you tell me a

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little bit about that? So the entry process, I will submit an online

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application to the Army and then they will invite me to my local careers office

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or something along the lines. I will go for an interview like this.

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And then I fill out some more online tests and stuff like that.

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And then I will go to the assessment centre for two days, two or three days,

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and then I will conduct my tests, my medical tests, my academic tests and also

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do some team building exercises.

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So, yeah. So can you tell me about where you go on to do your basic training?

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And I go to Whitington, for 14 weeks then I will go on to Melton Mowbray, the

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army animal training defence for 10 weeks.

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So what are the entry requirements for this role then?

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I don't need any previous qualifications, but say something in animal care or

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going to a dog shelter will help me get into that role.

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I need to be able to lift 50 kilograms.

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I need to be able to run two kilometers in 11 minutes 30 minutes to do a

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medicine ball for two point seven meters.

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Yeah. So you do know your stuff.

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So what have you actually done to prepare yourself to make sure you can pass

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all these entry plans?

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So I started actually trying to volunteer at places.

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Dog shelters obviously didn't due to Covid.

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But so the other thing is my physical is just starting to try to run every

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morning and get get my fitness up.

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Yeah. Do you know what what your time is for your current two kilometers?

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I think it's twelve minutes my run so I need to get that down just a little bit

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more. Yeah. So you obviously know the entry requirements.

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It's not the same requirement you'll be doing forever.

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Yeah. It's just your baseline of if I can perform here and meet this

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requirement, they can train you to get better and better.

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So obviously you want to be working towards higher goals and not just trying to

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get that eleven, eleven minutes thirty but then trying to extend past that and

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try and run three miles, five miles.

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But you clearly know, you stuff So what do your family think about joining the

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military. They've all been supportive of it since I was about four.

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They all like the idea.

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My Grandad not so much, but he accepts it and they all think it's it's going to

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do me good. Yeah.

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How do you feel about adapting to military life?

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So, you know, with in terms of discipline being away from home how do you think

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you'll cope with that?

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I love it to be honest, I love that the discipline.

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I love being away from home, just like sharing a billet with a bunch of guys

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and going out and doing my job.

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So, do you know the British values on everybody, not just the military.

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So integrity is one, respect, equality and diversity is one of them.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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So I wouldn't expect you to know all off by heart as long as you've got a good

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idea, because why do you think you need to know about British values in terms

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of joining the military? Because if I don't respect them values, I'm not a good

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person to be in the army, a good person, a respectable person, without them.

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You can'y really serve your country.

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Yeah, because you're going to be living in close proximity with a lot of people.

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So there is a baseline expectation of how you treat all the people in terms of

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equality and diversity, respect for others.

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So have you ever had any foreign holidays within school or your education

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environment? So have you ever gone on a long distance trip with school?

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Erm, not school but I've been to France and Belgium with Cadets.

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On a trip.

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How did that go? It was really fun to be with the people, but also like learning

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about the history and actually going to the places where, like, the wars were

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fought and stuff like that.

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Yeah. So you've quite clearly got a really good idea about what you want to

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join, why you want to join it.

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You've done your research about the job role and your requirements.

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So you know what you need to do to get there and what the process is like and

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what the job is going to be like once you've finally met that requirement.

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So what is the long term career plan?

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So let's say you've done everything right that e've spoken about today.

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You've got into the military, you've hit your regiment.

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What next? I actually just I want to progress through the ranks.

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I want to be able to teach other people and soldiers to look after the dogs and

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maintain their dogs. I eventually I may go and become a vet depending on how I

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feel after so many years.

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Are you looking for promotion?

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Definitely. I want to at least get up to sergeant before my career ends.

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Right. So how many years would you like to serve the serve?

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Twenty, twenty one or twenty two.

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That's fine,s o usually when you do 22 years, you should of progressed all the

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way through the ranks, dependent on how your career goes, but you should end up

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being a warrant officer by the end of your career.

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So to be fair, I'm happy with the interview today.

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I will say looking at your CV, though, there's a couple of mistakes.

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Do you know what they are?

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One being  I didn't realize that volunteering went under what's the word; work

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experience? And I'm not sure if I feel like my personal correctly.

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So what I've seen here is there's a couple of red flags in terms of reviewing

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your own work. So I've already highlighted a couple of spelling mistakes

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straight away. Where is attention to detail?

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And this is your chance.

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You know, once you leave this room, this is the bit that stays with me and

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says, why should I employ you?

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Yeah. And same spelling mistakes are red flags.

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Another issue is formatting you know, with how your qualifications are laid

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out, you've written lines one and another rather than bullet points.

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So I should be able to read this and go right, science qualification, date,

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school and stuff like that.

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Yeah, But you've wrote it literally in a format that does not flow very nicely.

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Do you know the average amount of time people look at your CV for?

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It's about thirty seconds to a minute maximum.

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Like I say I'm going to have about a hundred other CV's on my desk and yours

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has to stand out compared to the rest.

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But overall I really liked your interview because you actually knew your stuff.

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You knew why you wanted to join what you should join in, and you had a full

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understanding of what you was getting yourself into.

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So overall, I'm going to say it was a very good interview and

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I am going to award you a merit for this.

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Thank you. Just on your interview itself, if it was based on your CV, it would

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only be a pass.

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But Because you clearly understand what you what you get yourself into and you

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actually displayed your own body language and communication skills really well.

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So your punctuality use of language, response to the questions and your overall

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being of participating in interview was really well and I would employ you

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based on this, but once you left, you wouldn't get the job based on that.

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Yes, I am going to award you a merit.

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It's a very low merit, but well deserved.

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Thank you. Have you got any questions for me?

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No, no.

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Right. Cheers.

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It's not about tripping people up and trying to catch them out and see if they

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know everything off the top of their head but it's to see their confidence and

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their ability to talk in a simulated scenario where their confidence might be a

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little bit shaky and be a bit scared of what might come out, and it's supposed

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to prepare them now.

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So when it does come to the real interview, they'll be successful within the

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careers office.