One2One Interview Technique

You must be decisive with every aspect of your Preparations and Performance. No stone should be left unturned in relation to your preparations which will leave you in no doubt how to answer all questions that will be put to you. You must be able to back up all your answers with genuine experiences/examples. Remember to stay on topic and try to be passionate but succinct.

Tony Bellew is a former Secondary School Teacher, Deputy Principal and Principal. He is passionate about everything associated with education. He has vast experience of sitting on and chairing Interview Panels. He set up his Interview Technique Service following requests from a number of Teachers to help them prepare.

His Interview Technique Service helps candidates prepare for interviews in both Primary and Secondary Level Education. At Second Level, he helps candidates prepare for Principal, Deputy Principal, Mainstream Teaching, Special Education Needs and Assistant Principal positions. At Primary Level, all of the above except Assistant Principal.

His service has 3 Stages in it. The first offers advice and support on filling out the Application Form. The candidate’s draft Application Form is critically appraised at this stage before it is ready to be submitted. Part of this stage also involves the drawing up of a Profile of the candidate in question highlighting his/her strengths. It also identifies areas that need to be addressed. Stage 2 involves a session on Interview Technique. Tony has very strong views on every aspect of the process which he goes through in detail at this session. He provides notes on all areas covered. Stage 3 involves a full scale Mock Interview. A comprehensive report is then drawn up on the candidate’s performance, question by question, and emailed to the candidate.