The University of Sheffield
Careers Service

Applications Talks and DVDs

Our talks and DVDs will help you with applications and CVs and to prepare for interview, assessments centres and psychometirc tests. You should also listen to our skills talks which will help you to understand the skills employers look for.
Please note: our DVDs require your university username.

Applications, CVs and covering letters
CVs and covering letters (10 mins)
Covering letters (9 mins)
Applications online (23 mins DVD)
Effective application forms (11 mins)
Writing CVs and applications (11 mins DVD)
Getting into medicine and dentistry (10 mins)

Interviews
Enterprise rent-a-car interview (35 mins DVD)
Graduate telephone interview (13 mins DVD)
KPMG interview (28 mins DVD)
Interview skills - Grant Thornton (5 mins)
Winning moves interview (32 mins DVD)
Understanding interviews - Part 1 (13 mins)
Understanding interviews - Part 2 (11 mins)

Tests
Admissions tests for medicine and dentistry (11 mins)
Psychometric tests (11 mins)

Assessment centres
Assessment centres (17 mins)
Assessment centre preparation - Centrica (15 mins)
An introduction to assessment centres (2 mins DVD)
Ice breaker (50 secs DVD)
Case study (5 mins DVD)
Group work (18 mins DVD)
Intray exercise (4 mins DVD)
Meal (40 secs DVD)
Role play (7 mins DVD)
Presentations (6 mins DVD)
Assessment centre interview (15 mins DVD)
Painless presentations (10 mins)
Assessment centre - guide to each section (10 mins DVD)

Skills talks and DVDs 
Here, a number of employers describe what they mean when they look for evidence of skills from graduates.