• Make sure you turn up slightly early and are smart, clean and tidy. First impression are very important.
  • Often you will be asked to take proof of ID and the right to work in the UK documentation with you to the interview. This is normal and satisfies certain employment laws.
  • Take relevant qualification certificates if asked.
  • Take your portfolio if you feel it is relevant and will enhance your application.
  • Interview format varies depending on the organisation. It could be a one to one with the head groundsman or a panel interview. If a panel, try and find out who is on the panel and the role they hold within the organisation.
  • Interviews are daunting by their very nature, you want the job and therefore are nervous in case you say or do the wrong thing. Try to give the air of confidence with positive body language, even though you may not be. Walk tall into the room, smile, sit up straight, establish eye contact with the interviewers and try not to fidget.
  • Think before you speak. Any question you are asked take a second to think out your answer before giving it.
  • In a good interview the questions posed are there to stretch you and find out more about you, not to trick and confuse you.
  • If you have prepared well for the interview there should be a number of questions about the role and the organisation you can ask, usually at the end of the interview.
  • Always ask at the end of the interview what the next step will be, if there is a second interview and when they will come back to you with a decision, make them aware of how to contact you and if you are away on holiday for example let them know.