Currently applying for an apprenticeship, what do I do?

Hi,

I’m in year 13 and I’m studying for my Alevels. Yesterday I applied to a Degree Apprenticeship (most likely the last one I’ll be able to apply for). I’ve submitted my application form and I’m waiting to hear back.

If I am successful to the next stage which is a video interview,
What should I do then prepare?
How should I structure my answers?
What do I do to make sure I’m confident?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi,

I’m in year 13 and I’m studying for my Alevels. Yesterday I applied to a Degree Apprenticeship (most likely the last one I’ll be able to apply for). I’ve submitted my application form and I’m waiting to hear back.

If I am successful to the next stage which is a video interview,
What should I do then prepare?
How should I structure my answers?
What do I do to make sure I’m confident?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Why would it be "the last one [you'll] be able to apply for"?

I mean the best advice is always to research the company and make sure to find a good way to bring up some of the information in the interview.

I'd say dress smart, make sure you're in a well lit room, your camera is working and the interviewers can actually see your face. You don't want to start the interview by messing with your settings for 20 minutes. If you live with your family or room-mates tell them you have an interview at ... whatever time, and you CANNOT be disrupted.

Research common interview questions both general and for your specific industry. Prepare your answers in advance but don't memorize them, just make sure they won't catch you off guard with something simple like "tell me about yourself".

use the STAR method (read online). create a google doc and just think of a question they might ask for each company value. for example if one of their core values is collaboration they might ask 'describe a time you worked in a team'

so under the core value 'innovation' do a bullet point for S T A R with a prompt for if you get stuck. and relate the result to skills that apply to the job/their goals. so make sure you know their goals too. please see one of my examples below. i interviewed for this company last week so havent heard back yet but have been successful in other degree apprenticeships this year.


Collaboration – understanding, empowering
S university of cambridge stem smart residential
T difficult further maths and physics
A worked together to combine ideas
R solved challenging questions by breaking down into easier steps


also, this company scores my interview based off how well i demonstrate each company value in my experience. not sure how other firms do it but it must be something similar.

use the STAR method (read online). create a google doc and just think of a question they might ask for each company value. for example if one of their core values is collaboration they might ask 'describe a time you worked in a team'

so under the core value 'innovation' do a bullet point for S T A R with a prompt for if you get stuck. and relate the result to skills that apply to the job/their goals. so make sure you know their goals too. please see one of my examples below. i interviewed for this company last week so havent heard back yet but have been successful in other degree apprenticeships this year.


Collaboration – understanding, empowering
S university of cambridge stem smart residential
T difficult further maths and physics
A worked together to combine ideas
R solved challenging questions by breaking down into easier steps


also, this company scores my interview based off how well i demonstrate each company value in my experience. not sure how other firms do it but it must be something similar.

If I potentially mess up in my interview at one question, what do I do from there?