Got to do a presentation for an interview

SexyGreyFox

SexyGreyFox

SexyGreyFox

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Part of my interview on Tuesday is to do a 5 to 10 minute presentation on anything I want to.
I decided I'll do it in Powerpoint and I'll do it on running.
I've just spent over an hour putting about half of the presentation together and then asked the wife to listen to it.
About halfway through her eyes started wandering and I asked her if she was bored but she said to carry on.
I got to the end of what I'd done thinking I'd spoken for about 7 minutes when I looked at my watch and it was on 32 minutes :eek:

Not easy is it?
 
Thanks for the advice.
I've got 12 slides but some are very quick for comedy effect.
My wife has sat in front of interview presentations and she's advised me to talk about the first marathon I ever did and how I went about it.
I've gone over the presentation at least 4 times in front of dolls & teddy bears so I'll have to see what she thinks when she gets in.

The job I'm going for is a job I did on a NVQ placement.
I spent 3 weeks with NHS Apprentices and I delivered and facilitated classes with them.
I've already worked with the 2 women who are interviewing me, they do know what I'm like and we got on like a house on fire.
I also have the advantage that the woman who ran my NVQ course is their best friend and she wants me in that position.

I do have one conundrum though.
Looking at my history it looks like all I've ever done is Engineering for 33 years.
The 2 ladies did wonder why I'm so confident in front of a class of 30 x 14/15 year olds and I didn't tell them but of course clicking on my sig below reveals all.
It also shows that I'm multi skilled, can work in a team and another job description of theirs is 'Updating web pages'.
The internet is one thing but I've never blown my trumpet in public and always kept my hobby to myself.
There are ex workmates who still don't know what I get up to at the weekend and last week 2 more saw me in a pub performing.
I still don't know whether its wise to mention my hobby because some people can take it the wrong way.
 
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Luw said:
What way is the wrong way? Maybe I'm just looking at it from my point of view, but I'm not sure how someone could take being the frontman for a rock cover band the wrong way.
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When I was a schoolkid anything I did wrong was blamed on my music.
When I became an apprentice at 16, my instructors also blamed any mistakes on my music.
When I started at the factory, workers would constantly take the pee so I decided to keep it quiet if possible.
During my teenage years I'd been given a lot of crap over my music even though I never let it get in the way of my work.

Admiral Huddy said:
I have mailed you back btw
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I've read it - thanks

Voltar said:
What subject you gonna do?
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Its to be a Careers Support for NHS Apprentices.


My wife has just listened to my new presentation and slammed me immediately.
For a bit of a joke I did a Before & After pics of a fat man and a muscle man and she told me that I'd just failed for presenting the fat man in a bad light.
Bloody Diversity.
 
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