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Guide To Interviews

Contractor Interviews

Forget curveballs, it’s these standard IT contractor interview questions you’ll likely slip on

Revealed: the good answers to give to five regular but still dangerous banana skins.

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Written by Natalie Bowers

Natalie is a co-founder of Bowers Partnership, an award-winning recruitment company that finds people for Investment and Wealth Management firms and Asset Owners. She has more than 30 years’ experience in recruitment, corporate IT and multi-functional general management positions.

Her areas of expertise include contract recruitment, permanent search & selection and recruitment-specific regulation. She is a regular commentator for recruitment industry publications and specialist websites.

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18th January, 2024 | Guide To Interviews

Five tricky IT contractor interview questions for 2024

If you can’t answer the following five, at least now you’re prepped for having them fired in your direction.

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Written by Alan Watts

Alan Watts, Independent Service Management Consultant, has been in IT for most of the last 45 years, apart from a short spell in accountancy, eventually turning to Operations Management before going freelance in 1996.

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10th January, 2024 | Guide To Interviews

Skype interview guide for contractors – top tips

Six steps for when video calling software stands between you and the hirer.

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Written by Laura Wilkinson

Laura is the Head of Marketing for ContractorUK. She has worked at ContractorUK for over 10 years and is qualified with a Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing via The IDM.

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16th June, 2016 | Guide To Interviews

What IT contractors get asked at interview

The inside track on curveball, competency and conversational questions.

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Written by Simon Moore

Simon Moore is one of the UK’s most consistently published freelance journalists on freelancing, self-employment and contractor issues, such as IR35, the Loan Charge and late payment. Trained in News & Features writing by NCTJ-approved journalism tutors, Simon worked in the newsrooms of local, consumer and national press titles, before setting up his own editorial services company, Moore News Ltd.

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23rd July, 2014 | Guide To Interviews

‘My mum says give me the contract’

Knock-knock jokes, singing and handcuffs – job candidates know no bounds at interview.

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Written by helen

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23rd June, 2011 | Guide To Interviews

CUK's IT Contractor Interview Checklist

15 reminders of what IT contractors should be doing at interview.

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Written by cukAdmin

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19th July, 2010 | Guide To Interviews

IT contractor guide to phone interviews

Five fundamentals for when it all hinges on your voice.

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Written by cukAdmin

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4th January, 2010 | Guide To Interviews

The IT Contractor Interview Game

Honing your interview persona: Fourteen roles IT contractors must turn down for interview success.

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Written by cukAdmin

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22nd December, 2009 | Guide To Interviews

Following up after interview

One way to leave a positive impression is to follow up with a 'thank you'.

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Written by cukAdmin

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23rd February, 2009 | Guide To Interviews

The interview - The CUK 'Quick' Guide

Dos and Don'ts of interviews.

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Written by cukAdmin

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23rd February, 2009 | Guide To Interviews

Are you ready for the interview?

The perfect contract's come up and you've got an interview. But hang on, when was the last time you actually went for an interview? Jenrick CPI brings you a comprehensive candidate check-list.

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Written by cukAdmin

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1st September, 2004 | Guide To Interviews

Interviews - A Contractor's View

IT contractor interviews: Technical tests & tough questions

Tackling the nitty gritty of the interview.

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Written by cukAdmin

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1st January, 2015 | Guide To Interviews

Interview checklist & saying goodbye: A Contractor's View

Making the most of last stage of the interview.

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Written by cukAdmin

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23rd February, 2009 | Guide To Interviews

When interviewers don't interview - A contractor's view

One of the hazards of going for contracting interviews is that you often meet clients who have no idea what they are doing.

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Written by cukAdmin

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23rd February, 2009 | Guide To Interviews

Interviews: selling yourself – A contractor's view

Supposing you have made a good first impression and have not yet lost the contract, how do you proceed?

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Written by cukAdmin

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23rd February, 2009 | Guide To Interviews

Preparing for interviews – A contractor's view

Long before you park the car in the visitors' section of some giant corporation and linger tentatively in the glass-boxed reception before being escorted to the lifts and the interview room, your preparation should have started.

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Written by cukAdmin

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23rd February, 2009 | Guide To Interviews

Interviews: impressions count – A contractor's view

The decisions we make about liking or disliking somebody are made phenomenally quickly.

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Written by cukAdmin

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23rd February, 2009 | Guide To Interviews

Improving Interview Success

IT contractor Interviews – The inside track Part 2

How can you make the most of each interview opportunity? The IT Coach looks at strategies for improving interview success.

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Written by cukAdmin

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25th September, 2006 | Guide To Interviews

IT contractor interviews - The inside track Part 1

The IT Coach offers advice on how to gain the edge over other candidates.

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Written by cukAdmin

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5th September, 2006 | Guide To Interviews