Absolutely agree with Alasdair's answer, and remember what the point of the presentation is - it's to give you the opportunity to remove any last doubt that you meet the competences. Yes, you could show a project you were involved with, and that project could be big and complex and flashy and expensive, but none of that matters - the point is to explain exactly what you did and how you did it.


Because the interview panel are engineers, photos in your presentation of some really interesting engineering which you did (or bringing the real thing in with you if you can!) is good. But a video is just using up time when you could be talking - and, even better, having a conversation.


That all said, please make your presentation interesting. Remember the assessors already have your application, they don't need you to read it out again to them, that would be really boring for them. Find a nice project you know you'll enjoy talking about - just make sure it shows that you've had to use a mix of all the competences.



Similarly I've known recent graduates bring videos to a job interview. I wish they wouldn't, the whole point of an interview is that it's a chance for a two-way discussion. Unless of course you're applying for a job as a video maker...


Good luck,


Andy

Absolutely agree with Alasdair's answer, and remember what the point of the presentation is - it's to give you the opportunity to remove any last doubt that you meet the competences. Yes, you could show a project you were involved with, and that project could be big and complex and flashy and expensive, but none of that matters - the point is to explain exactly what you did and how you did it.


Because the interview panel are engineers, photos in your presentation of some really interesting engineering which you did (or bringing the real thing in with you if you can!) is good. But a video is just using up time when you could be talking - and, even better, having a conversation.


That all said, please make your presentation interesting. Remember the assessors already have your application, they don't need you to read it out again to them, that would be really boring for them. Find a nice project you know you'll enjoy talking about - just make sure it shows that you've had to use a mix of all the competences.



Similarly I've known recent graduates bring videos to a job interview. I wish they wouldn't, the whole point of an interview is that it's a chance for a two-way discussion. Unless of course you're applying for a job as a video maker...


Good luck,


Andy