Experience between submitting and interview

Hi Mark,


I was in a similar position very recently where for multiple reasons (also including parenthood!) I ended up with two years between submission and interview and had had a major change in responsibility in that period. I drew up a 'career update' covering two sides (if there hasn't been a major role change I imagine this would be somewhat shorter) which included relevant updates for the various types of information which were on the main form and in a similar layout such as:

• a summary of the change/new role,

• responsibilities,

• personal achievement,

• training,

• professional services, papers & presentations and

• accountability diagram

I e-mailed this to the IET along with my presentation and DAP a couple of days before the interview and took along four paper copies. (Presumably your interview will be online so you might want to make sure the IET have passed the eletronic ones on to interviewers in advance.) My impression is that this was seen as a reasonable approach - they do want to know about changes and this seemed like a succinct way of conveying them. Aspects from this update were drawn into discussion when they arose naturally so I don't think you need to shoehorn them into your presentation, you can just consider the presentation in its own right as to how you want to convey the A&B examples that suit you, which may or may not include recent activity.


I hope this helps and that you enjoy talking about your career and recent changes in your interview!

Hi Mark,


I was in a similar position very recently where for multiple reasons (also including parenthood!) I ended up with two years between submission and interview and had had a major change in responsibility in that period. I drew up a 'career update' covering two sides (if there hasn't been a major role change I imagine this would be somewhat shorter) which included relevant updates for the various types of information which were on the main form and in a similar layout such as:

• a summary of the change/new role,

• responsibilities,

• personal achievement,

• training,

• professional services, papers & presentations and

• accountability diagram

I e-mailed this to the IET along with my presentation and DAP a couple of days before the interview and took along four paper copies. (Presumably your interview will be online so you might want to make sure the IET have passed the eletronic ones on to interviewers in advance.) My impression is that this was seen as a reasonable approach - they do want to know about changes and this seemed like a succinct way of conveying them. Aspects from this update were drawn into discussion when they arose naturally so I don't think you need to shoehorn them into your presentation, you can just consider the presentation in its own right as to how you want to convey the A&B examples that suit you, which may or may not include recent activity.


I hope this helps and that you enjoy talking about your career and recent changes in your interview!