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Message: <blockquote data-quote="taneshS" data-source="post: 2055" data-attributes="member: 10">Hi, good thread!I became a lot better at ACs after lots and lots of attempts. I've said some of this before but thought it might be good if I keep all my advice here. I've added some things too. Interview - I don't think I've perfected the process but I did get better and less nervous at interviews. After an interview, I used to write down all the questions I was asked whilst it was still fresh in my mind and after a while I had a big list of questions. I wrote down practice answers for all of them and would rehearse my answers during the day. This was really helpful when it came to the interview as a lot of the questions I had already rehearsed (but I tried to make it sound natural in the interview). Also be enthusiastic and try to build a rapport with the interview, so it becomes a little more like a conversation than an interview. My tip here is to: Breathe. You don't want to come across as robotic.Commercial Awareness - this one took a long time and it's only something I think I got better at with pracitce. I used to get caught out because I only had a very superficial knowledge of business topics.and when they asked a few follow up questions about a business issue that I had mentioned, they could easily see I was waffling and didn't really know it well at all. To improve this, I tried to read through business news and google everything I didn't understand - so things like bonds, how acquisitions work, security etc. I then worked my way up from a very basic level until I started to understand.Written - PLAN!! Plan your answer. Plan your structure. Plan you time. I used to think I had really good content but then I'd run out of time and it would be poorly structured. I think it's important that you don't just focus on the answer, but focus on whether you are formatting it correctly, applying sub headings and headings, and make sure you stick to time. The recruiter won't know whether you were supposed to write something. They can only see what you've written down.Group - I'm not the most confident person so I struggled with this. There was advice I read on here that helped me a lot - you don't need to be the loudest person in the room.  Find your niche. Become the delegator. Or the person that raises good ideas. Or the person that checks the time. Even if it's small, if you can lean on your strengths, it can help to come out of your shell.</blockquote>

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