Careers

Access to eCareersGrad (click this link and sign in with your LSHTM email account)

eCareersGrad is a fantastic resource to help you prepare for interviews and commercial case studies (used by management consultancies), as well as providing you with information on who hires international grads in the UK. We have subscription access to their three main courses which are:

(1) International Students: Target the Right UK Employer

• REVEALED: the eCareersGrad UK150 listing of the biggest International Student sponsoring employers
• Sponsorship listings searchable by sector/ company to help ‘Target the right UK employer’ in future applications
• International student video testimony and interactive guides to strategies for sourcing UK jobs and work experience

(2) Interview Success

• 60+ video-based candidate example answers for sectors including consulting, finance, law, the public sector and academic interviews
• 10+ recruiter answer scoring guides and illustrated answer structures for introductory, motivation, competency, commercial awareness, strength-based (and weakness) and scenario questions
• Spotlights on anticipating potential questions, dealing with video interviews and what to ask the interviewer.

(3) Master the Commercial & Consulting Case

• 15+ video-based answers showcasing what good looks like (and doesn’t) for case scenarios including market sizing, market entry and revenue growth
• recruiter answer scoring guides and illustrated answer structures for handling the case introduction, issues analysis and dealing with the numbers
• guides to case ‘frameworks’, financial concepts and mastering note-taking
• practice (partner) cases with model answers

Additional Resources:

How to prepare for an interview (5.34 minutes, no LSHTM login required).  This video outlines three key ways to prepare and finishes with details on where to find further interview resources on Moodle.

How to overcome interview nerves  (4.22 minutes, no LSHTM login required). This video offers three tips to overcome nerves.

Challenging Interview Questions document.

Preparing for Interviews, 20 July 2022 - Recording with Panopto automatic captions/transcript.

Preparing for Interviews, 20 July 2022 - slides. 

Interviews, 15 March 2024 - recording
Interviews, 15 March 2024 - slides

Interviews - how to prepare effectively and perform your best, 10 March 2021 - recording with captions/transcript (no login required)
Interviews - how to prepare effectively and perform your best, 10 March 2021 - slides

If you have a video interview coming up, whether it's pre-recorded or live, this page has excellent advice.

Find further resources to help you prepare for interviews in this section.