It is nerve wracking to give a presentation at an interview. Here are some ideas to help in preparing a giving an excellent presentation.
1. Employers like to use them to see your skills rather than the topic being talked about. Being confident in the situation is more important than what is said.
2. Good preparation. Some areas to consider are timing, objective, creativity, practice and planning for any questions.
3. PowerPoint. Do not rely on the slides to do the work – they should be short visual reminders of the talk. Only use PowerPoint (or similar) if fully confident in its use.
4. Find out who will be in the audience. Perhaps have a look through the company web page to find out more about the panel.
5. On the interview day, give eye contact, use open body language and try to finish a little early to allow for questions.