tier11417 wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:32 am
Interviews for Tier 1 Ent at ILR stage is a reality now. I want to add some bits as I have an interview experience at extension stage. The interview questions at ILR stage are the same and there is a lot of feedback from previous extension interviews on this forum. Members can search the forum and benefit from it at even ILR stage.
I am sharing this with my personal experience so it might give some confidence to the members in stress.
As long as you are genuinely trading, less or more, profit or loss, be confident, you will be okay.
At extension stage, my company was registered at my home address. My employees worked from their own home and my company was in loss. All three negative points.
Although, my 4 hour long interview did not go 100%, lots of counter questioning, in the end I was able to convince the CW about my business model and business decisions through my answers (CW makes the decision not the interviewer).
It was a 4 hour long interview but the two things they focused more was:
1) Investment funds
2) Employees
At ILR stage, job creation is the most important, so be prepared to be grilled on employee questions.
a) keep employee contracts handy
b) employee communication (email, whatsapp, phone)
c) make yourself aware of employee rights (pension, holidays, sick leave, notice period etc)
d) advertisement for jobs (google, facebook etc)
e) employee role/job description
f) employee CV
g) employee names/addresses by heart
h) employee qualifications
i) employee pay/hourly rate
j) If employee is working from home, justify your decision.
k) employee benefits (if any - company laptop or phone or travel expenses etc)
l) how does employee report to you
m) how do you check employee performance if employee works from home
I can only remember the above on top of my head as my interview was conducted in Sep 2017 but the questions will be similar even at ILR stage.
Also, be prepared to answer questions about your investment credibility:
a) where did the money come from - proof if asked
b) how did you invest the money
c) break up of investment/expenditure
d) profit/loss figures
e) advertisement costs etc
Be prepared to keep sale/purchase/client invoices.
Advertisement proof of receipts.
Social media presence.
The interviewer is well aware of your website/social media and they do their homework before they visit you. Keep the website/social media up to date.
Having said all the above, they asked me much more than listed above. This is only areas where they focused more so I wanted to share.
No interview is 100%. Be confident, that is the key.
As job creation is the most important part of ILR application, be prepared to be grilled at employee questions more.
