ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Assessment Interview
Assessment code: 010
Academic Year: 2022/2023
Trimester: 1
Module Title: Professional Development Skills – Part 1
Module Code: MOD008863
Level: 3
Module Leader: Kenneth Cohen
Weighting: 50%
Time Limit: 5-7 mins
Assessed Learning 2 and 3
Outcomes
Assessment date: Please refer to the deadline on the VLE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• This is an individual assignment.
• No extensions are available for this assessment.
• Exceptional Circumstances: The deadline for submission of Exceptional
Circumstances in relation to this assignment is no later than five working
days after the submission date of this work. Please contact the Director of
Studies Team - [email protected].
See rules 6.112 – 6.141:
http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf
OVERVIEW OF THE TASK

Your task is to prepare for and attend an interview discussing your plan for future
professional progression. The interview will be at least 5 minutes long and will not
exceed 7 minutes.

You will be asked questions on the following topics:

1. Your career goal

2. Your current situation
3. Your options for progression

The questions for the interview are based on material that you have covered during
the course of the trimester. The red folder ( ) in the PowerPoint documents used in
class represents material that will be relevant and important for you to consider when
preparing for this assignment.

CONTENT OF INTERVIEW

Your interviewer may ask you about any of the following topics :

1. Your Career Goal

• Present one possible career path you have identified via job search tools and
explain your motivation for choosing this specific position or role.

• Explain your suitability for your chosen career path in terms of values and
personality.

2. Your Current Situation

• Identify and explain your current strengths and how these will help you reach your
career goals.

• Identify and explain your current weaknesses and how these may hinder you from
reaching your career goals.

• Explain your employment history and educational background, and show any
relevance this has to your future career goals.

3. Your Options for Progression

• Discuss any improvements you will make to meet the specification for the kind of
position you are seeking (these should be linked to your weaknesses).

• Present any relevant opportunities you have identified within or outside your
chosen industry that will help you reach your career goals.

• Explain the steps you plan to take to improve your digital identity and
e-hireability.
RESEARCH AND RESOURCES

You are expected to support your ideas within the interview, and you must refer
to a minimum of 2 sources from the course. You can discuss any of the following
below:

a. Your CV

b. Career Zone activities covered in class

E.g. Career Assessments

c. Other self-reflective activities covered in class

E.g. Peer Appraisal Feedback activities

d. Websites used in class

E.g. www.prospects.ac.uk

e. Course books

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Your grade is based on 4 categories:

1. Task Fulfilment 40%:

This refers to your ability to respond to the questions with relevant information and
to provide suitable justification to support your answers. You should also show that
you are engaging critically with the questions.

CRITERIA PROMPT: Are you responding to the question or going off-topic?

2. Clarity 25%:
This refers to your ability to present information using a suitable format that is
logical, organised and easy to follow.

CRITERIA PROMPT: Are your answers organised and focused, or repetitive and
rambling?

3. Use of Resources 25%:

This refers to your explicit mention of any work you have carried out inside and
outside of the classroom for the purpose of the interview. This includes discussing
the resources you used or created in class to support your answers (c.f. See section
3 of the Assignment Brief).

CRITERIA PROMPT: Are you supporting your answer with sources you used in and/or
out of class?

4. Professional Conduct 10%:

This refers to your ability to present yourself in a professional manner consistent
with a formal interview setting (manner of speaking, body language, clothing, etc.).

CRITERIA PROMPT: Are you presentable for a professional setting?

 MARKING CRITERIA

Final Grade Task Fulfilment (TF) - 40% Clarity (C) - 25% Use of resources (UR) - 25% Professional conduct (PC) - 10%

90-100%
• All responses and ideas are exceptionally • Exceptional reference to research carried
Exceptional • Displays exceptional ability to present
relevant to the questions. out on the student’s chosen career path. • The student is exceptionally
information in a logical, organised way.
• Ideas are exceptionally well justified. • Exceptional ability to support information professional in dress, manner
TF: 38-40 • Ideas flow exceptionally well and are easy to
• Demonstrates exceptional critical related to their career using a wide variety and speech.
C / UR: 23-25 follow.
engagement with the questions. of sources.
PC: 10

80-89%
• All responses and ideas are highly relevant • Displays outstanding ability to present • Outstanding reference to research carried
Outstanding
to the questions. out on the student’s chosen career path. • The student is outstandingly
information in a logical, organised way.
• Ideas are outstandingly well justified. • Outstanding ability to support information professional in dress, manner
TF: 34-37 • Ideas flow outstandingly well and are easy to
• Demonstrates outstanding critical related to their career using a wide variety and speech.
C / UR: 20-22 follow.
engagement with the questions. of sources.
PC: 9

70-79% • Most responses and ideas are very relevant • Displays excellent ability to present
• Excellent reference to research carried out
Excellent to the questions. information in a logical, organised way (some • The student is very
on the student’s chosen career path.
• Ideas are generally excellently well justified. minor lapses may be present). professional in dress, manner
• Excellent ability to support information
TF: 30-33 • Demonstrates excellent critical engagement • The flow of ideas is excellent and arguments and speech (some minor slips
related to their career using a good range of
C / UR: 18-19 with the questions (with minimal are easy to follow (minor inconsistencies may may be noted).
sources.
PC: 8 vagueness). be present).

• Responses and ideas are overall relevant to

60-69% • Displays good ability to present information in
the questions. • Good reference to research carried out on
Good a logical, organised way (some lapses in logic • The student is generally
• Ideas are well justified but could be the student’s chosen career path but this
or organisation may be present). professional in dress, manner
expanded upon. could be expanded upon further.
TF: 26-29 • The flow of ideas is generally good and •
and speech (some issues may
• Demonstrates generally good critical Good ability to support information related
C / UR: 15-17 arguments are easy to follow (some be noted).
engagement with the questions (some to their career using a fair range of sources.
PC: 7 inconsistencies may be present).
vagueness might be present).

50-59% • Responses and ideas are relevant to the • Sound reference to research carried out on
• Displays sound ability to present information
Sound questions with some minor digressions. the student’s chosen career path but this • The student is somewhat
in a logical, organised way though lapses in
• Ideas are justified but lack depth overall. remains fairly underdeveloped. professional in dress, manner
logic or organisation may be recurrent.
TF: 22-25 • Demonstrates some critical engagement • Sound ability to support information and speech but there is clear
C / UR: 13-14 • The flow of ideas is generally sound but may related to their career using at least two room for improvement.
with the questions (some of the answers
PC: 6 cause some strain at times. sources.
may be vague).
 • Responses and ideas are somewhat
40-49% relevant to the questions (perhaps • Displays adequate ability to present • Adequate reference to research carried out • The student’s overall
Adequate superficially so). There may be major on the student’s chosen career path though presentation is passably
information in a logical, organised way though
digression present. detail is severely lacking. adequate in terms of
lapses in logic or organisation are frequent.
TF: 18-21 • Ideas are somewhat adequately justified. • Adequate ability to support information professionalism. Major issues
• The flow of ideas is somewhat adequate and
C / UR: 10-12 • Demonstrates little critical engagement related to their career using at least one may be noted in the student’s
PC: 5 may cause significant strain at times. dress, manner or speech.
with the questions. Answers are overall source.
vague.

30-39% • Responses and ideas are irrelevant to the • Very limited reference to research carried
Limited questions. • Displays very limited ability to present out on the student’s chosen career path. • The student displays very
• Ideas are justified in a very limited or information in a logical, or organised manner. • The student may support information limited attempts at
TF: 14-17 illogical manner. • The flow of ideas is overall illogical and causes related to their career tangentially using professionalism in dress,
C / UR: 8-9 • Demonstrates very limited critical significant strain on comprehension. external sources but no allusion is made to manner or speech.
PC: 4 engagement with the questions. sources covered in class.

20-29%
Little evidence
TF: 10-13 • Meets the above criteria only partially.
C / UR: 5-7
PC: 3

10-19%
Deficient
TF: 6-9 • Meets the above criteria in a very limited fashion.
C / UR: 3-4
PC: 2

1-9%
No evidence
TF: 1-5 • An attempt to answer the question, but none of the above criteria are met.
C / UR: 1-2
PC: 1

0%
Fail
• Non-submission.
TF: 0 • Dangerous practice.
C / UR: 0 • Fails to address assignment brief.
PC: 0
 ARU GENERIC ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND MARKING STANDARDS: LEVEL 3 – pre-HE

Level 3 (Access) prepares students to function effectively at Level 4. Criteria for assessment at Level 3 reflect the preparatory
nature of these modules. Students are expected to demonstrate the acquisition of generic learning skills appropriate for self-
managed learning in an HE context. Students are expected to demonstrate that they have acquired the underpinning
discipline-specific skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to undertake an HE course.

Characteristics of Student Achievement by Marking Band for ARU’s Generic Learning

Mark Outcomes (Academic Regulations, Section 2)
Outcome
Bands
Intellectual (thinking), Practical, Affective and Transferable
Knowledge & Understanding
Skills
Exceptional management of learning resources. Exceptional
Exceptional information base
leadership and contributions to teams. Structured and
90-100% and understanding of ethical
accurate expression. Demonstrates intellectual originality and
issues
imagination. Exceptional practical/professional skills
Outstanding management of learning resources. Provides an
Outstanding information base exemplar of leadership and contributions to teams.
80-89% and understanding of ethical Structured and accurate expression. Demonstrates
issues intellectual originality and imagination. Outstanding
Achieves practical/professional skills
module Excellent management of learning resources. Contributes
outcome(s) Excellent information base and well to teams. Structured and largely accurate expression.
70-79%
understanding of ethical issues Excellent academic/intellectual skills and
practical/professional skills
Good information base Good management of learning resources. Expression is
60-69% covering all major/ ethical structured and mainly accurate. Good academic/intellectual
issues skills and team/practical/professional skills
Sound information base Sound use of learning resources. Expression shows some lack
50-59% covering most major issues and of structure and/or accuracy. Acceptable but undistinguished
their ethical dimension skill sets. Sound team/practical/professional skills
A marginal Adequate information base; Adequate use of learning resources, with significant lack of
pass in adequate understanding of structure and/or accuracy in expression. Some issues with
40-49% module major/ ethical issues of academic/intellectual skills. Adequate team/practical/
outcome(s) discipline professional skills
A marginal fail
in module
Limited information base;
outcome(s). Limited use of learning resources with little contribution to
limited understanding of
30-39% Satisfies teamwork. Weak academic/intellectual skills and difficulty
discipline and its ethical
default with expression. Insecure practical/ professional skills
dimension
qualifying
mark
Little evidence of an
Little evidence of use of learning resources with little
information base; little
evidence of contribution to teamwork. Very weak
20-29% evidence of understanding of
academic/intellectual skills and difficulty with expression.
discipline and its ethical
Little evidence of practical/professional skills
dimension
Fails to Deficient information base; Deficient use of learning resources with Inadequate
achieve deficient understanding of contribution to teamwork. Deficient academic/intellectual
10-19% module discipline and its ethical skills and difficulty with expression. Deficient
outcome(s). dimension. practical/professional skills
Qualifying
No evidence of any information No evidence of use of learning resources with no evidence of
mark not
base; no evidence of any contribution to teamwork. No evidence academic/
1-9% satisfied
understanding of discipline and intellectual skills and incoherent expression. No evidence of
its ethical dimension. practical/ professional skills
Awarded for: (i) non-submission; (ii) dangerous practice and; (iii) in situations where the student
0% fails to address the assignment brief (e.g.: answers the wrong question) and/or related learning
outcomes