​What my clients say about working with me

I work with organisations in the public and private sectors and I also work with private individuals. Here are some of the client organisations I have worked with. My interview coaching clients have had interview success in the majority of these organisations.
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Some of my client feedback is below. More verbatim quotes from my interview coaching clients are included on my Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn every week.​

Feedback about interview coaching:

Book Interview Coaching

Thanks for all your help Tina. The interview was really tough but your advice paid off and I was offered the job (which I accepted)!
Director, Public Sector Organisation

Just to let you know the results came out today!! I placed 6th on the panel. Thanks for your help with my application form. Just thought your hard work should be acknowledged!
Internal AO competition, Revenue

I highly recommend Tina to anyone who is looking to improve their performance in interviews. She completely demystified competency based interviewing for me. I valued Tina's accessible communication style, her advanced level expertise derived from many years of experience assessing candidates, and her knowledge of how to best structure answers to interview questions. 
Researcher

Just to let you know that I got the job!! Thanks for all your help. I'm delighted.
Company Secretary

Just to update you on the interview – I got panelled – no. 3. So, I am delighted and over the moon. Thanks a mill for your help.
HEO interdepartmental  
competition

I just wanted to let you know I passed the Sergeants promotion interview. Thanks very much for your time and effort, I found it gave me focus and put me in a good frame of mind. I'm very grateful to you.
Sergeant, An Garda Síochána

I wanted to let you know that I was successful at interview and placed 1st in both competitions.  I am just delighted and I wanted to thank you - you really helped me to focus on the bigger picture and what my message was and I really feel it helped me in my successful interview. Thank you again.
Principal Officer competition, Civil Service

I heard in the last hour that I was successful. Delighted with the news and even more delighted that it's all over. Many thanks for your help with the competency examples required for the application form, as well as preparing for the actual interview.
Director, Public Sector Organisation

Good news for me. I placed 5th on panel and should be appointed in the near future. Thanks for your help which made the difference I think.
Internal Principal Officer competition, Health

I just wanted to let you know that I got promoted from CO to HEO. I really feel like the preparation session with you helped me a great deal so I just wanted to say thank you so much.
Internal HEO Competition, Social Protection

The person I recommend over the rest is Tina Kinirons, who is an Occupational Psychologist. We use her extensively for interview coaching and the feedback is excellent.
​HR Director

I was offered the position this morning Tina. I just wanted to say thanks so much for all your help improving my CV and for the interview coaching. I really do think that your help contributed an awful lot to my being offered the position!
​HR Generalist

I got my results today and I am delighted to say I am number one on the panel!  Thanks so much for all your help, it made all the difference.
Internal EO competition, Social Welfare

I actually was placed 1st on the panel.  I know hand on heart it was down to you that I was focused and articulated my answers well. I would recommend your expertise to anyone and thank you so much for your guidance and advice.
Assistant Principal competition, Revenue

Just a short note to let you know that I have been placed first on the panel. Thank you so much for the interview coaching! It made a huge difference for my confidence and obviously worked and impressed the board!  Thanks again!
Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer

I passed the interview stage. Thank you so much for all your help. I wouldn't have gotten it if I didn't have that coaching session with you.
Garda, An Garda Síochána

Incredibly empathetic person. She had a personalised approach and a warm manner. I felt she listened carefully and provided tangible, useful feedback.
Assistant Principal, Civil Service

 

Feedback about interview preparation webinars and e-course:

Bernie Stevenson & Tina Kinirons

Buy interview preparation Webinar e-course

I would highly recommend this webinar to others.

Tina, Thank you for all the advice in the last webinar. I have successfully  been placed on the EO panel.

Hi Tina, I bought your webinar in advance of going for AP and I am delighted to say I found out on Friday I got the job! Thank you for the insights.

Helpful in getting the interviewers perspective 

Hi Tina, I bought your pre-recorded webinar and found it so useful. I have had two interviews since where I placed 1 or 2 on the panels, and I must credit your webinar as the jumping off point for me in improving my skills and kicking off my progression in the public sector. Thanks for all your good work.

Great information and very helpful, thanks Tina.

I would rate Tina as an excellent facilitator; she was fun, informative and engaging.

The format was great with plenty of useful tips in addition to designated time for questions.

Hi Tina, Just to let you know I made the panel. Really happy I attended your webinar!!! Will defo be recommending to friends. I'm over the moon!! Thanks again for such an informative webinar.

I found the webinar to be extremely helpful and useful and I will put what I have learned into practice for my upcoming interview.

I found the advice very helpful and plan on putting it to good use in the future.

Very insighful and informative, míle buíochas!

​I found the interview prep webinar excellent, especially the Q&A section, yourself and Bernie went above and beyond to answer all the questions. It was really beneficial and I will be recommending the next seminar to colleagues and friends. Both you and Bernie are so experienced and knowledgeable in this area and I feel very lucky to have found you both.

Thank you to you both for all the guidance and such an informative webinar. The time you both took to go through all our questions was appreciated.

Very friendly, open, encouraging, confident and enthusiastic approach.

You covered all my questions (and more!)

Just a quick email to say thank you. As someone who has worked in the private sector for over 23 years, the world of public sector interviews was alien to me with its concentration on concrete examples. I purchased your course and am sure it played a part in me securing the role I applied for. Many thanks again for your assistance.

I found the answers to the questions very helpful and relevant. I thought the information in the slides were really helpful and will be a very important tool to reference for any future interviews.

I can describe the webinar in one word - EXCELLENT!

Structure of the webinar was very good with time for Q&A

Thank you for forwarding on the slides, worksheets and articles - these will  be so useful for future roles.

I found it very practical and really valuable.

I really liked having both you and Bernie answering he questions as you both took different approaches for some of the questions.

This webinar has clarified areas of competency application forms/interviews for me and I will be more confident next time when completing one. 

Feedback about training courses:

Tina knew her stuff and engaged very well with the group. Made the course very interesting.

Tina was excellent - supportive and encouraging. Excellent communicator with an obvious passion for the job. Very interesting to listen to and engage with.

Tina is an extremely good trainer and puts you at ease. I felt very comfortable speaking up and sharing my thoughts and ideas.

I would highly recommend Tina's relaxed delivery - she put all of us at ease straight away and allowed us to be ourselves.

Tina obviously has great knowledge of interviewing and encouraged us to contribute throughout the session.

Excellent day of interview training, would highly recommend it. Very thorough and Tina stayed on track and to the point. Excellent insight into both sides of the interview table!

Tina was engaging, she created a good atmosphere of participation and she was good at explaining content and dealing with questions.

An excellent course delivered in an authoritative, engaging, thorough and competent manner displaying a common, no nonsense, descriptive way to engage in appropriate practice during interviews. The presentation itself was practical, pragmatic, and inspiring, its content relevant. Tina exuded self-confidence and openly and willingly shared her interviewer experience and expertise during her delivery. She was frank, challenging, open and informative imparting her wealth of knowledge in an inspiring and convincing manner. Well done! 

The online training session you just gave us on interviewing and recruitment was really excellent. The slides and workbook were very clear and well structured. The content was well pitched and we had ample opportunity to ask questions or provide input. And, most importantly – you are a very engaging trainer. I had a list of learning objectives going into it and they were all met – even the tricky ones! Thank you.

I thoroughly enjoyed the two mornings - it was very enjoyable and informative. Tina you are a wonderful presenter.

Tina was a fantastic facilitator.  She has humour and empathy in abundance, which made the course so enjoyable.

Tina is a very good trainer. She kept us engaged throughout the day and was very uplifting and professional.

I have attended several other management courses previously, including management courses in the Irish Management Institute, and without a doubt Tina is the best trainer I have encountered, she was superb.

Tina presented this in a highly professional and engaging way, making this one of the most enjoyable and productive courses I've ever experienced.

Tina was excellent. The online course was very interactive and you were involved throughout, which held my concentration, as opposed to courses where you are just listening. I would definitely recommend!  Thank you :)

Feedback about chairing interview boards:

An absolute pleasure working with you and thanks so much for your help and guidance.
​Hiring manager

Thank you for all your time, effort and professionalism in helping achieve an excellent result.
​IT Director

Thanks for all your efforts on the shortlisting Tina. The shortlisting process has been very engaging and informative and I feel we have selected the best applicants.
​Higher Executive Officer

Many thanks your valuable and constructive support to this process.
Principal Officer, Civil Service

We had our first interview this week practicing the new technique and we all agreed it was so helpful. It made the interview more focused and it was a lot easier to score.
Head of Finance

I very much appreciated your huge contribution to yesterday's shortlisting work, particularly the professional way you tackled some of the assessment issues we had. The feedback comments for applicants are both helpful and comprehensive.
​Principal Officer, Civil Service

Thanks Tina. Your guidance, framework and experienced approach was very reassuring as we embarked on the shortlisting process and we gathered momentum quickly as a result.
Hiring manager

Thank you for all your help and support throughout the shortlisting process for this competition. It was very nice to work with you, your knowledge and professionalism provided us with invaluable assistance throughout the process. I am happy with the results and satisfied with the fairness and transparency applied in arriving to this outcome. Thanks for everything.
Independent Interview Board Chair 

I really enjoyed your energy and drive during the four days. Interviewing can be a tedious task, but you kept us on track and your energy certainly made it all the more enjoyable!  Also, thank you so much for writing the feedback comments - they are respectful and highlight areas for improvement, and hopefully the interviewees will find them helpful.
Director, Public Sector Organisation

Many thanks all of the guidance and support which you provided during our Shortlisting work yesterday Tina.
​Principal Officer

Your input was invaluable Tina.
HR Manager, Civil Service