Clients and what they have to say about working with Tina

My clients and what they 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 and most of these are also organisations where my interview coaching clients have had interview success.

Some of my client feedback is below. More quotes from my interview coaching clients are included on my Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn every week.

Feedback from 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

Tina helped me reconstruct and polish my CV. She coached me on my interview approach. The experience and guidance Tina provided was a major contributing factor in securing my most recent position. I would highly recommend Tina to anyone who's job hunting.
Lecturer

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 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

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 the results of my EO interview this morning and I was placed No. 35 overall. I am delighted with the result as when that filters down to my location choices I should be well positioned. Thank you for all your assistance as without your help I have no doubt I would not be in the running.
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.
An Garda Siochana

Feedback from 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 rate Tina as an excellent facilitator; she was fun, informative and engaging.

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 :)

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

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

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!

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!

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.

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

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

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.

Feedback from interview preparation webinars:

I would highly recommend this webinar to others.

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.

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

Helpful in getting the interviewers perspective

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

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

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

You covered all my questions (and more!)

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

Great information and very helpful, thanks Tina.

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.

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.

Very insighful and informative, míle buíochas!

I can describe the webinar in one word - EXCELLENT!

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

I found it very practical and really valuable.

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

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

Feedback about me as an interviewer:

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

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

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

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

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

Feedback from management coaching:

Thank you so much Tina. I now have a greater understanding of what I need to communicate when giving feedback. Your ideas and examples were brilliant and I learned so much. I feel much more confident and better prepared.
Client Services Manager

It was nice to hear the positives from the 360 feedback. Tina was very easy to speak to and to be honest with. I have a clear plan and steps to improve the negatives.
Financial Services Manager

Tina builds immediate and long-lasting rapport with her coaching clients and takes a personal interest in their success.
Sales Director

I'm here just over a year now. I'm really enjoying it, this company really suits me. I just wanted to say thank you again for helping me to focus on the positives and what was right for me, and for being a kind listening ear at a difficult time.
Solicitor

I highly recommend Tina as a coach for people who are unsure of their next steps in employment. She helped me step back from experience, background and CV and work through a process to see where my actual skills and interest lay.
Solicitor

Tina's coaching was instrumental in bringing me more insight and understanding of both my skills and professional 'wants' within a friendly and comfortable environment. I am confident that anyone interested in clarifying their future career paths would benefit greatly from Tina's service.
Engineer

The 360 report was very beneficial, especially the comments from peers and others - a perspective you don't often get. The conversation discussing my strengths and areas of development was very worthwhile and positive. Tina was excellent.
Principal Officer, Civil Service

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

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