The Women in STEM Network is a global professional community created by women in STEM, for women in STEM.
We exist to support connection, career progression, visibility, and leadership across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Our members span academia, industry, education, policy, entrepreneurship, and every stage of the STEM career lifecycle.
Inside the network, members connect with peers, access mentoring opportunities, share expertise, and take part in a growing programme of events, resources, and community initiatives.
Prepare your evidence, delivery and questions so you can approach interviews with greater clarity and confidence.
Research the role, organise your evidence and build a complete interview plan.
Open resourcePrepare thoughtful responses to frequently asked behavioural and role-specific questions.
Open resourcePlan how to demonstrate technical knowledge, reasoning and problem-solving.
Open resourceBuild clear situation, task, action and result examples from your experience.
Open resourceStructure a concise and persuasive presentation for an interview panel.
Open resourcePrepare for group tasks, case studies, exercises and observed activities.
Open resourceCheck your technology, environment, materials and online delivery before the interview.
Open resourceChoose useful questions that help you assess the role, team and organisation.
Open resourceAssess where you are, define your next step and prepare for promotion or a broader professional move.
Assess your evidence, visibility, influence and readiness for the next level.
Open resourceMap your next role, development priorities, milestones and practical actions.
Open resourcePrepare for a focused discussion about progression, development and future opportunities.
Open resourceTranslate development needs into specific learning and experience-building actions.
Open resourceIdentify the people who influence your work, progression and strategic priorities.
Open resourcePlan how to build credibility, communicate effectively and gain support for your ideas.
Open resourceBuild the practical skills required to lead people, decisions and work with greater confidence.
Identify the leadership capabilities, experiences and behaviours you need to strengthen.
Open resourceDecide what to delegate, to whom, with what authority and how progress will be reviewed.
Open resourcePrepare the facts, desired outcome, boundaries and language for a challenging conversation.
Open resourceClarify the purpose, decisions, contributors and desired outcomes before a meeting.
Open resourceStructure useful one-to-one conversations around progress, support and development.
Open resourceCompare options, risks, evidence and consequences before making an important decision.
Open resourceAssess team strengths, gaps, priorities and the actions needed to improve performance.
Open resourceStrengthen your professional presence and make your expertise, ideas and contribution easier to recognise.
Plan your topic, audience, key message, evidence and delivery for a conference session.
Open resourceCreate a clear proposal for webinars, panels, conferences and professional events.
Open resourceTurn your expertise into a focused series of articles, talks or professional content.
Open resourcePrepare clear messages, examples and boundaries before speaking to the media.
Open resourceGather evidence, outcomes and endorsements for an effective award nomination.
Open resourceIdentify priority relationships, communities and follow-up actions that support your goals.
Open resourcePrepare for formal reviews, capture evidence and turn feedback into useful development actions.
Prepare achievements, challenges, evidence and priorities before a formal review.
Open resourceEvaluate your contribution, strengths, development needs and future priorities.
Open resourceRecord results, praise, responsibilities and measurable impact throughout the year.
Open resourceReview feedback objectively and decide what to accept, clarify or act on.
Open resourceTurn review outcomes into specific, measurable and realistic development objectives.
Open resourcePrepare a credible case for progression, increased responsibility or improved reward.
Build a structured case using responsibilities, results, scope and organisational value.
Open resourcePrepare market evidence, achievements, priorities and your preferred outcome.
Open resourcePlan your objectives, alternatives, evidence and responses before negotiating.
Open resourceCompare progression options against your priorities, values and longer-term goals.
Open resourceUse practical tools to support people, improve team conversations and manage responsibilities well.
Prepare for the responsibilities, relationships and systems involved in managing others.
Open resourceStructure a conversation that helps someone think, decide and take ownership.
Open resourceConfirm clarity, resources, authority, deadlines and review points before delegating work.
Open resourcePlan focused meetings with clear outcomes, contributions and actions.
Open resourceAgree development goals, experience-building actions and review points with a team member.
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