•Africa is believed to have the youngest population in the world, with 70 percent of sub-Saharan Africa under the age of 30.
Google has launched a tool that enables job seekers to practise answering interview questions in order to become more confident and comfortable.
The tool dubbed ‘Interview Warmup’ which is available for everyone to use was designed to help Google Career Certificates learners prepare for job interviews
This was revealed by Google in a statement on Tuesday.
Head of the brand and reputation at Google Africa Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde stated that the tool will come in handy and help create more opportunities for African job seekers.
“We are excited about Interview Warmup because it shows how new technologies have the potential to help young people in Africa hone the skills needed to grow their careers”, he said.
Individuals preparing for interviews can simply start practising with a simple click on the homepage, choose the kind of job they are interviewing for, and then do a practice interview that consists of five randomly selected questions or individual interview questions.
Users will also be able to see insights: patterns detected by machine learning that can help them discover things about their answers.
These include job-related terms, words used most often and talking points that are mentioned in each answer, so users can see how much time they spend talking about areas like their experience, skills and goals.
Interview Warmup is available at grow.google/interview-warmup and can be accessed on the latest versions of Chrome on OSX, Windows, and Android, as well as the latest version of Safari on iOS devices
Africa is believed to have the youngest population in the world, with 70 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa under the age of 30.
Many of them are creative and entrepreneurial, and over the next five years, 300 million people will come online in Africa.
“The digital exposure of young Africans will create opportunities to acquire digital skills through training to assist them in getting the right jobs,” reads the statement.
An average job listing in Africa attracts over 2,400 applicants shows that the chances of landing a job can be very difficult.
Interview Warmup enables job seekers to practise answering questions carefully selected by industry experts and uses machine learning developed by Google Research to transcribe their answers and help them discover ways to improve.