I disagree with all the advice so far.
Do NOT talk abut Ceroc.
This isn't an exercise designed to test your composition skills … like "what I did on my holiday".
It's designed to test your presentation skills.
I agree that's ambigugous, and it
could include "what I did on my holiday".
But it's for a legal job, so my
guess is that they want you to present a case.
In other words: something with the word "should" in it.
"Ceroc is great" isn't a case. "Everyone should do Ceroc"
is a case, of course … but you've got 4 people thinking "No, I shouldn't!", and you'll have to spend too much time (a) eliminating the other dances and (b) explaining what Ceroc is anyway.
If you must present about dance (and I agree you'll probably communicate your enthusiasm well if you do), go for something more general like "Everyone should dance, because it's good for their health" (but with a snappier title!).
But presenting about Ceroc, or dance, seems to me to be over-concentrating on showing how
passionate you can be … they're not ultimately interested in your passionate-ness, only in your presentation skills.
I would go for something less personal … for example, that there should be a pedestrian crossing at a particular junction, or that there should be better information on the London Undergound, or that courts should sit in the evenings.
NO … that's a recipe for waffle!
Bullet-points will make your presentation disjointed.
Keep the thing flowing, don't deliberately stall for time by handing things out (though one bundle of photos at the beginning is fine!), and keep any bullet-points
in your head!
Your case should be
a case … it should have just
one bullet-point!
And you want them looking at you, not your handout.
Yes!! Better to overrun slightly (I'm sure they won't "gong" you
) than to be two minutes too short!
(btw, will you have to field interruptions? It makes a big difference if you do have to. If so, work out some obvious answers. Try not to get side-tracked into answering with a later part of your presentation, and then not knowing where to carry on!)
Good luck!
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