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Competency Based Interview Questions: How To Give Perfect Answers

The use of Competency Based Interview When you give your answer the interviewer
Questions is becoming increasingly common may choose to probe deeper and ask about
and not just within the largest the detail such as:
corporations. Smaller and medium sized Â- How exactly did you do that?
companies are using these tools as a Â- Tell me exactly what steps you took
means of improving their recruitment to resolve that
decisions. Â- What was your involvement
This method of interviewing is also By investigating further the interviewer
called Structured Interviewing and uses is trying to discover more about your
Behavioral Interview techniques to assess skills as well as looking for clues which
how a candidates past performance in work may suggest that you are exaggerating
related situations can be used as a your part in the process or have created
predictor of future performance. a complete fabrication.
Every job can be described in terms of When answering competency based interview
Competencies, which are the skills, questions we suggest that you choose
abilities or behaviors required and some answers based on real experiences that
of which will be regarded as essential you have had and be ready to give
and others desirable. details. Your response needs to be
You may see them categorized as relevant and sufficiently detailed. Be
Managerial Competencies, Individual specific and tell a story. A technique to
Competencies, Analytical Competencies, use when answering behavioural questions
Interpersonal Competencies and is what I call iPAR:
Motivational Competencies however the 12 I = Talk about the part you played in
most common competencies are: IDENTIFYING or noticing the problem
Communication, Achievement, Customer P = Describe the PROBLEM, situation or
Focus, Teamwork, Leadership, Planning and task
Organizing, Operational Awareness, A = Talk about the ACTION you took
Flexibility, Developing Others, Problem R = Describe the successful RESULT by
Solving, Analytical Thinking and Building using figures and data to illustrate the
Relationships. benefit to the company.
These of course will vary depending on And always use "I" rather than "we".
the role and the level however in the job Prepare answers which relate to all the
interview, you should expect a series of achievements on your resume or CV as you
Competency Based Questions exploring each will surely be asked questions referring
competency. These are usually behavioural to these. You will find that you should
in nature and take the form of: have a sufficient stock of answers that
Â- Tell me about a time when will help you answer any competency based
Â- Describe a situation interview question irrespective of the
Â- Give an Example style used.




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