what is a competency-based interview in this video i'm going to explain simply and clearly
what happens in a competency-based interview and how you can pass one i'm Amri Celeste an interview
coach and hr recruitment specialist with over 10 years hiring experience and on this channel i help
you get hired and secure the job that you want so if you're job hunting do like and subscribe
so first what is a competency-based interview in a competency-based interview your interviewer is
assessing your competencies in relation to the key skills in the role so this means your ability to
carry out essential key tasks successfully or efficiently the skills they're assessing will
always be listed on the job description under skills and experience sometimes this section is
split into essential and desirable criteria so you want to keep your main area of focus on essential
skills because of course they are the skills that you must have desirable skills are skills that are
helpful but not absolutely required examples of competencies that interviewers test for are things
like your problem-solving skills your ability to build relationships whether with management
colleagues clients or customers or things like communication skills if that's relevant to the
role there are a ton of different ways they can assess you such as psychometric testing
presentations role-playing but the most common in an interview is an effective q a so asking you
relevant questions and assessing your answers competency-based interview questions a few
examples of competency-based questions are give me an example of a time when you solved a problem
can you give me an example of a difficult situation and how you handled it
how would you describe your work ethic and what is the key to building a great relationship so these
questions are clearly assessing specific aspects of your character in relation to what's required
if you want some example answers to those questions you can check out this video where
i share some solid example answers to those specific questions what you should not do keep
in mind that the interviewer is thinking about how you meet the specific needs of the role so
keep your answers hyper relevant to the question try to avoid going off on a tangent where you just
keep talking it's the most common thing candidates do in an interview and some interviewers are very
impatient so you don't want to create irritation or a negative impression because you just keep
talking as you're talking keep in mind the point of your answer so that you don't get wrapped up
in interview nerves and long explanations how to pass the way to pass a competency-based interview
has actually very little to do with what you do in the interview so some of the mistakes that i
mentioned earlier plus many more that i cover in this video are related to lack of interview
prep or not preparing in the right way so if you want to pass a competency-based interview or one
of the ways that you can pass is by focusing your pre-interview preparation in two key areas one the
job description you really need to understand the job description not a vague browse but
really understand the required skills so that you can link it back to what they're
looking for in the role when you're answering a question so this will constantly hit the points
that the interviewers want to hear throughout the interview second is practicing your answers
this sounds obvious but i don't mean reading up on a couple of questions or watching a few of my
videos and hoping for the best you must say your answers out loud trust me as soon as you do this
you will hear how they sound and you almost definitely change and refine them you can do this
on your own somewhere quiet or if you have someone to ask you the questions even better because it
will feel like you're in an interview situation so it's a more authentic practice so what questions
should you practice answering when you don't know what they're going to ask so once you really
understand what's required in the job as this is what most of their questions will be based around
cover your bases by practicing answers to the most common competency-based interview questions i have
covered top 20 interview questions and answers in this guide it does include example answers
and that includes questions like how do you handle pressure at work what's your greatest weakness why
should we hire you it is totally free and you can download it below and i created it to help you
form your own answers now once you're comfortable with common competency-based interview questions
it's easier to understand how to structure your answer to almost any interview question
and a bonus tip to boost your answer to any competency-based interview questions is
to use the star method and this is a double whammy because this is also the method that interviewers
will check your answer against to make sure that it's comprehensive and includes all the the areas
of the star method sometimes called the star technique star stands for situation task action
result and if you were using this method to answer a competency-based question you would demonstrate
your competency for a specific skill and so let's say that you wanted to demonstrate your problem
solving skills you would give an example of a time when you solved a problem and you would describe
the situation then the task so what the task was as a result of that situation then the problem
that needed to be solved the actions you took in that situation and the outcome or the result so
what happened and who was affected and if you're feeling really confident you can add learning so
what you learned as a result of that situation to really make your answer pop if you want star
technique example answers i highly recommend this video on star technique interview questions and
answers i'll link that in the description below it includes some really strong example answers
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