hi there my name is Richard McMunn from
the interview training company past my
interview com and in this tutorial I'm
going to teach you how to pass a
values-based
interview and in particular I'm gonna
give you a number of values based
interview questions and really high
scoring answers to help you pass now
before I get into the content and the
tutorial a very warm welcome to this
training video my name is Richard McMunn
that's me there in the center and I've
been helping people to pass interviews
for over 20 years now and I'm going to
give you some very high scoring answers
to values-based
type interview questions so stick around
if you have a values-based interview
coming up or for that matter a
behavioral or situational type interview
because this training is really going to
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get into the training what is a
values-based interview well it is very
similar to a behavioral or situational
type interview in the fact that you are
going to be assessed against certain
values that are required to perform the
job competently so for example if you
are applying for a job where you have to
demonstrate professionalism then you
could be asked a specific question that
relates to your ability to be
professional at work and demonstrate
integrity other ones honesty and
integrity being able to work with
innovative thinking also demonstrating
confidentiality at work collaboration
which is effectively working as part of
a team with other people also being open
to change and being able to learn and
develop as you progress so these are
just a small number of the kind of
values that could be assessed at any
kind of interview so if we take one of
them for example which is collaboration
working with other people as part of a
team what kind of question values-based
question could be posed to you during
your interview it would be describe a
time when you worked with other people
to come
a difficult task and if you can
demonstrate to the panel that you've
done that previously you are showing
them that you can work collaboratively
with other people so how do you answer
values based interview questions two
tips make sure you give specific answers
to each question that is being asked to
based around the particular value what I
mean by that is don't tell the
interviewing panel what you would do if
the value was being assessed but tell
them what you've done before in a
previous work-related role now when
structuring your answers my advice is to
use a star technique and I'll tell you
what they is in a couple of seconds time
but if you use a star technique when
structuring your answers to the values
based interview questions you will score
high marks because you're giving a
specific evidence-based response so if
we take that collaboration question
which was describe a time when you
worked with others to complete a
difficult task you would structure your
answer using the star technique reduce
situation so you tell the interview
panel the situation you were in you then
move on and tell them the task that you
needed to do you then explain to the
interview panel the action that you took
to complete that particular task and
then finally you tell the interview
panel the results of your actions so
when you're answering values based
interview questions always remember
situation star action result which is
star you remember that you won't go far
wrong so let's now use that star
technique to give you some values based
interview questions and those
all-important high scoring answers so
let's take one values-based interview
question which is explain a time when
you demonstrated integrity and
professionalism at work which is a
common values based interview question
here's my answer using the star
technique in my previous job I was
working as part of a successful team who
had a track record of achieving strong
results for our employer now during a
team meeting with an external client a
representative of the client asked me to
cut corners whilst carrying out my
particular element of the project with a
view to saving money and reducing costs
it was my job to explain to the client
to represent
that by cutting corners we would
effectively be making the project not
fit for purpose and also making it
potentially unsafe I started off by
explaining in a professional manner
that I could understand why it was
important to keep cost to an absolute
minimum but then in my professional
opinion by doing so we would be putting
the project at risk of being unsafe and
ultimately not fit for purpose after I
put forward my argument in a logical
concise and professional manner that was
backed up with evidence the clients
representative agreed with me that it
was not feasible or safe to cut corners
to reduce costs so you have used their
situation task action and result to give
a solid evidence-based response to the
question explained and Tommy you
demonstrated integrity and
professionalism at work that will gain
very high marks so I promise you now if
you want a copy of these please stick
around because I'll tell you where you
can download these and other
values-based interview questions soon
next values-based interview question is
describe a time when you helped a team
achieve a difficult task so this is
collaboration working with other people
and here's my suggested answer to this
question I was working as part of a
four-person team on a difficult project
that needed to be completed within 21
days my manager was required to give the
company shareholders a presentation on a
set date once the project was complete
and it was our job to get the project
completed on time I was required to work
as part of the team to not only carry
out my role diligently and
professionally but to also support the
other team members whilst carrying out
their own tasks I am a very fast worker
which meant I finished my part of the
task with four days to spare as soon as
I finished my part I asked the other
team members if any of them required
assistance and one of them said that he
needed help collecting data for his part
of the task
I took a verbal brief from him and then
went away in collecting the data as soon
as possible the end result was the team
task and project were fully completed to
the correct standard and specification
with just 24 hours to spare we then
presented the project to our manager who
then successfully delivered his
presentation to the shoulders the very
next day so that's a difficult task
where you're all working together
there's not long to complete it but you
are demonstrating your a great teamwork
but also you say I'm a very vast worker
and then you go out of your way to help
the team that demonstrates the value of
collaboration really well
next question describe a time you
adapted your style in order to work
effectively with those who were
different from you so you're in a work
situation and you're working with people
and all the others are totally different
from you and you have to adapt to your
style this question is used to assess
your ability to fit in to a team and
change your style of working here's my
high scoring answer to this values-based
interview question I can remember
joining a new team whereby everyone's
approach to work was entirely different
Tamiya the team was extremely analytical
and they were careful in their approach
to undertaking and completing tasks my
style of working was entirely focused on
getting the job done as soon as possible
to the best of our ability the team I
joined had been working well for many
years and so I saw it as my job to adapt
my style of working to suit this new and
different approach to getting tasks
completed I started off by Anik
explaining to the team how I would need
a bit of time to adapt and I pre warned
them that I was not used to their style
of working I explained to them that I
completely saw the benefits of their
approach to tasks and projects and that
I was looking forward to learning from
them this new style of working I asked
them to support me in the process of
change and to also teach me everything
they knew which they all agreed to
whilst I found the adapt adaptation
difficult at first I persevered and
eventually my style of working changed
to suit this new approach I learned a
tremendous amount from this experience
and I now feel a more rounded worker who
can still carry out tasks quickly but
with a greater degree of accuracy and
professionalism so that shows that you
can fit into a team and you can adapt
your style to those who are different
from you now I'm going to come on to
another question but if you want to
download the full set of 15 values-based
questions there's a link that's appeared
right there if you click that it takes
you through to this page which is my
website pass my interview comm and
there's 15 values-based interview
questions and answers right there
including these ones let's move on to
the next question describe a time when
you achieved a difficult goal against
the odds so this demonstrates that
you're resilient you're confident in
you're a hard worker and you can get
things done despite being under pressure
here's my answer I was working as part
of a team on a difficult client based
project the client we were working on
the project for contacted us to request
a number of important changes with only
two weeks left until the completion date
this put us in a very difficult
situation because even though we wanted
to make the changes for the client there
was no guarantee we could complete the
project on time but I am someone who has
a determined nature and so we got
together as a team and decided to go all
out to try and complete the project on
time and achieve our goals with the
changes included both myself and the
other team members decided to work at
the weekends to make our goal of
completing the project more achievable
for two weekends running I along with my
work colleagues worked an extra seven
hours each day which made a massive
difference to the productivity levels of
the project due to the extra effort we
put in together to complete the project
on time we managed to implement the
necessary changes and deliver the
completed project much to the
satisfaction of the client I am someone
who will work very hard to achieve any
goal that I am set I have a determined
nature and I will always work tirelessly
for my employer when needed so that
demonstrates that you can achieve a
difficult goal against the odds by
working odd or putting in that extra
effort so don't forget click that link
right now below the video we'll go
through to our website past my intercom
and you can download all fifteen
values-based interview questions and the
answers that I promised you if you use
them they will really help you to pass
your interview guys thank you for
watching I hope you've enjoyed it and
yeah and I look forward to teaching you
more ways to pass your interview have a
great day