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Interview Types - Part
7: The Behavioural Interview
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Many companies increasingly rely on behavior
interviews since they use your previous behavior to
indicate your future performance. In these
interviews, employers use standardized methods to
mine information relevant to your competency in a
particular area or position. Depending upon the
responsibilities of the job and the working
environment, you might be asked to describe a time
that required problem-solving skills, adaptability,
leadership, conflict resolution, multi-tasking,
initiative or stress management. You will be asked
how you dealt with the situations.
Your responses require not only reflection, but also
organization. To maximize your responses in the
behavioral format:
- Anticipate the transferable skills and personal
qualities that are required for the job.
- Review your resume. Any of the qualities and
skills you have included in your resume are fair
game for an interviewer to press.
- Reflect on your own professional, volunteer,
educational and personal experience to develop brief
stories that highlight these skills and qualities in
you. You should have a story for each of the
competencies on your resume as well as those you
anticipate the job requires.
- Prepare stories by identifying the context,
logically highlighting your actions in the
situation, and identifying the results of your
actions. Keep your responses concise and present
them in less than two minutes.
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