Why recruiters like to conduct behavioral interviews
Behavioral interviews or interviews on competencies have been popular since the 70s of the last century. He is especially fond of competent recruiters, because this method allows you to carefully analyze the candidate according to his competencies and behavior. During such an interview, the recruiter finds out:
Does the candidate for the position possess the necessary qualities and competencies;
how the candidate behaved in certain situations at work or in life in the past. And since human behavior changes very slowly over time and is difficult to correct, the same behavior can be expected in the future.
Common Behavioral Interview Questions
The questions in the interviews on competencies are mostly open and focused on the candidates providing specific examples of behavior in a given situation. Often they come down to “How did when ...?” Or “How would I do if ..?”, And in the answer the recruiter can dig into specific small details of the situation.
Tell us about your goals in life. Who do you see yourself in five years?
Tell us how is your regular working day? And the emergency?
When did you use your personal qualities to achieve your goal?
Tell about your companies at school, institute. Who was the informal leader of these companies? Have you ever had a desire to take their place?
What are your main successes at the previous work?
Which of the most difficult tasks have you encountered lately?
Tell us about the case when you found a non-standard solution to the problem.
Did you have the opportunity to motivate other people? How did you do this?
What can bring you out of a balanced state? Give an example of the latest stress at work.
Can you give an example when you convinced other people of your point of view?
Can you give an example when you actively sought feedback on any of your actions?
Tell us how you overestimated / underestimated the importance of something.
Can you give an example of a situation where you had to solve several problems at the same time?
When were you especially pleased with your work?
Tell us about when you had to take a risk.
What is unacceptable for you at work in relations with colleagues, a leader?
Who would you not like to work and why?
How do you prioritize your work?
Tell us about the most successful / unsuccessful experience of conducting a presentation / public speaking.
What was the most difficult situation in your studies / at work and what were its results?
What's your hobby? Why exactly it?
What have you read lately? Why exactly this literature?
How to prepare for a behavioral interview
When you go for an interview, you don’t know how the interviewer will talk with you and how he will evaluate. Therefore, you need to prepare for each interview as such and to know the general rules for successfully passing an interview. And on behavioral they will help to feel more confident:
knowledge of what happens and this form of interview. And that even during a seemingly confidential conversation, they analyze you;
attentive attitude to the text of the job vacancy. Be prepared that, for example, “initiative” and “teamwork” are not ordinary empty words, but the desired qualities of the future employee, which can be verified by indirect questions;
preliminary preparation of stories or examples to everything that you indicated in your resume or mentioned at the previous stage of the interview.
Behavioral interviews or interviews on competencies have been popular since the 70s of the last century. He is especially fond of competent recruiters, because this method allows you to carefully analyze the candidate according to his competencies and behavior. During such an interview, the recruiter finds out:
Does the candidate for the position possess the necessary qualities and competencies;
how the candidate behaved in certain situations at work or in life in the past. And since human behavior changes very slowly over time and is difficult to correct, the same behavior can be expected in the future.
Common Behavioral Interview Questions
The questions in the interviews on competencies are mostly open and focused on the candidates providing specific examples of behavior in a given situation. Often they come down to “How did when ...?” Or “How would I do if ..?”, And in the answer the recruiter can dig into specific small details of the situation.
Tell us about your goals in life. Who do you see yourself in five years?
Tell us how is your regular working day? And the emergency?
When did you use your personal qualities to achieve your goal?
Tell about your companies at school, institute. Who was the informal leader of these companies? Have you ever had a desire to take their place?
What are your main successes at the previous work?
Which of the most difficult tasks have you encountered lately?
Tell us about the case when you found a non-standard solution to the problem.
Did you have the opportunity to motivate other people? How did you do this?
What can bring you out of a balanced state? Give an example of the latest stress at work.
Can you give an example when you convinced other people of your point of view?
Can you give an example when you actively sought feedback on any of your actions?
Tell us how you overestimated / underestimated the importance of something.
Can you give an example of a situation where you had to solve several problems at the same time?
When were you especially pleased with your work?
Tell us about when you had to take a risk.
What is unacceptable for you at work in relations with colleagues, a leader?
Who would you not like to work and why?
How do you prioritize your work?
Tell us about the most successful / unsuccessful experience of conducting a presentation / public speaking.
What was the most difficult situation in your studies / at work and what were its results?
What's your hobby? Why exactly it?
What have you read lately? Why exactly this literature?
How to prepare for a behavioral interview
When you go for an interview, you don’t know how the interviewer will talk with you and how he will evaluate. Therefore, you need to prepare for each interview as such and to know the general rules for successfully passing an interview. And on behavioral they will help to feel more confident:
knowledge of what happens and this form of interview. And that even during a seemingly confidential conversation, they analyze you;
attentive attitude to the text of the job vacancy. Be prepared that, for example, “initiative” and “teamwork” are not ordinary empty words, but the desired qualities of the future employee, which can be verified by indirect questions;
preliminary preparation of stories or examples to everything that you indicated in your resume or mentioned at the previous stage of the interview.
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