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Subject: Great Answers to Competency based Interview Questions
Category: Business and Money > Employment
Asked by: clubbti-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 27 Jun 2002 09:11 PDT
Expires: 27 Jul 2002 09:11 PDT
Question ID: 34147
I'm looking for specifically a list of Competency based questions that
I may get asked at a job interview. More importantly I'm looking for
great/good answers to those competency based questions. I must stress
that it is only competency type questions and answers that I'm
interested in
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Subject: Re: Great Answers to Competency based Interview Questions
Answered By: librarygopher-ga on 28 Jun 2002 08:54 PDT
 
Hi Clubbti,

I found a few sample answers, however more information is available on
HOW to answer, as each interviewee has different experience. 
Competency-based interviewing is also know as behavioral interviewing
so I searched on that as well.

***

Competency Based Interview Questions: How Many Can You Answer (Well)?
http://www.pao.gov.ab.ca/toolkit/assessing/competency-based-interview.htm
-- Sample questions, no answers

Assessing my Competencies
http://www.pao.gov.ab.ca/toolkit/assessing/assessing-competencies.htm
-- Includes a variety of questionnaires and worksheets to help you
think about your competencies

Interviewing Tip:  Behavioral (Competency-based) Interviews
http://www.careertalk.com/itips01-left.html
"This interview technique is quickly becoming a favorite among
employers. You will know you are in a behavioral interview when the
interviewer starts asking you for specific examples of past
performance."

Interview:  Skill & Competency Questions
http://www.bus.indiana.edu/gcs/current/virtualcareer/quest-skills.html
-- Sample questions, no answers

Types of Interviews:  Behavioral Interviewing -- What is a Behavioral
Interview?
http://www.floridamba.ufl.edu/career/currentstudent/implementation/interviews.asp
"To give stellar-quality answers to behavior based questions, practice
using the STAR technique:
* Situation or
* Task
* Action taken
* Result or outcome"

Behavior-Based Interviews and Behavior-Based Interviewing Questions
http://staffingworld.com/intervie.htm
-- Includes a sample answer and lots of sample questions
"Use the P.A.R. approach to answer questions.
The P.A.R. answer states a Problem you were given, describes the
Action you took, and explains the Results of that action."

Behavioral Interviewing Tips:  Behavioral Style Interviewing
Guidelines
http://www.hotsalesjobs.com/candidate/interview_behavior.html
"Rehearse how you'd describe key experiences to interviewers, so you
can recount them vividly and concisely. If you can create strong
visual images in interviewers minds, you'll have a better chance of
convincing them that you have the desired skill level."

Sample Behavior Based Interview Questions
http://www.hotsalesjobs.com/candidate/interview_questions.html
--Sample questions, no answers

Behavioral Interviewing
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/interview/Behavioral.htm
--Sample questions, tips

Behavioral Interviewing Strategies
http://www.quintcareers.com/behavioral_interviewing.html
--Includes tips, links to other resources, and a list of typical
behaviors that an interviewer might be trying to get at when asking
these types of questions.  I think this list is helpful in choosing
words to use in your answers.

Behavioral Interviewing
http://www.brockport.edu/career/behave.htm
--Tips, sample questions, answer techniques

***

SEARCH STRATEGY

competency based interview questions
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&q=competency+based+interview+questions

answering competency based interview questions
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&q=answering+competency+based+interview+questions

competency based interview questions sample answers
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&q=competency+based+interview+questions+sample+answers

behavioral interviewing "sample answers"
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&q=behavioral+interviewing+%22sample+answers%22

***

Best of luck whether you're the candidate or the interviewer!  Please
don't hesitate to request clarification if you have any questions or
need further research!

>Librarygopher
Comments  
Subject: INSUFFICIENT DATA
From: santhosh-ga on 27 Jun 2002 11:19 PDT
 
The data presented is not sufficient to give the information sought.

Kindly specify the exact nature of the job for which your competence
would be assessed through an interview.

Please give an example of the kind of questions that you are referring
to.

With no offence intended, I wish to quote from the book THINKING FROM
A TO Z by Nigel Warburton.

IF YOU CANNOT STATE IT CLEARLY, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU DO NOT
UNDERSTAND IT YOURSELF.

I apologize for errors of any nature in the above.

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