Chapter 12
Competency-based, behavioural and situational interviews
There’s a lot of talk about competency-based interviews, behavioural interviews and questioning, situational interviews, evidence-based interviewing etc. They’re all the rage.
It is possible you’ve heard of these concepts but aren’t sure what they actually mean.
What is a competency?
The first issue to address is what is actually meant by the word ‘competency’. If you look in a dictionary it will tell you that the word ‘competence’ means ‘the condition of being capable; ability’. The word ‘competency’ is derived from this.
Competency-based interviewing, therefore, focuses on analysing your ability to handle certain specific tasks and situations, drawing on a combination ...
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