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Behavioral

Interviewing
Behavioral interviewing is
considered to be a way to
evaluate a candidate’s potential
for success by assessing
performance in similar
What Is situations.
Behavioral
Interviewin
g? Employers believe that past
behavior is the best predictor for
future success.
What’s the Point?

The purpose of Behavioral Interviewing is to best match the candidate’s


skills, competencies, and motives with the requirements and success
factors of the position.
What Is The Advantage To
Behavioral Interviewing?
Allows the interviewer to:
Gain detailed job-related examples

Assess past performance

Assess competencies

Focus the interview so candidates provide more


than just “canned” responses
Can I Prepare For A Behavioral Interview?

Although you cannot


Yes! In fact, predict the exact
preparing for a questions, you can
behavioral interview think about your
will even help you in answers to common
a traditional questions and skill
interview. sets employers are
looking for.
 Typically, a company determines skill sets by
doing a detailed analysis of the position they are
hiring for.

 It is helpful if you do this too in preparation for the


interview by asking yourself some questions such
as:
 What are the necessary skills to do this job?
 What makes a successful candidate?
 What would make an unsuccessful
candidate?
 What is the most difficult part of this job?

 This will help you to get a feel for what kinds of


questions you may anticipate and what to include
in your answers.
Think like an
Employer…

What skills or qualities are needed for a person to be


successful in this position?
Skills & Desired Behaviors That an
Employer May Be Looking for
 Decision making & problem solving  Adaptability
 Leadership  Attention to detail
 Motivation  Honesty/integrity
 Communication  Energy
 Interpersonal skills  Independence
 Planning & organization
 Listening
 Critical thinking skills
 Organizational
 Teamwork
 Management
 Ability to influence others
 Risk taking
 Work standards
Describe a time when you were faced
with a stressful situation that
demonstrated your coping skills.

Tell me about a time when you had to


use your persuasion skills to influence
Sample
someone’s opinion.
Behavioral
Describe a situation when you were able
to have a positive influence on the
Interview
actions of others.
Questions
What have you done in the past to
contribute toward a teamwork
environment?
Tips For Answering
Behavioral Questions
 With each question asked, think through what
information is being sought – and provide an
example from your own experience
 Don’t ramble – take a moment to collect your
thoughts and organize your answer before
replying
 Try not to say ‘we’ too often – the interviewer
wants to know what ‘you’ accomplished
specifically
 Use the STAR interviewing technique
This is a common strategy for
preparing for your interview and
answering questions

STAR Situation – describe the situation


that you were in
Technique
Task – describe the task that you
needed to accomplish
Action – describe the action you
took
Results – What did you accomplish
or learn?
Question: Tell me about a project you
initiated.
Answer:
 Situation/Task: During my internship last
summer I was responsible for managing
“ABC” events … I noticed that attendance
at these events had dropped by 30% over
S.T.A.R the past 3 years…

Example Action: I designed a new promotional


packet to go out to the local community


businesses… collected feedback on our
events… organized internal discussions to
raise awareness…
 Result: We utilized ideas from the
community, made our internal systems
more efficient and visible and raised
attendance by 18% the first year.

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