Common job interview and answers

Most job interviews these days are based on competencies. This means the behaviours and skills the employer believes are necessary to do the job well. They will want you to show evidence of using these competencies either in your work or perhaps in leisure pursuits or college.

The start point is to work out what the competencies are for the job. This should be fairly obvious from the job advert and the person specification. So if for example they say they want someone able to work as part of a team - it should come as no surprise that they will be looking for examples of team work.

To answer the question you should use the CARformat.

C = context - What was the situation

A= Action - What did you do

R = Result - what happened as a result of the action that you took

Prepare your examples and rehearse them before the interview. In that way you can be more relaxed and confident.

The links below take you to a more detailed guide on preparing for interviews