HOW HR’S CAN MASTER COMPETENCY BASED INTERVIEWS? (1)

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• HOW HRS CAN MASTER COMPETENCY BASED INTERVIEWS?

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• Competency based interview is designed to test
  the caliber of a candidate for handling the job
  and specific situations. Generally these
  interviews include questions that can demonstrate
  the skills of employees, companies are looking
  for.
• For example, HRs may ask candidates to discuss
  the project, which they have succeeded or even
  failed. Answering these questions will help the
  interviewer to get an idea if a candidate can
  really fit in the role.
• A. Purpose
• Generally when an organisation asks
  competency-based questions, they are looking for
  the candidates who can deal the challenges of the
  job. At the same time they will also check how
  the candidate will behave with the other members
  of the team, how they use their skills and
  experience effectively.

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• B. Preparation
• The best way to prepare the competency-based
  interview is to reread the job description, job
  requirement and to know exactly what the
  organization is looking for in the new employee.
  The output of the interview should be an accurate
  idea whether the candidate possesses those
  qualities or not. HRs can do a little scribbling
  of their own set of questions answers to make a
  benchmark.
• C. The STAR approach
• The best way to approach the competency-based
  interview is STAR approach  Situation, Task, Acti
  on, Result
• Situation followed by Task
• Generally HRs can give a situation, which can be
  related to a current project or team behaviour or
  any hypothetical situation. The information given
  should be clear and useful to the story. Finally
  assign some tasks to the candidates to accomplish
  the final outcome.

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