Interview Preparation

Behavioural Interview Preparation · Competency Questions

Answer aloud or in writing. Each answer is scored against the STAR rubric with per-criterion feedback.

10 exam-style questions, written to the Interview Preparation format and free to read. The answers are here too — what they do not tell you is how many you would get right with a clock running.

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1. Give me an example of a time you made a mistake at work or in your studies. What happened next?
2. Tell me about a time you received criticism you did not agree with. What did you do?
3. Tell me about a time you had to work with someone difficult. What did you do to make the working relationship function?
4. Describe a time you had to deliver bad news to a customer, a client or a colleague.
5. Tell me about a time you had to meet a deadline you did not think was achievable. What did you do?
6. Tell me about a time you had to persuade a group of people to accept an idea they were initially against.
7. Give an example of a time you had to prioritise between several tasks that all seemed urgent. How did you decide?
8. Describe a situation where you disagreed with a decision made by someone more senior than you. How did you handle it?

Reading these is not the same as sitting them.

Every question above is answerable given time. The exam does not give you time. Sit the whole paper on the real clock and the number you get back is the one that means something.

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Behavioural Interview Preparation · Competency Questions

1. Give me an example of a time you made a mistake at work or in your studies. What happened next?

2. Tell me about a time you received criticism you did not agree with. What did you do?

3. Tell me about a time you had to work with someone difficult. What did you do to make the working relationship function?

4. Describe a time you had to deliver bad news to a customer, a client or a colleague.

5. Tell me about a time you had to meet a deadline you did not think was achievable. What did you do?

6. Tell me about a time you had to persuade a group of people to accept an idea they were initially against.

7. Give an example of a time you had to prioritise between several tasks that all seemed urgent. How did you decide?

8. Describe a situation where you disagreed with a decision made by someone more senior than you. How did you handle it?

Reading these is not the same as sitting them.

9. Describe a time you had to learn something complicated quickly in order to do your job. How did you go about it?

10. Describe a time you took responsibility for something that was not strictly your job.