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What is a competency-based job interview? Download our guide here

  • Publish Date: Posted over 2 years ago
  • Author: Handle Recruitment
What is a competency-based job interview? Download our guide here

💭 What is a competency-based job interview?

A style of interview where ‘core competencies’ for specific job roles are identified and interview questions are built around them.

In short, it’s a way of questioning that’s used to find out if you have the skills that the company is after.

If that’s news to you - don't worry!

Our consultants have broken down nearly every example question you can expect from a competency-based interview, to find competencies including…

❓ Decision making
🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Relationship building
✔️ Problem-solving

You can download our guide to competency-based interviews as well as all our other useful resources here