Core competency interview

countryliving

hello,
I would like a little help if possible!

I have been selected for an interview next Monday and I am in a sheer panic. This is a job I really want as I believe the company will have some great opportunities ahead and it will be a long term contract.

I have had a very difficult time with the recession over the last few years and I desperately need this job. I have been working as a volunteer for a year now. I love the volunteer role but finding it impossible to manage financially. I have gone for a few interviews but I have not got the jobs.

To be honest my confidence is not that good.

In my current role every so often the founders of the charity ask me to go and speak in public for them. I am dreading this core competency interview so much. I know that I could do this job very well and I am over qualified for the role. It is a general administration role - my background is in marketing and communications with 15 years work experience. The job agency have highlighted my last paid role which was a 12 month contract as the most relevant role to this job.
I know that I could do this job very well but I have frozen over giving examples.


Has anyone come across some really helpful specific examples on you tube or any career guru ? many thanks

Dingle_berry

First of all find a way to be calm and think clearly despite the nerves. You can't rid yourself of the anxiety but you can work with or around it. Otherwise you lose clarity.

The competency based interviews that I have done have followed the job advert/description pretty closely. They ask you for examples of how and when you have demonstrated the core and desirable criteria listed in the add.

Eg for a barista the job add might read experience of barista essential, should be good at customer service, working alone and in a team. In the interview they could ask how you would make an Americano etc, the difference between a cappuccino and a macchiato, to give an example of how you dealt with a difficult customer, a time that you went out of your way for a customer, how you deal with lazy or difficult customers, etc.

There's no generic way to prepare for a competency based interview other than to go through the job description and really think of how you can prove that you're the best candidate.

countryliving

thanks dingleberry! it is an administration role - i am here faffing around! trying to prepare