Behavioral Interview Questions

Organizations, ever more concerned about the cost of bad hires, are applying behavioral interviewing with greater frequency.

A behavioral interview goes beyond a job seeker’s education and work history and illustrates how that candidate would act in future job situations, based on past performance. Interviewers value this level of detailed information. They get to see past accomplishments and understand how a potential new hire thinks.

For job candidates to be able to communicate these points clearly, they need to do some legwork and practice thoughtful storytelling. They may need to go deep into their memories to deliver a complete response.

And they need to be ready for interviewers to push it deeper. At times, interviewers will actually interrupt a candidate and ask him or her to dive into a very specific aspect of the experience.

Now, what causes people to fail in a behavioral interview boils down to two simple reasons...read more here

For member's of Interview Success Formula, the custom built answers will help you talk about yourself better in both behavioral interviews and traditional interviews. Visit the Behavioral Questions and Prepare Your Story inside the Build Section. The worksheets included with these sections are designed to take you step by step through answering these questions and makes it as easy as filling in the blanks. There’s also a number of sample answers and a checklist to help as well.

Last updated on 18th December 2020

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