Hi Friends,
I hope this posting will be of some use to you:
Behavioral interviewing is a technique that asks candidates questions that draw upon past experiences and actions as opposed to questions that attempt to illicit a response to a theoretical situation or questions that simply ask the candidate how they view themselves. The idea behind this style of interviewing is to find out how a person HAS reacted in particular situations instead of hearing how they view themselves. In addition, it is an attempt to bring more specifics to the table as traditional interviewing styles lend themselves toward very vague answers that often do not paint a clear picture a candidate's fit within an organization. Let's take a look at some examples of each of the interviewing styles.
Traditional:
* Describe your strenths and weaknesses.
* What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
* If you had difficulty with another employee, how would you handle the situation?
Behavioral:
* Describe a time that you had to make an important decision. What was it and how did you handle the situation?
* Sometimes working with others can be challenging. Describe a time when you had to work with a person that you conflicted with and how you resolved the situation.
You will often find that behavioral interviews generally take longer and can often involve a panel of interviewers. This can be a little intimidating if you are not used to it. I remember an interview once in front of 6 panel members that lasted for 3 hours. Very exhausting indeed.
Tips:
· How will you know which type of interview you will be doing beforehand? Well, you most likely won't know, however, there is a rule of thumb that can help you make an educated guess. If it is a large corporation, there is a much better chance that the interview will be behavioral. If it is a small company, it will most likely not be a behavioral interview. The reason for this is that larger companies have HR departments whose job it is to make sure that as a company they are using the most effective methods of candidate selection and tend to have the resources to develop these types of programs Smaller business typically do not have the time or budget that larger corporations have and would tend to view something like this as a very low priority.
· The questions that you get in a behavioral interview will tend to be more difficult and thought provoking than the traditional style. Most interviewers understand this fact and will understand if you need a little time to think of an example, but if you take too long on too many questions, it may appear to them that you aren't very self-aware or have not been through the types of experiences that they would like an employee to be able to deal with.
· Make sure that you are giving examples that actually answer the question. I have given many of these interviews where the applicant was obviously nervous and their answers had nothing to do with the questions being asked. Unfortunately, if this happens often enough throughout the course of the interview, it might make you look like an idiot to the interviewers. If the question honestly does not apply to any of your past experiences at all, then it is probably best to say so rather than give an example that is completely irrelevant.
· Be specific! Provide actual instances, dates, people involved and other information that you can recall. It will lend credibility to your story.
· To a degree you can prepare for the interview. Using the links at the bottom of this article, go through some of the sample questions and try to think of examples. You may find similar questions in your actual interview.
· Most importantly, just relax and be yourself.
Regards,
Manju
:)
From India, Hyderabad
2I hope this posting will be of some use to you:
Behavioral interviewing is a technique that asks candidates questions that draw upon past experiences and actions as opposed to questions that attempt to illicit a response to a theoretical situation or questions that simply ask the candidate how they view themselves. The idea behind this style of interviewing is to find out how a person HAS reacted in particular situations instead of hearing how they view themselves. In addition, it is an attempt to bring more specifics to the table as traditional interviewing styles lend themselves toward very vague answers that often do not paint a clear picture a candidate's fit within an organization. Let's take a look at some examples of each of the interviewing styles.
Traditional:
* Describe your strenths and weaknesses.
* What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
* If you had difficulty with another employee, how would you handle the situation?
Behavioral:
* Describe a time that you had to make an important decision. What was it and how did you handle the situation?
* Sometimes working with others can be challenging. Describe a time when you had to work with a person that you conflicted with and how you resolved the situation.
You will often find that behavioral interviews generally take longer and can often involve a panel of interviewers. This can be a little intimidating if you are not used to it. I remember an interview once in front of 6 panel members that lasted for 3 hours. Very exhausting indeed.
Tips:
· How will you know which type of interview you will be doing beforehand? Well, you most likely won't know, however, there is a rule of thumb that can help you make an educated guess. If it is a large corporation, there is a much better chance that the interview will be behavioral. If it is a small company, it will most likely not be a behavioral interview. The reason for this is that larger companies have HR departments whose job it is to make sure that as a company they are using the most effective methods of candidate selection and tend to have the resources to develop these types of programs Smaller business typically do not have the time or budget that larger corporations have and would tend to view something like this as a very low priority.
· The questions that you get in a behavioral interview will tend to be more difficult and thought provoking than the traditional style. Most interviewers understand this fact and will understand if you need a little time to think of an example, but if you take too long on too many questions, it may appear to them that you aren't very self-aware or have not been through the types of experiences that they would like an employee to be able to deal with.
· Make sure that you are giving examples that actually answer the question. I have given many of these interviews where the applicant was obviously nervous and their answers had nothing to do with the questions being asked. Unfortunately, if this happens often enough throughout the course of the interview, it might make you look like an idiot to the interviewers. If the question honestly does not apply to any of your past experiences at all, then it is probably best to say so rather than give an example that is completely irrelevant.
· Be specific! Provide actual instances, dates, people involved and other information that you can recall. It will lend credibility to your story.
· To a degree you can prepare for the interview. Using the links at the bottom of this article, go through some of the sample questions and try to think of examples. You may find similar questions in your actual interview.
· Most importantly, just relax and be yourself.
Regards,
Manju
:)
From India, Hyderabad
Behavioural Interviewing ... advantageous to the organisation or to the candidiate??
* In a behavioral Interview, its tough to fool around with the questions being asked; especially if the interviewer is following a particular kind of questioning method; for eg: STAR Technique or STEP technique
* Furthermore, BEI (Behavioural event interviewing) removes subjectivity from the interviewing process to a certain extent.
* If the interviewers are trained well on BEI and follow practices like using an evaluation sheet and rating scale, inter - rater reliability also goes high.
Whatsay Manju??
From India, Bangalore
* In a behavioral Interview, its tough to fool around with the questions being asked; especially if the interviewer is following a particular kind of questioning method; for eg: STAR Technique or STEP technique
* Furthermore, BEI (Behavioural event interviewing) removes subjectivity from the interviewing process to a certain extent.
* If the interviewers are trained well on BEI and follow practices like using an evaluation sheet and rating scale, inter - rater reliability also goes high.
Whatsay Manju??
From India, Bangalore
Hi Shweta,
It is advantageous to both. This is useful for interviewing people for particular positions only, where we need to pick in people for sticky or key positions who will have a very wide influence on the Organization. Mostly for when people are being recruited for Managerial Positions. I agree there are some amount of disadvantages but still it works wonders in few situations.
Regards,
Manju :)
From India, Hyderabad
It is advantageous to both. This is useful for interviewing people for particular positions only, where we need to pick in people for sticky or key positions who will have a very wide influence on the Organization. Mostly for when people are being recruited for Managerial Positions. I agree there are some amount of disadvantages but still it works wonders in few situations.
Regards,
Manju :)
From India, Hyderabad
Ya of course it does work wonders....
I know some companies who have been continuously training people in-house and found great worth in it... It has got high potential to become the next "In" thing in the hiring process, if used adjacently with a good support system like competency based interviewing....
From India, Bangalore
I know some companies who have been continuously training people in-house and found great worth in it... It has got high potential to become the next "In" thing in the hiring process, if used adjacently with a good support system like competency based interviewing....
From India, Bangalore
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