Interview preparation: competency based questions & answers

17, Feb, 2025

When those hiring want to cut the mustard and find out exactly what you can do, they’ll go straight for questions around your competency based on previous situations. Instead of hypotheticals, you’ll be answering things such as how you managed to solve a specific problem, or your approach to managing a project under a tight deadline.

To help you prepare for competency based questions and answers, we’ve found this article from the Guardian. It provides multiple types of example questions (depending on the job type for which you’re applying) as well as a rundown of how you can prepare for a competency based interview in any field. It does this by explaining the Situation, Task, Action, Result (STAR) approach as your preparation template.

Help your competencies shine in competency based interviews, by reading the article from theguardian.com here.