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Sample Behaviourally Based Questions

Many employers are moving away from a Resume driven style of interviewing to a behavioural format.
Behavioural interviews are very probing in nature and are based on the concept of “predictable future
behaviour.” In other words, what you have done in the past strongly suggests what you will do in the
future.
Navigating these interviews successfully requires that you know yourself inside and out. This will require
a lot of introspection on your part.
You must be able to:
• Know why you made the decisions that have brought you to this point in your life.
• Explain and defend your decisions.
• Provide concrete, specific examples of where you have demonstrated the proficiency employers
are seeking.

STAR Interviewing Response Technique for Success in Behavioural Job Interviews


One strategy for preparing for behavioural interviews is to use the STAR Technique, as outlined below.
This technique is often referred to as the SAR and PAR techniques as well. Read the technique and then
try it out with the list of sample behavioural interview questions.
Situation or Task
Describe the situation that you were in or the task that you needed to accomplish. You must describe a
specific event or situation, not a generalised description of what you have done in the past. Be sure to
give enough detail for the interviewer to understand. This situation can be from a previous job, from a
volunteer experience, or any relevant event.
Action
Describe the action you took and be sure to keep the focus on you. Even if you are discussing a group
project or effort, describe what you did; not the efforts of the team. Do not tell what you might do, tell
what you did.
Results
What results did you achieve? How did your efforts benefit your company? What did you learn?

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Sample Behaviourally Based Questions
Example Behavioural Interview Questions
1. How have you demonstrated initiative?
2. How have you motivated yourself to complete a task that you did not want to do?
3. Think about a difficult boss, professor or other person. What made him or her difficult? How did
you successfully interact with this person?
4. Tell me about the riskiest decision that you have made.
5. Can you tell me about an occasion where you needed to work with a group to get a job done?
6. Describe when you or a group that you were a part of was in danger of missing a deadline.
What did you do?
7. Tell me about a time when you worked with a person who did things very differently from you.
How did you get the job done?
8. Describe your three greatest accomplishments to date.
9. Tell me about a situation when you had to learn something new in a short time. How did you
proceed?
10. Can you tell me about a complex problem that you solved? Describe the process you utilised.
11. Tell me about a challenge that you successfully met.
12. What leadership positions have you held? Describe your leadership style.
13. Summarise a situation where you successfully persuaded others to do something or to see your
point of view.
14. Give an example of when your persistence had the biggest payoff.
15. Describe a situation where work and personal activities conflicted. How did you prioritise? How
did you manage your time? What was the outcome?
16. How have you most constructively dealt with disappointment and turned it into a learning
experience?
17. Describe a situation in which you effectively developed a solution to a problem by combining
different perspectives or approaches.

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