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Types of Job Interview

There are many different types of job interview style the most common types are listed below.

Behavioural / Competency Based - By far and away the most popular form of interview, based on the very human assumption that what you have done in your past you'll likely do again in your future.

So its all about the interviewer learning about you from your explanation of your past experiences.

Perfect for STAR story answers!

Types of job interview - Group or Assessment Center – Some companies like to use this approach when hiring a number of people for similar types of role, or if team working is a critical component with the role.

The objective with this is to complete as a team a set objective, with a team of behavioural experts watching the exercise noting individuals performance.

Because you don't know the people your working with, these can be interesting and challenging assignments.

In my opinion the best advice is to try and forget about the assessors watching, and focus all your effort on completing the task.

Its vital that you contribute to the team, but don't feel you have to compete to be the leader, being supportive of your colleagues, communicative, focused on the task, counts for more than being overly assertive.

Types of job interview - Informal unstructured or casual – Less experienced interviewers tend to use this technique, again perfect for your STAR stories, as you'll help the interviewer do their job for them.

They'll remember far more about you than anyone else they interview, which will give you a massive advantage.

Telephone Interview – Your Star Story preparation again is perfect for this type of interview, just listen carefully, and relax.

Types of job interiew - the case interview – Primarily used by consulting firms the case study type interview is a very popular approach. Its based on giving you a real life business issue to overcome. A highly interactive style of interview, as you will need to question your interviewer beyond the initial case study you have been given to identify further details, before you start to build your proposed solution.

Again this is about demonstrating your communication skills, problem solving and reasoning, before you start to suggest resolution frameworks. Often there is no wrong or right answer, what they are looking for is your ability to identify key issues, from the ambiguity, and “fit” your suggestions to the specifics of the case given.

Many of the major strategy and consulting firms offer test cases and an excellent source of information regarding this specialist type of interview can be found here.

Stress Interview - A vary rare type of interview used for roles that contain a high degree of stress, pressure and challenge. The key to surviving stress interviews is to remain calm, keep a sense of humor, and avoid getting angry or defensive. Its not personal.

Requests that accompany interview process include:-

Psychometric / Personality / Motivational testing – one of the reasons its such a good idea to have completed the MAPP assessment as a minimum.

No rules to these techniques, relax and be yourself. If your aiming at roles that suit your motivations and personality your on safe ground.

The questioning that may follow will again suit your STAR stories.

Some form of presentation – You may be asked to prepare a timed presentation on a given subject. Pick one of your stories, and just make sure you hit the time allocated. If they ask for 10 minutes don't do 5 or 20 minutes.

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