Civil Service Interview – Any advice? – Page 2 – Chat Forum

scamperjenkins · 2021-05-12T09:29:39Z

Ok, I have an interview coming up. Absolutely amazed I got through the initial sift, but I put a lot of effort into the application and they have evidently seen something they like. So to the interview. I've put a lot of work into the understanding of the Department, how my role fits in, what I can bring and can craft my technical and experience answers and presentation to issues the Department has to overcome. The 5 minute presentation (I've read power point slides should not be used) will be ok - should I try and get as many points in as possible or go into a few number in more detail? It's the (competency) behaviour and strength questions I'm struggling with. As I understand it, strength question answers should be short and to the point and behavioural answers a few minutes long using STAR. Am I right in stating they are quite generic and don't specifically have to relate to the technical skills (to attract applicants from other areas)? Also, am I getting marked on demonstrating as many strengths as possible which are associated with each Behaviour?

mrsheen

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Are you London based?

Posted : 06/04/2022 10:42 am

scamperjenkins

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Nope.

Posted : 06/04/2022 10:47 am

hels

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My apologies I misunderstood - so you had an entirely new interview and assessment for a different post, you weren't called from the reserve list for the original post - that makes more sense!

Posted : 06/04/2022 10:54 am

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