Analyse generic job advert In your group identify the competencies
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Analyse generic job advert
In your group identify the competencies in the job advert provided
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Your own job adverts
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Identify the competencies in your own job advert
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Indicate these on your competency record
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Pick 3 and give evidence (bullets) using STAR
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Use your group to help you identify relevant examples
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Examples of competency based questions
• Describe a time when you worked as part of a team to deliver a project
• Prove to me you have excellent planning skills
• Give me an example of a time when you had to think on your feet and adapt your plans to suit the circumstances
• Describe a task that tested your time management skills
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Interview Practice
• Split into pairs and swap competency record sheets
• Role-play the parts of Interviewer and Interviewee
– Ask your partner 2 or 3 questions based on the competencies highlighted on the sheet.
• Did your partner use the STAR technique for their examples?
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Resources
EGD Resources www.exeter.ac.uk/employability/cvs/interviews/ www.prospects.ac.uk
– interview tips under the
‘Jobs and Work’ section www.bemyinterviewer.co.uk
