…gone through a behavioral interview? What was it like? What was your experience in that?
What were some of the questions they asked?
I had one today. I think I did okay. iA.
I thought she was going to ask me “Describe yourself” -I had prepared for that but it ended up "so what did you do at your xyz job? i was a little surprised but managed.
behavioral questions she asked:
i) tell me a situation where you accomplished a task, what was the result?
ii) How did you deal with a impatient client, customer, and your reaction?
I stayed positive and focused on what I did.
The other dreaded question:
What is your greatest weakness? I got a great idea from one of the threads here
Nyfella, behavioural interviews are targetted to measure your capibility and ability to deal with situations … Most questions are similar to the ones you mentioned ,for example:
Tell us of a time when you had a strong disagreement with your manager and how did you deal with it
Tell us of a time when you missed a deadline to an important project and how you dealt with it
Say you have two hours to do a sudden presentation on xyz topic , how will you prepare yourself
so yeah, they are very situation based questions and your success revolves around giving to the point answers … I normally format my answers as following:
Mention the problem
Mention the repercussions if you failed or remained successful at it
Mention your strategy to deal with the problem
Mention your results.
To give a good behavioural interview , you must be extremely prepared , keep examples handy , so you dont have to think of one on the spot.
