Career Blueprints
Acing the Behavioral Interview
Strategies for a successful job interview
If you are a player in the center of the challenging job market arena, in order to be truly competitive, you need to be well armed for the interview. Chances are good that many of your interviews will include behavioral-style questions. Behavioral interviews are based on the idea that the best predictor of future performance is past performance. Instead of asking you questions about specific traits or skills, an interviewer using the behavioral approach will ask you to describe a time when you actively demonstrated that skill or trait. This style of interviewing provides employers with insight into your personality and motivation. In this more structured process, the interviewer is primarily interested in learning about your work results…
Jane Finkle
1:47 pm on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
I wholeheartedly agree that preparation is the key to a successful behavioral interview. Thanks for mentioning another excellent online resource. more ›