Competency frameworks have been accepted as part of the recruitment process used by many companies a 2007 CIPD survey revealed that 60% of companies had a competency framework in place for recruitment
Competency based interviews can also be referred to as situational and behavioural based interviews, it is a style of interviewing that is used to score you on areas of competency that the employer has set at a level for you to demonstrate your ability and experience.
Employers typically use some of the following areas for competencies:
- Teamwork
- Problem Solving
- Leadership
- Decision Making
- Career Motivation
- Commercial Awareness
- Communication
- Trustworthiness and ethics
Employers that use competency based techniques believe that it is the way to distinguish a candidates potential future performance and to find examples from there previous experience. Structured interviews are more of a accurate predictor for those candidates that are honest and can prove there previous skills to those who simply try to bluff there way through the interview process.
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