Competency Based Interviewing

"Once again, I hired the perfect person, or so I thought, and he's turned out to be a nightmare. Why is it so hard to hire the right person?" Sound familiar?

The typical interview scenario presents you with a very brief window of opportunity to discover whether the candidate before you is the perfect person to fill your vacancy.  That being said, even the most honest and trustworthy candidate will be trying to “tailor” their answers to your questions to show themselves in the best possible light.

The problem is that 30 minutes of impressive answers does not necessarily give an accurate impression of what the candidate is capable of on a day to day basis.

When you partner with Recrion to conduct your interviews, we use the latest in competency-based, or “situational”, questioning, specifically designed to elicit information about a candidate’s previous performance. By understanding how they have actually tackled real world problems in the past, we can build a far more reliable impression of how they will handle situations in the future – and thus determine with a far greater degree of accuracy how they are likely to perform in the role.

We also help you coach your managers to carry out robust interviews:

I came to the training day knowing my experience of interview techniques was very out of date.  The competency based interview training has given me new knowledge and confidence that with application it will be possible to appoint a very able manager.  The structure of the day and sharing of interview techniques has increased my understanding in a decisive way.

Sheila Saunders, Barrowden & Waverley Community Shop

Professional competency based interviewing can drastically reduce the time, expense and frustration incurred in deliberating over candidates who may on face value appear well suited, but who in fact have little potential.  It also eliminates the cost of re-hiring when your hastily recruited candidate fails to live up to expectations.

Contact us today to find out how Recrion can make sure you get the right candidate, first time!