Behavioral Interviewing Styles Training Programs Courses

Behavioural Interviewing Styles Training Program Courses by Preferred Training Networks.

It is a proven methodology of interviewing that can measure and fit a candidate’s past experiences and performances.

What is different about it?

The essential difference is that interviewing is a behavioural diagnostic tool that asks competency-related questions that focus on past examples of demonstrated ability rather than asking hypothetical questions. E.g. ‘when did you demonstrate...’ rather than ‘what would you do if...'

How will it assist your people?

This interactive practical one day program is designed to develop the skills of interviewers through an experiential learning process. Interviewers will be invited to design and evaluate their own recruitment process, thereby allowing the knowledge to be embedded. Your people will be required to challenge their own thinking and to question their perceptions, biases and beliefs about people. This program was designed in Australia to help your people to:

• Develop a selection approach for Competitive Advantage.


• Develop competency in targeting talent.


• Interpret data correctly and position information quickly.


• Ensure your people are aware of what questions cannot be asked.


• Assess the impact of Behaviour Based Interviewing vs. Traditional Interviewing.


• Identify ways in which current selection skills can be enhanced.


• Generate a willingness to be self aware and seek feedback with the purpose of eliminating ineffective selection strategies.

What will your people learn?

• Develop and ask effective, behaviour based questions.


• Pinpoint critical success factors.


• Develop structured interview guides.


• Develop the skill to control the interview.


• Probe and question strategically.


• Build rapport with candidates.


• Develop and conduct legally defensible interviews.


• Use refl ective listening to encourage self expression.


• Measure skills objectively instead of based on personality.

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