Tips to Effectively Answer Behavioral Interview Questions

A job interview not only affects whether or not you will be selected for the stated job role but also serves as your first impression if you are chosen to work for the organization. Candidates frequently try their hardest to confidently answer all questions while remaining professional. However, candidates frequently place so much emphasis on industry-related questions that they fail to consider rehearsing for behavioral interview questions. As simple as they appear, they are the most difficult to answer since employers assess a variety of attributes based on your responses to these questions. Hence, in this audio episode on the Find Your Dream Job channel, Porschia Parker-Griffin, CEO of Fly High Coaching, discusses a few practical methods for answering behavioral interview questions.

Behavioral interview questions, often known as narrative questions, require a candidate to reply to imply what conditions they may have faced in the past and how they behaved to them, according to Porschia. Interviewers typically ask these kind of questions to know if you have used a vital talent, certain conduct, or specialized knowledge in the past. Porschia argues that one of the most typical mistakes made by applicants while responding to behavioral interview questions is that they often take a long pause before beginning with their answers. She advises making a comment like “oh! that is a great question, let me take a time to think about it” in case you need a pause before addressing the question. One of the other most typical mistakes candidates make is overusing crutch words. This reflects your uneasiness and should be avoided as much as possible. She also believes that candidates frequently fail to answer the question and instead provide a lot of irrelevant information. A decent answer to such a question, in her opinion, must be precise and tailored to the issue. Finally, she says that whatever response you come up with must describe the event and your reaction in relation to an important habit or skill, and it must be extremely specific. She recommends that sharing your outcomes tells them what they may anticipate from you on the job.

Given the pressure and anxiousness of a job interview, behavioral interview questions are one of the easiest yet most difficult to respond to. The preceding are a few pointers for developing a quick and effective response.