3 Steps to a Successful Behavioral Job Interview

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You’ve finally gotten through the bot-driven selection process and gotten a call for a job interview. The company wants you to come in for a one-hour interview in 5 days. They tell you the interview is a behavioral interview and that you don’t need to prepare anything in advance. The recruiter confirms the time and date and location of the interview, and then the call is over.

Now what?

What is a behavioral interview?

Before we dive into the three approaches, let’s define a behavioral interview. In this type of interview, the interviewer or interviewers ask about how you’ve handled something in the past or how you think you might handle a fictitious situation they share with you. Questions are usually open-ended and begin with statements like, “Tell me about a time when…” or “Share an example of…”.

What are they looking for in a behavioral interview?

First, they are looking for you to present yourself authentically and truthfully. I coach clients all the time that the only wrong answer in an interview is one that is untruthful. Be yourself. The interviewer(s) are trying to figure out if you’re a good fit for their organization…