How Do I Prepare for a Behavioral Interview?

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Debbie Benami-Rahm, a career expert with DBRcareerservices.com, let's talk a little bit about how to prepare for behavioral interview. At this time, about eighty-five percent of organization throughout the United States, use behavioral interviewing as part of their hiring process. There are other forms of interviewing that are used, this seems to be one of the most prevalent right now. Therefore it's a great idea to be as thoroughly prepared as possible. Let's start with the first premise, past behavior predicts future performance, that's what behavioral interviewing is based around. An employer wants to look into your past to see how you performed the job responsibilities that are required for the current position, that they are now posting for. They're going to interview you based on the job requirements for their position and they're going to ask you open ended questions that you're going to have to tap into your past. How to prepare for this, look back at your past employment history. If you were a student, look back at how you worked on certain projects in school or look back at your internships, look back at your summer jobs or you part time jobs. Or even your student work or position. And put together a list of accomplishments that you had in your prior experience, that directly correlate to the requirements in the job posting you're applying for. You're going to be asked questions that begin with, describe for me a time that you had to handle a difficult customer, let's say. Give me an example of a time that you had to come up with a solution to a problem, right on a fly. How about, who, what, where, when or why, for further probing questions, be prepared for your behavioral interview."