How To Do Well In Your Competency Interview

If you'd like to know more about what competency based interviews are, check out our introduction to competency based interviews which includes tips on how to prepare for them.

On this page, we look at how interviewers might assess your Influencing Skills in the interview.

If influencing isn't a requirement of the job you're applying for, just go back to the list of competences and find ones relevant to you. We have many.

Influencing Competence - What Do Employers Look For?

When assessing your influencing skills, interviewers look for past evidence that you:

• Can convince someone of your point of view or persuade them to act in a certain way

Example Competency Interview Questions for Influencing

• Tell us about a time when you influenced others to act in a certain way

- What was your objective?
- What methods did you use?
- What was the outcome?

• Describe a situation where you needed to gain the agreement of multiple stakeholders to a course of action

- What approaches or strategies did you use?
- What obstacles did you face?
- How did you overcome these?

• Tell us about a time when you wanted to persuade your boss of something

- What preparation did you do?
- What was your approach?
- How did it go?

• Describe a time when you had to sell a product or service to someone

- What approach did you take?
- What was the outcome?
- What would you do differently next time?

• Tell me about a time when you failed to persuade someone of your point of view

- Why do you think you failed?
- What approach would you take next time?

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