Interviewing for Competencies Workshop by Workitect

On-site workshops can be tailored to the sponsoring organization's HR systems, incorporating its competency dictionary and approach.

This one-day workshop teaches participants to effectively use a competency-based process to conduct a structured behavioral interview to assess an individual's competencies. This assessment process can also be used to collect data for developmental coaching and career counseling.

A set of Workitect's Competency Interview Guides is included with the program material.

Who Should Attend

Executives, managers and team leaders in line or staff functions who are responsible for interviewing, assessing, and selecting internal or external candidates for positions.

The program will be particularly useful to participants from organizations with competency models in placeor planned.

Learning Objectives

The learning objectives of the workshop are to help participants:

Understand the importance and impact of effective selection interviewing
Learn how to use a Position Description and a Competency Selector to determine which competencies to assess in selection interviews
Learn how to conduct Workitect's Behavioral Competency Assessment Interview (BCAI)
Learn how to deal with problems encountered when interviewing
Learn how to score the BCAI for competencies
Learn how to compare candidates and make a selection decision

The Program

Introduction (8:30 AM)

What to select for
Business purpose of selection; the cost of a bad selection decision
Selection interviewing in the context of the selection process
Research on what kinds of selection interviews are valid

Introduction to Competencies and Competency Models

Determining What to Select For
- Using a Position Description with the Hiring Manager
- Using a Competency Selector to Identify Competencies to Assess
- Focusing on amanageable set of competencies to assess
Organizing the Selection Process

Determining what to assess outside of interviews
Preparing a selection interviewing plan

Introduction to Behavioral Interviewing
The Behavioral Competency Assessment Interview (BCAI)
- Overview of the Interview
- How to start an interview
- How to probe an event
- Practice interviews
- Managing problems in selection interviews
Scoring the BCAI
- Note taking guidelines
- Using a competency rating scale
Comparing Candidates and Making a Selection Decision

(5:00 PM Adjourn)

December 8, 2011 Interviewing for Competencies Workshop

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Riverside Hotel

*Includes Competency Interview Guides – $350

Price: $1,150.00

A 10% Discount is available for registrations of 2 or more per organization. Registrations must be submitted using the same organization or company name at Checkout.

Competency Interview Guides

Each participant will receive forms and templates to guide the collection of interview data for these competencies.

People Competencies

The Leading Others Clusters

Establishing Focus
Providing Motivational Support
Fostering Teamwork
Empowering Others
Managing Change
Developing Others
Managing Performance
Fostering Diversity

The Communicating and Influencing Cluster

Attention to Communication
Oral Communication
Written Communication
Persuasive Communication
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Influencing Others
Building Collaborative Relationships
Customer Orientation

Business Competencies

The Preventing and Solving Problems Cluster

Diagnostic Information Gathering
Analytical Thinking
Forward Thinking
Conceptual Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Technical Expertise

The Achieving Results Cluster

Initiative
Entrepreneurial Orientation
Fostering Innovation
Results Orientation
Thoroughness
Decisiveness
Business Acumen
Global Perspective

Self-Management Competencies

Self Confidence
Stress Management
Personal Credibility
Flexibility