Targeted Selection®: The Art of Behavioral Interviewing

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Applied Learning ► Key Actions
Assimilating and applying new job-related • Actively participates in learning activities
information in a timely manner. • Quickly gains knowledge, understanding, or skill
• Applies knowledge or skill

1. How do you stay up-to-date on new developments/techniques in your area of expertise? Describe a
recent example of when you needed to update your skill level.
2. What tricks or techniques have you learned to make your job easier or yourself more effective? Tell me how
you learned one of these techniques.
3. In any new job there are some things we pick up more quickly than others. Tell me about something in your
job at __________ that you learned quickly and something that took more time.

Situation/Task Action Result

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Follow-up Questions to Build Complete STARs

For Situation/Task For Action For Results
Describe a situation when... Exactly what did you do? What was the result?
Why did you...? Describe specifically how you did that. How did it work out?
What were the circumstances What did you do first? Second? What happened as a result?
surrounding...? Describe your specific role. What feedback have you
What were you reacting to? Walk me through the steps you took. gotten?

Follow-up Questions for Motivational Fit

How satisfied/dissatisfied were you? How did you feel? What did you like/dislike?

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