Competency-Based Interview & Selection Techniques
Hiring anchored in evidence of past behaviour — structured competency interviewing that replaces guess-work, bias and the cost of the wrong hire.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
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A wrong hire costs more than the salary — it drags on morale, productivity and the efficiency of the whole organisation. Yet most interviews still run on guess-work, potential bias or instinct. Competency-based interviewing anchors selection in the applicant’s past actions and behaviour against the competencies the job actually requires, making hiring structured and focused rather than speculative. This programme works through the consequences of a wrong hire, the problems with traditional interviewing techniques, how to develop questions from job competency needs, and what is required before, during and after the interview — finishing with live interviewing role-play so participants leave having practised the technique, not just heard about it.
What you will do
Who attends
- Hiring managers across functions
- HR and recruitment professionals
- Line managers who interview as part of their role
- Team leads building interview capability
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Why traditional interviews fail
- Consequences of a wrong hire
- Problems with traditional interviewing techniques
- Guess-work, bias and discrimination in unstructured selection
II.Designing competency questions
- Competencies and skills required for the job applied for
- Developing questions based on job competency needs
- Probing past actions and behaviour as evidence
III.The interview process, practised
- Before, during and after the interview
- Interviewing role-play
- Making structured, defensible selection decisions
Frequently asked
Do the HR programmes cover people analytics and workforce planning?
Yes. The curriculum runs from analytics for talent management through strategic workforce planning, competency frameworks and succession. Participants leave able to build a workforce plan, apply statistical techniques to the data already sitting in their HRIS, and connect talent decisions to business impact in numbers.
Do programmes address nationalisation and localisation mandates?
Yes — recruitment, retention and succession under nationalisation mandates are covered directly, including competency-based selection and the succession pipelines those policies demand. Participants leave able to build a localisation plan that fills roles with capability, not just headcount.
How does admission to an HR programme work?
Submit an application or a brochure request from the programme page; a senior practitioner answers within one business day, brochure included. There is no online checkout — dates, format and fees are settled in that conversation.
Can we train our whole HR function at once?
Yes. Every programme runs in-house, tailored to your HR operating model, your systems and your workforce priorities, in English or French. A private cohort lets the whole function work on the same live problem rather than sending individuals to separate courses.
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