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Hi there.

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My name is Steph

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and I'm a Principal Recruiter in the talent acquisition team here at Parexel.

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And I just wanted to answer a quick question

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that comes up quite regularly around

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what to expect from the interview process

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and how you can prepare for that

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to make it a nice, smooth process.

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So at Parexel, a lot of our interviews are actually

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competency based.

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So what I mean by that is when an interviewer asks you

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a question, rather than giving generic examples

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saying I always do or I usually do,

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you need to give specific situational based answers

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to those questions.

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So you describe a specific time

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and you give details around what actions you as

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the individual took in that process.

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So one key, I guess helpful tip is

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to use the STAR method for that.

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So that's an acronym.

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It's Situation, Task, Action and Result.

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So in answering a question in a competency based interview,

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you start by describing the Situation briefly

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to give context to your answer.

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Then you move through to the Task.

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What was the actual issue you were dealing with?

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And then the A in star stands for Action.

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So that's what did you, as an individual do,

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to actually address that issue?

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What was your specific role

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in the scenario that you're describing.

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And then the R stands for the Result.

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That's basically describing what was the outcome,

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what was the end goal and where did the situation end up?

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So for any competency based answers,

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that is a key I guess tip to use to keep you on track

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in answering those at Parexel.

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Lots of our interviews are competency based.

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However, some do also involve some other tasks.

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So,do just feel free to reach out to your recruiter

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or a member of the TA team with any further questions

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and we will be more than happy to help.

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Thank you.