Hi there.
My name is Steph
and I'm a Principal Recruiter in the talent acquisition team here at Parexel.
And I just wanted to answer a quick question
that comes up quite regularly around
what to expect from the interview process
and how you can prepare for that
to make it a nice, smooth process.
So at Parexel, a lot of our interviews are actually
competency based.
So what I mean by that is when an interviewer asks you
a question, rather than giving generic examples
saying I always do or I usually do,
you need to give specific situational based answers
to those questions.
So you describe a specific time
and you give details around what actions you as
the individual took in that process.
So one key, I guess helpful tip is
to use the STAR method for that.
So that's an acronym.
It's Situation, Task, Action and Result.
So in answering a question in a competency based interview,
you start by describing the Situation briefly
to give context to your answer.
Then you move through to the Task.
What was the actual issue you were dealing with?
And then the A in star stands for Action.
So that's what did you, as an individual do,
to actually address that issue?
What was your specific role
in the scenario that you're describing.
And then the R stands for the Result.
That's basically describing what was the outcome,
what was the end goal and where did the situation end up?
So for any competency based answers,
that is a key I guess tip to use to keep you on track
in answering those at Parexel.
Lots of our interviews are competency based.
However, some do also involve some other tasks.
So,do just feel free to reach out to your recruiter
or a member of the TA team with any further questions
and we will be more than happy to help.
Thank you.