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I have an interview with Essex Frie and Rescue Service on Friday, any advice would be most apprieciated. Until now I have been in H&S roles in manufatuing and contract cleaning so this will be something new. I know the duties will include risk assessing, training and visiting incidents. I guess the culture within the service will be very diferent to what I am used to.
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Step 1: identify the style of the interview; is it technical based? competency absed? mixture of the two?
Then let us know so we can advise :-)
The worst interview prep is preparing for the wrong style of interview.
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This information has not been given to me.
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Hi
You must have been provided with a list of roles and responsibilities, if not, the job description should have outlined them. This is a good place to start from, if it’s a competency based interview see if you can cover examples that you have been personally involved with and how you solved them but your examples must be related to the job you are applying for. Interviews can be conducted in various ways but remember they are interested in you so you must sell yourself. I have been to very structured interviews were they itemised in advance the way the interview will be held e.g. 10min power point presentation with a set subject, questions from the panel, question from you etc. I’ve also been to interviews were the panel have just sat there and just asked one question “tell us about yourself”. So try and find out about the interview itself, and do your research. And like the last post said don’t spent time researching things that are not required. Finally don’t try and “wing it” you will have wasted your time and the time of the interview panel.
Good luck
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I do have a list of responsibilities so the interview must be competency based, I have prepaired responces to the questions I expect them to ask. Thanks for the help given, I will report on the outcome.
Many thanks.
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If you feel you have prepared answers based on your previous experiences that cross over to this role or you have answers for any listed requirements where you are weak, then you may want to consider going the extra mile. Internet search, inwardly digest their web page and look at what other things they have been involved with. I bet they do charity fund raising at times - have you ? etc
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I agree with the above. Learn all about the role and the organisation. Know what the hazards are and the issues arising. Research the organisation and try find out about their culture, experiences etc i.e. if someone had died or been seriously injured this may have a direct effect on their views of a particular area of safety. Use your evidence.
In the interview for my current role I identified all the hazards I believed I would have to address in the role and also pointed out deviations from good safety practice that I had observed while awaiting interview. I had arrived early and made my self familiar with the public areas. When I did this they all looked at each other. I got the job the next day.
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kevkel wrote:I agree with the above. Learn all about the role and the organisation. Know what the hazards are and the issues arising. Research the organisation and try find out about their culture, experiences etc i.e. if someone had died or been seriously injured this may have a direct effect on their views of a particular area of safety. Use your evidence.
In the interview for my current role I identified all the hazards I believed I would have to address in the role and also pointed out deviations from good safety practice that I had observed while awaiting interview. I had arrived early and made my self familiar with the public areas. When I did this they all looked at each other. I got the job the next day. This is correct for technical interviews, but not (necessarily) correct for competency interviews. I have held safety roles in 2 organisations - both interviews were 100% competency based. At no point during either was I asked any questions relating to safety. I guess it's a little late in the day for the OP, but I would always recommend calling the recruiter or the HR contact in the interviewing organisation what the style of interview will be. If it is competence based expect very personality / behavioural questions instead of safety related questions. Google "competency based interview question examples” and revise model answers based on your experience. Follow the STAR technique (google if needed).
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