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Hi guys
I've had loads of advice on how to prepare for an interview. The common one is to acquaint myself with relevant legislations that apply to the organisation. My question is, what questions would be thrown at me to test my knowledge on the relevant legislation?
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Kofi
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When I went for my my second interview for my present role it was mainly about scenarios and how would you approach them as we'll as my relevant experience in the relevant industry
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I my experience legislation is only given a cursory mention in interviews. If legislation is raised then it will be specific to the industry of the role, otherwise I would suggest making yourself familiar with recent and amended legislation which they may ask to see if you are up to date.
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I find that if you have a relevant qualification then it is assumed you know your stuff on legislation. Interviews tend to be focused on testing your soft skills.
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I have never been asked a direct question on legislation in an interview. The nearest was “How do you keep upto date with current practice and updates to legislation?”
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Kate's observation 'Interviews tend to be focused on testing your soft skills' offers a very constructive challenge.
For it involves figuring out the 'soft skills' relevant to the job for which you've applied and how they are valued - or not - in the organisation where the job arises. This in turn requires you to analyse the range of 'soft skills' of which you can present credible evidence as your career unfolded.
One punch line is that interviewers who themselves have high quality 'soft skills' make this a stimulating and agreeable task, whatever standard your own soft skills are, and also provide constructive feedback you can later use. The other is that behaviour of interviewers who lack soft skills themselves sends you lots of warning signs about how they are likely to behave at work.
So, why not get down to a good library or bookshop, or browse through Amazon to get a guide to 'soft skills' in professional work? Max Bazerman's guide to negotiating skills and Roberto Cialdini's on Influencing are well-researched, well-written starters with stimulating examples.
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You may find this provides a fuller picture of 'soft skills' useful in most OSH settings:
'All you need to know about leadership', D Pennington and A Furnham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Their research-based profile of leadership - inspiring, focusing, enabling. reinforcing and learning - provides an easy-to-recall template which a socially-skilled candidate can use like the Pied Piper is reputed to have done to dramatic effect.
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