I took a class on behavioral interviewing back when I was a food service general manager. It was very different from the question on the form above. I had to interview a lot of people. Hundreds over the years.
The essence of behavioral interviewing is actually very simple.
Rather than ask “Can you tell me about your leadership abilities?”
You ask “Can you tell me about a time when you used your leadership abilities to overcome a problem?”
Most of the time they will answer as if you asked the first question. Let them finish or wait for a pause, then say “What I’d really like to know is if you can tell me about one specific example of when you used your leadership abilities.”
You can encourage them to provide an answer by saying “This doesn’t have to be about work, it could be from a family situation, something from your community life, or something from school.”
I think it is very effective.
I’d eat that up for sure, especially if it’s like a glazed donut.
Oh man there’s a business idea for someone. Horrific pastries. Imagine biting into a glazed realistic colon filled with elderberry jam. A liver with lemon filling. And many various body parts filled with something red like strawberry or cherry.