BEHAVIOR BASED INTERVIEW VIDEO NOW ONLINE

As promised in the May 2005 edition of the Michigan Civil Service News, the Behavior Based Interview video is now online. More and more employers are using the Behavior Based Interview method to find the ideal employee, and employees are using this same method to sufficiently prepare themselves for an interview.

The behavior based method of interviewing is predicated on the idea that past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. For example, in a traditional interview, the applicant describes how they would likely handle a given situation. However, in the behavior based interview, the applicant is asked to describe in detail an actual situation they encountered in the past, how they handled it, and the outcome of the task.

The video contains a mock interview to demonstrate the behavior based interview process and uses the STAR method.

	S - Situation
	T - Task
	A - Action
	R - Result
An interviewee must be prepared to focus on a situation they have experienced, the task they performed, what action they took in that situation, and the result of the task. For more information on the Behavior Based Interview process, please visit the Michigan Civil Service News Archives, May issue. We welcome your comments regarding the content and usefulness of the video. You can access the video at http://www.michigan.gov/mdcs.