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This is super helpful and insightful! I love the idea of searching for vocabulary for certain requirements.

These are good tips but how do interview questions really assess a person's ability to do the job? I mean if you're just googling answers prior to your interview (which you've stated in the video), and making sure you mention key words, how does this assess anything?. This is why I hate interviews so much. The job is awarded to the person who literally plays the game the best. And good luck even getting an interview if you don't happen to know what key words will get your application seen by an actual human being.

Working for the region of Durham before and applying for jobs within the government of Ontario I know that they use the STAR approach to interview questions. S= The situation T= the task assigned A= approach you took R= the result This works for the “how have you dealt with a scenario at work where things didn’t go as planned” type questions. They’re looking to give you marks per question. STAR works well for these type of questions. What type of computer software are you farmiliar with? Google, Microsoft word, excel, office, KZfaq. That’s 5/5 for that question lol

This is really helpful. Thank you so much for sharing these tips

Answer each question with STAR methodology: situation, tasks, actions and results

Thanks a lot for making this video!

Great advice, thanks!

Can you discuss cultural competency questions (assuming the federal government uses these in interviews now)? These are fairly new to all levels of government and thus far have been difficult to interpret. I recently received interview feedback from the BC Provincial Government on the question "Tell me about a time when you adapted your approach working with someone with a different background or culture from yours. What did you learn and how will you bring this learning to this position?" My answer centred on a specific meeting with an Indigenous stakeholder group and I described things like doing prior research on the group's cultural perspective and background, ensuring that attendee numbers were not overwhelmingly represented by government, reflecting on my own positionality, etc. The feedback I got was that they want to hear about a time that I made a mistake due a cultural difference between myself and another person/group, how I reflected on that, and what I did to address it. This is absolutely not clear from the question at hand, and is also a difficult situation to come up with for an interview, especially if one does not have a professional background in cultural relationship building. I would like more information on fielding cultural agility/competency questions.

Amazing video! 🙌🙌🙌

Great information! I have a interview coming up for CR-03 passport clerk. Can you please guide me what type of questions to expect during this interview.Also do they give/send questions beforehand or on the spot? Thanks

If they ask if I have any questions after they've asked the questions they gave me beforehand, it would be bad not to have any questions for them as it would be in an interview for a private company? At the point they asked if I had any questions, it felt like the interview was over, they even told me I could "relax now, the worst part is over". That got me thinking if asking questions is that much important in government job interviews too. What do you think? And what kind of questions should I ask in this case?

Thanks for the video and sharing your knowledge! I have a question if you get qualified in a pool for one department but they are not hiring from it can another department pull you from that qualified poil at level and how do you connect with those departments if you are not currently in the government? Thanks

Hello I was attemptted interview last few days ago for payment office on service Canada but not getting back anything ! Do you please let know when I can be assured that I get the job or not!!!! And another thing I notice today that from govt of job portal there “status of job “ that job was vanished which I attended oral interview!! What is that means?? Is means they rejected ??

Thanks a lot for this informative video. Would you mind sharing the binder you have as it will help me build one for me?

Hi! This was great info! I have a verbal interview coming up. I already had the written assessment where they asked escenario and past experience/behavioural questions. Should I expect more of the same in the verbal interview?

Hi, Thank you for your videos. I had an interview in person with a Canadian federal government agency and I have not receive any response from them. They told me that I was supposed to take an oral English test remotely when I passed the writing English test and have not receive any invitation nor instructions in this regard. It has been almost 2 months since I start the job application process with them. Does anybody know? Thank you so much in advance.

Can a scenario based question, for example, be about Ability and/or Personal suitability (not just about the "experience" section as you indicated as an example in the video ?

Super helpful!

Does HR sends you the questionnaires in advance to prepare? In my present job, The selection committee sent the questions 24hrs in advance, which is really nice, it gives time for the candidates to mentally prepare

Do you think a 59-year old woman, with tons of experience in patents and management of patent portfolios, has a chance of getting a job at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office?

Great video!!! Just wondering if anyone has experience with parks Canada interviews.

Hi, thanks for these insightful videos! I have a question. I have an in person interview coming up, that will be testing competencies that were listed on the job description (the competencies being tested have been outlined in the email regarding the interview). It has a 30 minute prep time. I'm just wondering what you think the odds are that the questions will be listed with the competency that is being tested. For example, (and I'm just making this up) -'Adaptability: What do you do when faced with an unexpected obstacle in a project?' I'm asking because I find some interview questions can be a bit ambiguous in terms of which competency they are testing for so I worry about giving them an answer that isn't covering what they are looking for.

Do you think these tips translate well to internal interviews, or is there anything you would add for internal candidates?

Hi Dear, I have an interview coming up and it is for oral communication but for only 30 minutes. What questions do you think they would ask? It’s for registry office position. Thank-you.

I have a interview for a dream job in two days 🥴 Is it true you should show up 30 minutes early?

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Thank you :)

Hello, how can I contact you?

please, how do you prepare for a government teaching position?

Great information! Would you know how long it normally takes to hear back after an interview?

Hi, i have just finished my written exam, how long would they contact you before the interview?

did get that part of the website of the mandate program....what website??

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So when they ask for abilities - scenario question, we don't have to answer it in STAR method but we have to refer to the personal suitability section to answer it? Also, I've had icebreaker questions, how do you answer those? like what's your greatest weakness. Where do I base my answers from?

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