During interviews I always loose marks on competency based questions and feedback is always "came across as nervous", "tenancy to waffle, answering competency questions"
In my defence, I do have multiple disabilities (mental, sensory, hearing and mobility)
The interviewer asks the questions and before they've finished the question, ive forgot the first part of the question, never mind how I'm going to answer it...
does anyone have any tips on getting round this?
I would suggest there are two or three things you can think of doing
1) prepare - chances are you are being asked very similar competency based question. So you can think about the best situations and examples to use. Actually in many ways competency based questions are more predictable than you would think.
2) think about a technique like STAR to structure your answers. It allows you to focus your answer on the key points.
3) before the interview make them aware of your disabilities and if necessary ask them to structure questions singularly rather than in multiple sections as a reasonable adjustment.
I would suggest there are two or three things you can think of doing
1) prepare - chances are you are being asked very similar competency based question. So you can think about the best situations and examples to use. Actually in many ways competency based questions are more predictable than you would think.
2) think about a technique like STAR to structure your answers. It allows you to focus your answer on the key points.
3) before the interview make them aware of your disabilities and if necessary ask them to structure questions singularly rather than in multiple sections as a reasonable adjustment.
