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've been in plenty of interviews where a candidate has asked to take notes and I've always been happy to allow it - they would tend to jot down each part of the question and then think about answering it. Some candidates have come with with pages of notes and would flip to the right page for their answer (although if you do that, make sure you craft your answer to fit the question rather than just read your notes. ;-) ) I've also always been happy to repeat some or all of the question, or gently prompt if a candidate has answered one part and not the other. It's my job to get the best out of candidates, not catch them out. So please don't be afraid to use any or all of those tactics - a good interviewer won't mind.
I've been in plenty of interviews where a candidate has asked to take notes and I've always been happy to allow it - they would tend to jot down each part of the question and then think about answering it. Some candidates have come with with pages of notes and would flip to the right page for their answer (although if you do that, make sure you craft your answer to fit the question rather than just read your notes. ;-) ) I've also always been happy to repeat some or all of the question, or gently prompt if a candidate has answered one part and not the other. It's my job to get the best out of candidates, not catch them out. So please don't be afraid to use any or all of those tactics - a good interviewer won't mind.
