Hi there,
After several years of putting it off I’ve finally committed to start the Chartered level Experience Assessment.
I’m a generalist and work in a consultancy capacity for smaller business. Prior to that, an in-house HR manager.
I wonder if there are members on the same journey who wanted to join a study group? Others who would consider sharing their experiences?
Rebecca
Hi Jill
I had my EA interview this week and know two other people I connected with at the beginning of my EA journey through this community, who have been such a fantastic support and who had their interviews in the past month. Each of our experiences have been different. The interview can last from under two hours to just under four hours. They may go through each question to understand more detail or they may just hit on a few. They may ask you about your sector and organisational context.
We all agreed that it's been really really hard work, which should not be underestimated.
Hi Jill, is it possible for you to share any feedback/thoughts on the interview and potential challenges. Mine is booked in first week of Jan and could really use some help.
regards
Muhammad
The interviewer will ask you to explain and expand on the work you have submitted, looking at what and how you did it and it’s impact, they are looking for you to demonstrate that your partnering at a strategic level.
So think beyond your submission and what your work has led to and what you have done beyond that, for example recruiting can lead to a talent strategy.
Read the profession map (new) which gives you ideas on what the criteria is for the grades.
They will go through your strengths and opportunities, and CPD. You will also have an Oporto add anything you’ve missed.
They are genuinely looking for ways to prove you have hit the criteria and to support you to pass
Thanks a lot, Jill. That's very helpful. During the interview can we examples submitted in front of us as I have used a range of different examples and some are quite overlapping in terms of skills and expertise. Would the assessor give this opportunity to quickly look through the examples submitted? And would the review session be in the same flow as of submission or they can ask questions in a random fashion?
Questions will just be asked in a random fashion on the evidence that you have already submitted, so expanding on them.
If you have notes in front of you that’s fine from my experience, perhaps just say I made a note on that can I just check? She said to me I think that it was ok to have notes
