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You’Re hiRed! inteRview anSweRS THE CaR MODEL

Remember the CaR model from Chapter 1? The acronym will help you
to structure answers in a way that gives the interviewer a clear picture of
what you did in a particular situation. It stands for:

n Circumstances (or Context)
n action (what you did)
n Results (what happened as a result of what you did).

We will use this model to critique the answers to all the example questions
that follow.

Recognising task-based questions

What should you quickly look out for in an interview question to tell you that
the interviewer is looking for a task-based answer? From our experience,
questions containing a combination of the following words should trigger your
recognition of a task focused question. Words like:

organise goal objective delivery targets deadlines
budget system process steps stages project
manage implement execution monitoring controlling measure

questions containing words or phrases built around these ‘task’ words are
likely to require a clear, structured answer from you, showing what you actually
did.

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