New Dimensions in HR

Using Behavioral Event Interviews

Presented at Workshop on New Dimensions in HR at Jagan Institute

of Management Studies, New Delhi (India)
What is BEI ?

Selection Tool- an interview type

Judges Competencies of candidate
Based on what candidate has done
than can do
What do you need before BEI

Competency Directory providing

Clarity and Explanation on
competencies needed for a job
E.g. Analytical mind, leadership,
motivator, hard working
How is BEI conducted

A team of 3
One Interviewer
Two recorders
Conducting BEI

Interviewer only does Questioning

Recorders do not question
They only record
How does interview start

With a question on the past

experience depending on the
competencies you want to measure
E.g. If you want to measure if a
person can overcome challenges
and achieve results

then the question is like

The question

In your past experience have you

come across a situation where it
was very difficult to achieve results
and still you made it?
What happens next

The person starts answering

Here the interviewer interrupts
1. If you mind can we hear this using
a structure?
2. Can we give this event in your life
a name e.g. Achieving sales
despite no team?
3. Where did this start and end for
you?
4. Can you divide this event into 2-3
important milestones in between?
The person divides.

End of FY and no team

Appointing of DSA
Training and Motivating DSA
Achievement of Targets Party
The interview panel

Records all the relevant

conversation
The interviewer tries to keep the
interviewee on first hand experience
by:
Asking what he/she thought/felt or
did at that given moment of time
Post interview analysis

The panel rates the candidate on

various competencies like-
Did not show
Showed some what
Showed strongly
For example.

If for a job the core competencies

are-
1. Go-getter
2. Leadership
3. Motivator
Then a selected candidate could be:

1. Go-getter- displayed strongly

2. Leadership- displayed strongly
3. Motivator- displayed somewhat
How is it different from simple interview

Does not believe in how a person

behaves in a hypothetical situation
But on how he behaved in a
situation he/she went through
Thank You