> Give me hypothetical scenarios any day of the week. Hypothetical scenarios are just that, hypothetical. Competencies are much better evaluated through eviden

> Give me hypothetical scenarios any day of the week. Hypothetical scenarios are just that, hypothetical. Competencies are much better evaluated through evidence, rather than speculation. A classic example here would be conflict resolution: if you ask someone “how would you solve a conflict at work” you typically get a very standard - and often rehearsed - answer, whereas if you ask “tell me about a conflict you had at work” you end up with something much rawer and more revealing. The way we imagine we deal with conflict is often not how we actually behave. Of course, not everyone has an answer to these questions. If I’m interviewing someone who’s only a year or so out of college they’re unlikely to have a wealth of work related stories to pull from. A good interviewer recognises this, and adapts the questions to fit the background. Perhaps you’ve never experienced a conflict at work, but you definitely will have elsewhere (perhaps, for a college grad, at a student group or team project).