How to Deal with "Scenario Simulation" Interview

How to Deal with "Scenario Simulation" Interview

There are more and more interview methods for "evaluating" talents. In order to examine the real abilities and skills of candidates, in addition to the routine "watching, listening and asking", interviewers often try various solutions, and "scenario simulation interview" is always tried and tested. The so-called simulated scenario interview is to let candidates simulate a scene in their daily work and show their personal qualities and professional expertise in a dynamic way. Many unprepared job seekers are glad that they have passed the basic question and answer, but they unexpectedly encounter "Waterloo" in the scenario simulation. The reporter recorded a scene to simulate the interview process to help job seekers understand the main points of this interview.

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Large job fair. A well-known study/immigration institution is looking for a "consultant". Due to the low recruitment threshold and crowded booths, many applicants are eager to try. At this point, a young male job seeker handed in his resume.

After reading the resume, the interviewer nodded frequently: graduated from a key university majoring in marketing, 1 year work experience, outgoing personality, teamwork spirit and communication skills ... After several rounds of questions and answers, the interviewer said, let's do a "scenario simulation interview".

"Suppose I am a consultant who wants to immigrate to Canada, and you are a consultant of the company. Please tell me how to successfully immigrate to Canada? " The interviewer asked.

"ah? Ok ... has it started now? " The job seeker is a bit at a loss.

"Yes, it has already started," repeated the interviewer.

"Please let me think about how to answer." It can be seen that the job seeker is very nervous at this time, thinking and wiping his sweat with his hands. After two minutes of silence, the job seeker said, "Do people who come to consult usually ask questions first? What can I say if you don't ask questions? "

"Oh, well, then I'll ask questions. What are the ways to immigrate to Canada? What is the right immigration method for me? What is the success rate of your company? " The interviewer was obviously dissatisfied and showed helplessness.

"Oh, hello, sir, welcome to our company for consultation. There are some ways to immigrate to Canada. I don't have immigration-related knowledge and experience, and you also said that inexperienced people are allowed to apply, so I don't know. Your question is too professional. "

"So what preparations should be made to immigrate to Canada?" The interviewer didn't excuse himself and went on asking questions.

"Are you ready? Let me see, if you invest in immigration, you need a sum of money, about 500 thousand RMB, right? I'm not sure, "stammered the job seeker.

Before he came to his senses, the interviewer said, "Well, today's interview is over. If you are accepted, you will be informed within one week. "

Job hunting "one-stop"

After the job seeker left, the reporter went to consult. The interviewer said that this "scenario simulation" mainly examines three points:

The first is to examine the ability of role transformation and role adaptation. To be a good consultant, you need to have a good sense of role identity and transformation ability. "In the scenario simulation, job seekers can no longer treat me as an examiner. They should change their mental state, way of thinking and language, and show their affinity and patience with the tone of senior experts. When dealing with difficult problems, be calm, don't stutter, don't be intermittent. "

The second is to examine knowledge. Although this job seeker has never participated in overseas immigration consultation before, an excellent talent should have a wide range of knowledge and know something about immigration policy and preparation. But he seems to know nothing about it, which shows that this person does not have the ability to collect and sort out information, which is a taboo in the consulting industry.

The third is to examine the ability of rapid response. What "scenario simulation" wants is not the correct answer, but the ideas and methods of answering questions. If you don't know the amount of money invested in immigrants, you don't have to explain that you don't know. You can confidently say: "Investment immigration needs 500,000 yuan, but according to your basic situation, it is recommended to adopt skilled immigration." Besides, consultation is a difficult mental work. Even if you master the relevant information policies of the study abroad agency after training, the customer's questions may still be beyond your existing knowledge, which requires the consultant to use common sense to answer flexibly, instead of scratching his head for two minutes and telling the customer that he doesn't know.

At present, more and more companies will also use "scenario simulation interview" in on-site job fairs to consider the actual ability of candidates, especially in the recruitment of export-oriented positions such as consulting, (telephone) sales, etiquette, teachers, trainers, technical support and customer service. Therefore, for job seekers, attending on-site job fairs is not only as simple as preparing a resume and answering a few questions, but also requires the following preparations.

1, language preparation. Everyone can speak, but how to speak properly, in line with the characteristics of the position and role positioning, is a science. Job seekers should first recognize the position they are applying for, and then imagine the polite expressions, idioms and tones that need to be used in the work situation according to the job requirements. In this way, when you meet this kind of interview, you can be targeted and leave a good impression on your words.

2. Mental preparation. Some candidates can cope freely in their daily work, but they become nervous when applying for a job. Some applicants told reporters that it is difficult to concentrate in the noisy environment at the scene, and there are many people onlookers who can't cope normally. In this regard, if it is found that a company will conduct a scenario simulation interview, it is necessary to adjust the mentality and mood and move forward.

3. On-site preparation. Candidates should not apply rashly if they think the position is suitable. You can look at the application process and problems of the previous candidates first, and then go forward.