Wiltshire Council Interview Questions

Interview through MS Teams. I was asked to submit the evidence for right to work in the UK before interview. Interviewers were friendly. They were more analysing how best we would work as a team and the specific skills the role required.

Quick and easy. Not a lot of waiting and quite thorough. Interviewers very pleasant and knowledgeable. Described everything fully and sold the job well. Were accurate. I enjoyed the process.

I had to deliver a short preprepared presentation on how I would change the website (I think I was asked for up to three priorities) and I had to answer less than 10 interview questions.

Presentation and questions - took about an hour. Panel were experienced and interested and enthusiastic and put me at ease. Overall it was an interesting and enjoyable experience for me.

Standard interview procedure - apply online and if successful the next stage is interview. The interview process is not hard at all. What is more frustrating is that there is a lack of communication between staff with personal documents being lost for the DBS. Then there was the staff holidays and so some paperwork had to be done twice. It would have took a lot longer if I wasnt persistant.

Panel interview with 3 interviewers. Interview consisted of questions based on behaviours preceded by a short test on writing a communications plan for a scenario. Was made to wait a long time before being asked to go into the room.

I was invited in to County Hall to give a presentation in front of a panel of two, the presentaiton was to tie in with the role I was applying for. The questions were in depth, and focussed on competencies to start off with, before becoming more informal.

Panel of two people. I was asked a series of behavioral based questions, for example "describe a situation in the workplace where you have worked on a project you are proud of", these questions were based on the Wiltshire Behavioural Framework which was sent in advance of the interview. The second half of the interview involved competency-based questions based on my understanding and knowledge of the role, for example "explain your understanding of the relevant legislation and policy involved with this role". At the interview I was told I would hear a decision the following week, they were very prompt to let me know their hiring decision which I really appreciated. They were also very helpful and communicative, providing me with useful feedback on my interview performance.

An assessment centre day- interview, written task, presentation and group task. We had to prepare a 10 minute presentation on a pre-set topic which was presented to two employees, there was a small group task, a timed written task and a panel interview. It was challenging but was done in a supportive environment.