Civil servant interviews are generally structured interviews, and civil servants in a few countries will adopt the form of leaderless group interviews. Let's talk about the whole interview process separately:
1. Request an interview
Generally speaking, after the written test results of civil servants are announced, those who enter the interview will receive a phone call from the recruiting unit, that is, inform you to conduct qualification examination and confirm the interview. Telephone notification is the most commonly used way. Therefore, when applying for civil servants, be sure to keep your mobile phone on, and never change your number during that time, otherwise you may not be notified. In addition to telephone notification, some units will also notify candidates who enter the interview by letter, email and online announcement. So it is also important to check online frequently.
2. Prepare relevant documents for qualification examination.
After receiving the interview notice, candidates should prepare all the documents according to the requirements of the recruiting unit, and go to the designated place for qualification review and confirmation interview within the specified time. Those who pass the interview will pay the interview fee. Generally speaking, for candidates who have passed the qualification examination and confirmed to participate in the interview, the recruiting unit will issue an interview notice or an interview admission ticket to inform you of the detailed interview time, place and matters needing attention.
3. The voucher enters the examination room on the day of the interview.
On the day of the interview, candidates should arrive at the interview site on time with the interview notice or interview admission ticket issued by the employer and other documents required by the employer. Enter the waiting area with relevant documents such as interview notice or interview admission ticket.
4. Sign in and hand in the communication tools
After entering the waiting area, after signing in, the staff in the waiting area will read out the discipline of the examination room, announce the results after the interview and arrange the medical examination. After reading, each candidate should hand in his own communication tools and other items.
Step 5 draw lots
After getting ready, it is to organize the candidates to draw lots for interviews. Draw lots to decide the grouping and entry order. In some areas, group labels are drawn first, and then sequence labels are drawn. In other regions, the order of grouping and items is determined at one time, such as: three (1), which means 1 item of the third group. In some areas, candidates are grouped in advance and the examination room number is arranged. At present, this practice is no longer adopted in most areas, because fairness cannot be guaranteed and it is easy for examiners and candidates to collude in advance.
Step 6 wait for the exam
Candidates who win the first place will be taken to the interview area by the staff for an interview, and other candidates will wait for the exam in the waiting area. The waiting area and the interview area are completely separated, so the candidates waiting for the exam know nothing about the candidates interviewed in front.
During this period, candidates waiting for the exam are not allowed to leave the waiting area. If they need to go to the toilet, they will be accompanied by same-sex staff.
In addition, if it is a full-day interview, at noon, the recruiting unit will provide free lunch to the candidates waiting for the interview. Usually a box lunch, sent to the waiting area. If the interview takes two days, the interview questions on the previous day are different from those on the next day.
In the waiting area, a staff member will inform the candidates who will be interviewed to prepare. In other words, 1 candidate will be arranged to wait outside the examination room, while others will wait in the waiting room, and so on.
7. Enter the examination room and start the interview.
Interviews are divided into structured interviews and leaderless group interviews:
Structured interview:
According to the sequence, when it is the candidate's turn to enter the venue, the guide will go to the waiting room and announce "Please enter the venue for candidate xxx". Candidates arrive at the entrance of the examination room accompanied by the guide and enter the examination room by themselves. Guides are not allowed to call candidates by their names directly, otherwise it will be considered a serious violation of examination discipline. The general guide only knows the serial number of the candidate.
After the examinee enters the examination room, he goes directly to the examinee's seat, says hello to the examiner after standing, and after receiving the instruction of "please sit down", the examinee can sit down. After taking a seat, candidates generally need to report their own test serial number. After the examiner announces the introduction, the test begins. It is important to note that candidates cannot give their names. If the name is reported in the examination room, the candidate will be disqualified from the interview on the spot. There are generally two forms of interview: the question book and the examiner's reading.
After the candidates have answered all the questions, the examiner will generally ask the candidates if there are any other supplements. At this time, the candidates generally answer that there is no supplement. The examiner announced the withdrawal of the candidates, and the candidates went to the waiting room to wait for the scores.
No leader group interview:
Candidates need to be confirmed by the staff before admission. After confirmation, candidates will enter the venue under the guidance of the staff. Note: the staff should not give specific instructions on which position candidates should sit after entering school, but should decide for themselves. It may also be that the staff members determine the order of candidates by drawing lots, queue up to enter the examination room and take their seats in turn. For candidates who participate in any group of leaderless group discussions, the instructions are the same and clear, so as to maintain consistency and comparability among different groups of candidates. Each candidate can have about 5 minutes of independent thinking time after getting the topic discussed.
Personal statement: This session usually takes about 20 minutes. Candidates can freely arrange the order of speaking or speak in turn according to the order of drawing lots, and each person's speaking time does not exceed 3 minutes or 5 minutes. The examiner does not participate in the candidates' discussion, nor does he answer their questions, so as not to give hints to the candidates.
Free discussion: the free discussion time is about 40-60 minutes. How and in what order the candidates speak is their own business. Examiners do not participate in candidates' discussions, nor do they answer candidates' questions. During the discussion, candidates can clarify their own views, support or oppose others' views, and summarize their own or others' views. Examiners should carefully examine the performance of candidates in the discussion against the items listed in the scoring table, and make records to lay the foundation for candidates' scoring.
Summary statement: the examiner announced that the time was up and asked the candidates to stop discussing. When the candidate's discussion reaches the scheduled time, no matter what stage the candidate's discussion reaches, it should stop. Candidates recommend or recommend a representative to briefly introduce the whole discussion process and results to the examiner. The time is about 5 minutes.
After the examiner announced the end of the leaderless group discussion, the staff guided the candidates to leave.
8. Score
After the interview, candidates go to the waiting room to wait for their scores.
After the interview, the examiner will score on the spot. After the rater collects all the examiners' scores, he will remove the highest and lowest scores and calculate the average score, which is your final score. After the rater calculates the score, the invigilator and examiner sign it and give it to the staff, and announce it to the next candidate in the waiting room after the interview. Candidates can leave the examination room after being notified of their scores in the waiting room. Some interviews will also give you an interview result notice on the spot, stating your interview result.
9. The interview is over
After the interview, candidates are not allowed to enter the waiting area and interview area again, and must leave the examination room immediately, and are not allowed to stay or walk around at will.