Interview tips

• Be prepared - Find out as much as you can about the job and about HSE. Visit our website and research any relevant news articles.
• Plan your route - this sounds obvious, but make sure you plan your journey to the interview location and give yourself plenty of time in case there are transport delays. Take the HSE contact number with you and make contact if you are delayed.
• Ensure that you bring the relevant documentation with you to the interview, as described in your interview letter. If you are successful, the documents will be used as evidence towards our pre-employment enquiries and helps to speed up this process.
• Normally candidates have one interview, lasting around 45 minutes with two or more HSE managers. Specialist engineering roles have two interviews; one to assess your technical knowledge and skills and another interview to assess your behavioural attributes required for the role.
• Analyse the job description, the responsibilities and the competencies required. Think back over your past experiences and situations (either in your work or personal life) that demonstrate the attributes and behaviours stated in the job description. Try to think of more recent experiences so that you can recall the detail about what you did in that situation.
• At the interview you will be asked for specific examples of your past behaviour that demonstrate evidence against each competency and all candidates applying for the same role will be asked the same questions. Questions often begin with "Tell me about a time when..." or "Give me an example of...". Depending on your responses, the interview panel will ask further questions to gather all of the information they need for each competency area.
• At the end of the interview you will have an opportunity to clarify any points you have made and to ask questions but the time will be restricted so think carefully about your questions - is it something you could ask the named contact before the interview?