Competency-Based Interviewing Skills

 Overview

To be able to identify the “right” candidate for the job is a real art, in which the correct judgement is based on the combination of a lot of different skills, but all of them lead to the following constant questions for the successful interview:

• How to be sure he/she doesn’t lie to me?
• How to deal with the ‘professional’ candidates?
• How to be unbiased when recruiting?
• How to understand if the candidate is truly motivated?
• How to understand if he/she is organized and responsible? What about loyal?
• How to make them feel at ease?
• Should I follow a structure for all interviews or be flexible with the questions?
• How to avoid the standard questions which are so well known?

An onsite program with a great number of practical tips, on-the-spot goal setting and helpful ideas all leading to insights and change.

 Audience

All people who want to master the art of interviewing and the power to make the right decision.

 Key outcomes

• To build the attitude and the knowledge which guarantee the unbiased and argument-based choice.
• To gain clarity about the stages of the process and the benefits of each one of them.
• To know different methods for candidate’s assessment and how to use each of them.
• To learn how to identify the requirements of a specific job role.
• To get aquainted with techniques for making the candidates feel at ease.
• To learn different techniques for setting questions.
• To learn techniques for gathering truthful information about the candidates.
• To be introduced to approaches for handling different situations during an interview.

Trainer: Margarita Etova

Her professional career began in the banking sector as a Training Expert and gradually progressed to the position of Recruitment Manager. In this role, she built a team of specialists and simultaneously participated in the implementation of a completely new recruitment process. She managed to develop and implement new channels for reaching candidates and actively collaborated with the marketing team to build the company’s employer brand. She was part of a team of managers conducting annual employee evaluations. Since 2017, her focus has been on projects related to recruitment for expert and managerial positions, development and delivery of specialized training, analysis and optimization of HR processes for companies in various sectors.

 Duration

1-day onsite training course: 25 February 2026

 Delivery Language

Bulgarian language

 Price

299 euro, VAT not included, for 1-day onsite training course

424 euro, VAT not included, for 1-day onsite training course & 1 hour individual session*

*Individual sessions are a follow up of the training, where the participant works one‑on‑one with the coach. They provide an opportunity to deepen knowledge, adapt what has been learned to the specific professional context, and build confidence or sustainable habits. The sessions are personalized – the focus is on the real challenges a person encounters in their work and on the support for applying new skills in practice.