I applied online. I interviewed at Home Office in Jan 2022
Interview
I interviewed only with a panel of two people. I interviewed for EO role in Visas and Immigration department and AO - admin team. Executive officer interview was 30 min, I was asked about 5-6 questions, first question was an icebreaker question and it's not marked. Questions were in the form of "tell us about a time" and "how would you handle", "what would you do if...". They asked me questions around success profiles regarding delivering at pace, leadership, managing quality service and working in a team. Be prepared to give constructive and confident responses in 5 min max per question. You may also be asked to answer in 2 min per question. After this they may stop you and carry on with next question. Panel was nice and friendly. They put me in ease and did not feel uncomfortable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a time you delivered at pace/working to deadline/pressure? Give us an example of managing a quality service in your experience? What would you do if a member of the team is underperforming? How you do handle conflicting priorities? What are your 2 strengths and 1 weakness? - icebreaker
Fair, took around 30 mins, asked me to provide examples. Please remember to use the STAR method with providing examples. Had 2 individuals giving the interview both of whom were senior, location of interview was in Westminster only a few minutes walk from underground station.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you provide an example of a time where you had to manage workloads?
Pre recorded interview with six questions . Communicating and influencing Managing a quality service Delivering at pace You had a minute to prepare for a question and three minutes to answer the question.
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Question 1
Tell us about a time when you delivered excellent costumer service
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Home Office (Southport, England) in Aug 2023
Interview
Interview was online via an automated process. I actually preferred this interview method as I found it less intimidating than having a face to face interview. Overall I thought the interview process went well but getting the results afterwards took over 2 months