What best defines competency-based interview questions?

• A. Related to a person's skills, abilities, knowledge; decision-making, supervising others, multi-tasking, and communication
• B. Questions about the color of clothing
• C. Questions about personal friendships
• D. Questions about dietary habits

Answer: (A)

Competency-based interview questions focus on work-related capabilities and how you demonstrate them in real situations. They aim to uncover evidence of your skills, abilities, and knowledge by asking you to describe concrete past experiences or how you would handle typical job scenarios. By targeting behaviors tied to essential competencies—such as decision-making, supervising others, multitasking, and communication—the interviewer can assess whether you’ve actually applied these abilities and can transfer them to the role. The other topics—color of clothing, personal friendships, and dietary habits—aren’t connected to job performance and don’t reveal relevant capabilities, so they aren’t used to evaluate fit for the position.