Key Competencies
[Edit]A firm will usually isolate several key skills or "key competencies" to look for in candidates at interview. You will be graded in terms of each competency based upon your answers to competency based questions.
Employers typically use some of the following as their key competencies:
- Teamwork
- Responsibility
- Commitment to career
- Commercial awareness
- Career motivation
- Decision making
- Communication
- Leadership
- Trustworthiness & Ethics
- Results orientation
- Problem solving
- Organisation
Now see - Competency based interview and competency based questions.

