I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Welsh Government (Cardiff, Wales)
Interview
I applied as part of the internal GSS badging round. Interview panel were very helpful and prompted the answers they needed. Interview consisted of a dissemination test based on some data that were provided 40 minutes prior to the interview. This was followed by a discussion of the results and then some competency based questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of a time when you acquired data
I applied online. I interviewed at Welsh Government (Cardiff, Wales)
Interview
Negative experience as I was advised a decision would take 2 weeks and it took nearly 12. I was also told that I would be given feedback and I never was despite requesting.
Unless your answer meets the descriptors they have on their paper it’s irrelevant whether you gave a perfectly good answer or not unfortunately so very narrow in scope. Whilst they did try to ask more follow up questions to try and draw that information out of you unless you have the perfect example to fit it’s difficult to do well. Whilst the questions were all framed as a tell me about a time when …. The situations themselves were very narrow.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Welsh Government (Cardiff, Wales) in May 2023
Interview
It was just one stage interview, all the stakeholders were present.
The questions are more of behavioural by painting scenarios and asking what I think is the way forward, teambuilding and few technical questions and they made decision that day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Guidance of the standard on provision, team lead abilities etc