Questions and Answers about Government Of Alberta Interviews

The Government of Alberta uses behavioral event interviewing (tell us about time you…) with a focus on competency assessment. Most interviews will be up to an hour long and include a panel with a supervisor and a Human Resource representative.

Make sure you make every effort to negotiate your best salary upon entry because once you are part of the "Hay" system it is very difficult to earn or warrant any future salary increase.

They will use the STAR interview methodology, even though this has been known to be ineffective, they choose to use it anyway.

Prepare experiences to provide as examples; practice interviews; research organization

After I passed my written test, I received an email for an interview.

This is quite "normal" for GoA. Even internal applicants will attend interviews and never hear back. Sometimes we have to email HR several times to get an answer or to receive feedback from an interview and sometimes it just never happens. Edmonton HR is the worst in the province. Shows a great lack of respect when they don't respond.

Yes the Government of Alberta will use remote interview systems. The office is set up with boardrooms that have Skype installed. They are more than willing to do interviews over Skype.

Only the ones who are accredited.