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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been the poor interviewer so it’s nice you are trying to be helpful. I tanked a fed interview earlier this year. I know I would have been fantastic. I had all the right experience. It was literally as though the job description was written with me in mind which is crazy since we all know how weirdly long yet vague those descriptions can be. However, the interviewers threw me off my game. It was virtual and they just fired off one question after another without any response (verbal or non-verbal). Not even an uh-huh, head nod or smile which made me flustered. [b]The questions were also multi-part and I lost track of what exactly was being asked.[/b] I think about that lost opportunity a lot and it makes me feel like I’m doomed to never get a govt job. I had a pretty good interview for my current job that was low-key with friendly faces and landed the role. Unfortunately it’s not a good role for me as I’m underemployed. I dread interviews![/quote]

I think this is a real issue. I'm not sure OP can do some of the things suggested here, like changing the questions to be more detailed. In some agencies, there is a standardized list that must be used, and the panel is supposed to assign points based on the answers. So, in a situation like yours, it is a problem because if the question has 4 parts and you only answer 2, you are losing points. The process is supposed to be fair to everyone and the Hiring Manager isn't supposed to be able to convince the rest of the panel to hire someone based on factors outside the resume materials and their notes from the interview and references. In theory this makes sense because everyone should have their shot and they shouldn't be placing a posting with a person already in mind. But unfortunately, that does mean a nervous interviewee, who can totally do the job, like this PP or the candidate OP is describing, could lose out.

I do like the idea of asking another colleague, not on the panel, to do interview prep. It is important to help the candidate focus on clearly articulating how they can do the job, with examples, and the importance of answering all questions in full, even if that means writing them down, or asking them to repeat. If the candidate has a disability like ADHD or hard of hearing, they may be able to request accommodation of having the questions being typed up in chat, so they can read them during the interview.[/quote]

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