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Thank you for your interest in working at GCU Students' Association. The Students' Association is committed to being an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all ages and from backgrounds. We are located at the Glasgow and London campuses of Glasgow Caledonian University

You can find out more about working for us by clicking on the links below or by clicking the about us link at the bottom of the page.

Introduction to GCU Students' Association
Mission, Vision and Values
Strategic Plan
Full Time Officers and Trustee Board
Governance and Democracy Structure
Organisational Chart
Equality and Diversity Policy
Competency Framework
Employee Benefits
Employee Privacy Policy (includes prospective employees)
 

 


Interviews

We conduct Competency-based interviews. Competency-based interviews use questions which aim to find out how you have used specific skills in your previous experience and how you approach problems, tasks and challenges. Because past performance is a predictor of future behaviour, a Competency-based interview attempts to uncover your past performance by asking open-ended questions (ie Tell us about a time...). Each question helps the interviewer learn about your past performance in a key skill area that is critical to success in the position for which you are interviewing.

A useful way to prepare for this style of questioning is to use the STAR technique. The STAR technique is a way to frame the answers to each question in an organised manner that will give the interviewer the most information about your past experience. As you prepare to answer each question, consider organising your response by answering each of the following components of the STAR technique:

  • What was the Situation in which you were involved?
  • What was the Task you needed to accomplish?
  • What Action(s) did you take?
  • What Results did you achieve?

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has a useful guide to Competency Based Interviews on its website.

Appointments will be made subject to satisfactory references and for certain posts a Basic Disclosure.

     

 

 

All students at Glasgow Caledonian University are automatically members of GCU Students' Association.
This membership is free for current GCU students.

 

     


GCU Students' Association, 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA.

Tel: 0141 331 3886 | Email: hello@GCUstudents.co.uk | Messenger: m.me/GCUstudents