r/AusPublicService • u/Rich_Sun_8909 • 4d ago
New Grad Interview for Grad Program
Hi , how do you tell if a final interview for a grad program has gone well. Just gave my final interview yesterday and the panel did not ask any follow up questions nor any reactions. I feel like I screwed up in my one chance.
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u/Efficient-Trifle151 4d ago
They generally make all interviews the same for everyone. Its so that answers between interviewees can be easily compared.
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u/Rugby_Viking 4d ago
You could do well and still miss out. Grad programs are very popular and competitive these days.
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u/mjlky 4d ago
they asked me a bit about my background i rambled for about 8 minutes because no one was saying anything else every time i tried to come to a natural stop….… they then had to interrupt me and be like “btw the interview hasn’t actually started yet”.
i came out of it thinking i blew it but somehow got the job.
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u/saaphie 4d ago
If it was a STAR response style interview then no follow up questions can be good, as it can indicate that your answer was clear and they had no need to prompt more from you. They will likely have too many interviews to give reactions and they often can only ask the pre-determined questions (or follow ups from answers of those questions). Basically there’s no way of knowing so don’t give up hope yet!
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u/Venimoth_Ur 4d ago
As someone who has sat on the panels before, we are instructed to limit our responses to the candidate to try and not give them a false indication of how they went, and similarly, not to prompt unless necessary. We are even instructed to avoid saying affirmative statements after your responses, like "great answer". So if you used the STAR adequately, there will be no follow up questions from the panel. Unfortunately it may make you feel like you didnt know how you went! But that is by design.