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Home Instead UK interviews

Home care · United Kingdom

How the interview runs

  1. ScreeningInitial criteria checked.
  2. One-to-one with a managerQuestions on care work, experience, goals and scenarios.

Source: homeinstead.co.uk, homeinstead.co.uk

A one-to-one with a manager, with scenarios

“If you meet the initial screening criteria, you will be invited for a face-to-face interview.”

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Screening, then face to face

After an initial screen.

Example

“a one-to-one interview with a manager in our team”

Home Instead UKRecruitment guide

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A manager asks about care work and scenarios

Knowledge, experience, goals and what you would do in certain scenarios.

Example

“how you would de-escalate a situation with a confused dementia patient”

Home Instead UKRecruitment guide

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Emergencies and de-escalation

Scenario questions the guide gives as examples.

Example

“Caring requires a great deal of patience, empathy and positivity to handle the everyday situations that might arise.”

Home Instead UKRecruitment guide

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Patience, empathy, positivity

From the guide.

Example

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