Guide 3 — Cracking the Government Interview CodeA government panel interview is structured, scored, and runs to a process most candidates have never been briefed on. This guide gives you that briefing.Drawing on experience across 1,200+ selection panels, this guide walks you through everything that happens in a government interview: before, during, and after. You'll learn how panel interviews are structured and how scoring actually works, how to use the STAR method to give answers that score at the top of the rubric, how to pace your responses and manage your time in the room, what panels are writing down while you're talking, how to handle questions you weren't expecting, what reference checks involve and how to prepare your referees, and the most common interview mistakes, and exactly how to avoid them.Most interview guides tell you what to say. This one tells you what the panel is thinking while you say it - and how to say it!Who this is for: Anyone preparing for a government panel interview, from entry-level roles through to senior positions. While these guides have been written from the Australian state and federal government perspective, they are will also largely apply for UK and Canadian government recruitment processes.