International Criminal CourtICC Core Competency
Interaction — ICC competency
Communicating and building relationships effectively with colleagues and external counterparts.
What this competency means
Interaction concerns clear communication, active listening, and the ability to build and maintain constructive working relationships, including with counterparts outside the Court and in sensitive contexts.
Based on the ICC Core Competency Framework
Behavioural indicators
- Communicates clearly and listens actively
- Builds and maintains constructive working relationships
- Interacts effectively with internal and external counterparts
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What a strong example might demonstrate
Candidates preparing for competency-based interviews can use this competency to think about a relationship that had to be handled carefully. A strong behavioural example would demonstrate how you adapted your communication and what the relationship produced.
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How to prepare for questions on this competency
Interaction is usually explored through relationships that required care — sensitive counterparts, difficult conversations, or communication across languages and cultures.
STAR preparation
- Situation — set the context in two sentences: where, when, who was involved.
- Task — state precisely what you were responsible for, not what the team was responsible for.
- Action — spend most of the answer here, in the first person, showing the indicators above in practice.
- Result — quantify the outcome and add what you learned or changed afterwards.
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Common interview question patterns
Illustrative patterns written by PanelPrep to help you practise. They are not published or endorsed by ICC.
- Describe a difficult conversation you had to manage.
- Tell us about a relationship you built with an external counterpart.
- Give an example of communicating across a language or cultural barrier.
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Common mistakes
- Focusing on what you said rather than the relationship
- No evidence of listening or adapting
- Examples with no counterpart outside your immediate team
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The competency name, category and behavioural concepts on this page are based on International Criminal Court, core competencies published in official ICC vacancy announcements and recruitment materials. Summaries, interview guidance, question patterns and preparation advice are original PanelPrep content.
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