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Competency Companion is a preparation tool built specifically for NICS and UK Civil Service candidates. It scores your written and spoken responses against the exact behavioural indicators used by real panels.

It covers the three main stages of a Civil Service recruitment campaign:

Stage 1 — Sift & Application

Paste in a job advert criterion and your written response. The tool detects the competency being assessed, checks your response against the relevant indicators, and shows you a score with a full indicator breakdown.

AI coaching on your response — targeted improvement suggestions based on exactly which indicators you missed, factoring in any word or character limit.

Stage 2 — Online Test Practice

Practice questions across all three test types used in Civil Service recruitment:

Situational Judgement — realistic workplace scenarios with ranked response options and explanations for every answer

Verbal Reasoning — passage-based True/False/Cannot Say questions that train the skill, not just the answer

Numerical Reasoning — data tables and charts with multiple-choice calculations, worked solutions, and calculator-permitted format

Stage 3 — Interview Practice

Competency questions in the exact format used by real panels — "Tell me about a time when..." — scored against the behavioural indicators for your grade.

Two question modes:

By competency — one question per selected competency

By cluster — one broad question that must cover all competencies in a cluster simultaneously, mirroring how modern cluster-based interview panels actually work

After your answer, a dynamic follow-up question targets the specific indicator or competency you were weakest on. Exactly what a real panel does.

Competency Profile

A radar chart and gap analysis showing your readiness across all competencies for your framework and grade. Tracks your best examples per competency over time. Identifies the gaps worth prioritising before interview day.

​Why the "Season Pass"?

​We hate subscription traps.

• ​One Payment: £9.99+VAT.
• ​12 Months Access: Enough time to land the promotion.
• ​No Auto-Renew: Your access simply expires after a year. We will never charge you again without asking.

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Important note

Competency Companion is an independent preparation tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the UK Civil Service, or any government body. Indicator data is based on publicly available framework documentation.