Interviewing Skills to Detect Deception for Internal Auditors (ISDDA)

Gathering information from interviews is an integral part of the audit process — but getting to the truth requires more than simple questions. This interviewing skills to detect deception for internal auditors course teaches you to learn significantly more about an organisation when you conduct interviews that probe more deeply, follow up on signs of potential deception, and politely but assertively pursue evasiveness.

This practical 1-day interviewing skills to detect deception for internal auditors course will teach you how to be more effective in asking direct and follow-up questions, while evaluating both verbal and non-verbal responses — so you can detect lies and uncover the truth during formal and informal interviews.

Interviewing Skills and Body Language interpretation are both recommended competencies by the IIA Global Internal Audit Competency Framework — a tool that defines the competencies needed by internal auditors to meet the requirements of the IPPF. This interviewing skills to detect deception for internal auditors course will enable the auditor to formally succeed in conducting interviews utilising forensic interviewing skills and to develop the people knowledge, communication skills, and behaviours required to successfully manage the people dynamics during the interviewing process.

Who Should Attend?

Level 1 — Entry or introductory level for those requiring a fundamental understanding of the subject.

Level 2 — Internal auditors who are already practicing internal audit and have a basic understanding of the subject.

Level 3 — Supervisory/competent/senior internal auditors: those who already have a sound, practical grasp of the fundamentals of internal auditing and manage staff.

Please review the content and course levels before booking to ensure you are attending the right course.

Course Content

• How we communicate
• Preparing for the interview
• Popular interview methods
• Types of questions
• Dealing with resistance
• Analysing body language to detect deception
• 5 steps of lie detection
• The 3-2-20 rule
• Decoding the face, body & words
• Statement analysis
• Potential interview contaminants
• Interviewing suspects
• Artificial Intelligence — threat or ally?
• Video case studies for class analysis

Details

Contact:
Project Coordinator: CPD and Events
neo@governanceacademy.co.za | 011 609 1761 Ext 403

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