The
Art of Interview
Killer Interview tips
How to make the interviewer
ask the questions, which you want him to ask you?
Dear
Reader,
Whenever
you are about to give an interview you will always feel some goose bumps. First
of all whenever you face an interview most likely the opening question would be
– Tell me something about yourself OR Describe about yourself. Normally we immediately start with our Name,
educational qualifications, family, place and our experience.
Kindly
notice that, all this information has already been provided, by you, to the
interviewer, through your resume.
So,
now what has to be answered about ourselves? Let’s take an example.
Example
INTERVIEWER : Tell me something about
yourself?
CANDIDATE : I am a person with
strong interpersonal skills and have the ability to get along with the people.
I enjoy challenges and looking for creative solutions to problems.
OR
Besides
the details given in my resume, I believe in character, values and action. I am
quick in learning from mistakes. I am confident that the various tests that you
have conducted will corroborate my competencies, aptitude and right attitude
for the job.
What is the Best Way to
answer this question?
The
best technique to answer this question is to list your 3 positives and the demonstrator
for each positive. Also tell them about your passion/qualities/hobbies/positives
about “What you do outside work”. When you tell them about your passion then be
passionate about it. You should know in and out of your activity. For e.g. if
you love reading books then you should be able to tell about your last book
read, favorite authors, best book, type of books you like etc.
So
in short when you are asked about yourself you should tell like this
1) Say who you are.
2) Describe your Biggest
strength for e.g. “leadership” or “team player”
3) Explain what the benefit
of that strength will be to the company.
4) For Fresher’s -Tell the
Interviewer what prompted you to pursue your present course and what all
achievements you have accomplished till today.
5) Now in the second part
you should be able to explain about your skills, hobbies, interests and
passions. Lastly explain how your keen interest in these activities have made
you a keen learner/team player/leader/sharp observer/creative/analytical/logical
etc. Tell them what your key skills are and validate it by giving practical e.gs.
A list of major key skills are as follows :
·
People Management Skills
·
Time Management Skills
·
Interpersonal communication Skills
·
Business communication skills
·
Verbal Communication Skills
·
Organizational Skills
·
Strategic Thinking
·
Creative Thinking
·
Effective Listening Skills
·
Decision making Skills
·
Problem solving Skills
·
Negotiating skills
·
Teamwork Skills
·
Coaching/Teaching Skills
·
Risk Taking Ability
·
Responsibility
·
Critical thinking
·
Multi tasking
·
Diplomacy Skills
·
Perseverance & motivation skills
·
Ability to work under pressure
and the list goes on…..
Pick your choice and explain it.
For Freshers
A classic answer for
this question would be as follows:-
INTERVIEWER: Tell me something about
yourself?
Candidate: “I'm a full-time student
studying in ___________. My subjects in(Course
Name) gives me a strong foundation to begin my career with XYZ company, and
I'm excited to learn from the industry leaders here." Apart from learning the
subjects I am a voracious reader of books. I like to read books from which I
can learn the lessons of life and implement them in my routine to improve my
people management skills. Recently I have read a wonderful book named “How to
win friends and Influence people “ by Dale Carnegie. I really liked the entire
book but one topic took my attention and that was –“How to get genuinely
interested in people”.
Now
dear friends what do you think the next question would be?
To
be continued……….
ALL THE BEST!
