The Art of Interview : How to make the interviewer ask the questions, which you want him to ask you?

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! 

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TOP 100 Best Books (A Must Read) Along with their Writers !

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TOP 100 Famous Books and their Writers

1. Assam-A Valley Divided-----------Shekhar Gupta

2. Asking for Trouble-----------Amreek Singh

3. Alone in the Multitude ----------- Amrita Pritam

4. Agnigarbha ----------- Amrat Lal Nagar

5. Against the Grain-----------Boris Yeltsin

6. A New World----------Amit Chaudhury

7. Arming the Indian Arsenal -----------Deb Mohanty

8. After the Ice : Life, Death and Geopolitics in the New Arctic -----------Alun Anderson

9. A Tale of Two Revolts : India 1857 and the American Civil War ----------- Rajmohan Gandhi

10. Basanti ----------- Bhishma Sahani

11. Bliss was in that Dawn -----------Minoo Masani

12. By God’s Decree -----------The Autobiography of Kapil Dev

13. Bradman’s Best ----------Rolland Perry

14. Business at the Speed of Thought ----------- Bill Gates

15. Cricket My Style -----------Kapil Dev

16. Change ----------- Narendra Modi

17. Civil Disobedience ----------- L. C. Jain

18. Development as Freedom ----------- Amartya Sen

19. Decision Points -----------George W. Bush

20. Devisingh Patil -----------written by Professor Sunaina Singh

21. Freedom from Fear -----------Aung San Suu Kyi

22. God of Small Things ----------- Arundhati Rai

23. Guiding Souls : Dialogues on the ----------- Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

24. Humbling-----------Philip Roth

25. Jinnah : India-Partition-Independence -----------Jaswant Singh

26. Hinduism -----------Nirad C. Chaudhari

27. Humbling -----------Philip Roth

28. Indian Drama -----------Chelapati Rao

29. India’s Nuclear Status -----------Dhirendra Sharma

30. Inside Third World -----------V. Harrison

31. Indian Cinema ---------- Feeroz Rangoonwala

32. Interpreter of Maladies -----------Jhumpa Lahiri

33. Ignited Minds —----------- Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

34. Identity and Violence : The Illusion of Destiny -----------Prof. Amartya Sen

35. In the Line of Fire : A Memoire -----------Parvez Musharraf

36. Indian Women’s Battle for Freedom -----------Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya

37. Jinnah : India-Partition-Independence -----------Jaswant Singh

38. Living History -----------Hillary Rodham Clinton

39. Life of Pi -----------Yann Martel

40. Long Walk to Freedom ----------Nelson Mandela

41. My Life Struggle -----------Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

42. Mrs. Gandhi’s Second Regime -----------Arun Shourie

43. M.N. Roy-The Man -----------J.B.H. Wadia

44. My India -----------S. Nihal Singh

45. Myth of Mahatma -----------Michael Edwards

46. Mohandas-----------A True Story of a Man, Once Upon a Time in the Soviet Union —

47. My Country My Life -----------L. K. Advani

48. My Childhood Days -----------Taslima Nasreen

49. My Century -----------Guentar Grass

50. My Life -----------Bill Clinton

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51. Magic Seeds -----------àV. S. Naipaul

52. Netaji and Gandhi ----------Shashi Ahluwalia

53. Obama’s Wars -----------Bob Woodward

54. Rich Like Us -----------Nayantara Sehgal

55. Reflection on our Time -----------P.N. Haksar

56. Runs in Ruins-----------Sunil Gavaskar

57. Secular Perception in Sikh Faith -----------K.M. Duggal

58. Speaking for My Life -----------Cherry Blair

59. Survivors -----------Randheer Khare

60. Swami and Friends -----------R.K. Narain

61. Struggle For Change -----------K.B. Lal

62. Sunny Days -----------Sunil Gavaskar

63. Scarlett -----------Alexandra Ripley

64. Shalimar, the Clown -----------Salman Rushdie

65. Straight From the Heart -----------Kapil Dev

66. Sustaining India’s Growth Miracle -----------Jagdish N. Bhagawati

67. Speed Post -----------Shobha De

68. Soul Mountain -----------Gao Xingjian

69. Storm Over the Sutlej–Akali Politics-----------A.M. Narang

70. The Things About Thugs -----------Tabish Nair

71. True Colours-----------Adam Gilchrist

72. The Heritage of Sikhs ------------Harbans Singh

73. The Indian Epics Retold -----------R. K. Narayan

74. To a Hunger Free World ----------Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

75. Terrorism in India -----------Shaileshwar Jha

76. The Emerging Developing Countries —-----------

77. The Last Hero -----------Mihir Bose

78. The Orphan Master’s Son-----------Adam Johnson’s novel

79. The Red Sari -----------Javier Moro

80. The Fragrance of Forgotten Years -----------Bilkees Latif

81. The Museum of Innocence -----------Orphan Pamuk

82. The Last Moghul -----------William Darlymple

83. The Sea -----------John Banville

84. The Line of Beauty -----------Alan Hollinghurst

85. The Namesake -----------Jhumpa Lahiri

86. The Family and the Nation -----------Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Acharya Mahapragya

87. Two Lives -----------Vikram Seth

88. The Writer and the World --------------------- V. N. Naipaul

89. The Impressionist ------------ Hari Kunzru

90. The True History of the Kelly Gang -----------Peter Carey

91. The Transparent Mind -----------Ingram Smith

92. The Brief History of Time ----------- Stephen Hawking

93. The Tin Drum -----------Guentar Grass

94. The City of Joy -----------Dominique Lapierre

95. The Power and the Glory -----------Graham Green

96. The Islamic Bomb -----------Steave Baseman & Herber Cronsne

97. The Lord of the Flies -----------William Goldings

98. Wings of Fire------------Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

99. Yours Sincerely ----------- Natwar Singh

100. You cannot Please every one ------------ Kavita Sarkar

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A Briiliant Puzzle - Puzzle No.1

Puzzle No. 1

A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of £50 notes out of his wallet.
He turns to the rich man and says to him,
'I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed.'
The rich man laughs.
The poor man says, 'I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it.'
The rich man laughs again and says, 'OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?'
The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich.

What song did he sing?

Answer is below 

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Answer :- HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

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DISCOVER THE MOST PASSIONATE THING ABOUT YOURSELF AND START DOING IT RIGHT NOW.

Do this and you don’t have to work throughout your life.

Most of the people with whom I have met are not satisfied with their current Profile/job/business. Why? Research have shown that every person has a particular skill set and he is more comfortable and delivers more when he gets to utilize his skills in the kind of work which he loves to do. It could be anything—music, writing, drawing, acting, teaching—it really doesn’t matter. All that matters is that once you know what you want to do just go for it.

1)      Identify your key skills , your strengths, your personality, your hobby, what you love to do the most and find ease and enjoy doing it. For eg if you love to cooking. You will always find a way or reasons to cook because you enjoy doing it. Invent new dishes maybe on  Learn everything about it in depth. You will learn the minute minute details of your passion. Yearn for it. Don’t waste your time doing something   if you are made for something else

2)      I have always been a big proponent of following your heart and doing exactly what you want to do. It sounds so simple, right? But there are people who spend years—decades, even—trying to find a true sense of purpose for themselves. My advice? Just find the thing you enjoy doing more than anything else, your one true passion, and do it for the rest of your life on nights and weekends when you’re exhausted and cranky and just want to go to bed

3)      Its never too late, and we have only one life to live. Here what I am saying is just take say 10-15% of your time towards your passion. Gradually increase it and finely plunge into it.  for example, that your passion is painting. Well, what are you waiting for? Get out there and buy a canvas and some painting supplies! Go sign up for art classes! And when you get so overwhelmed with your job and your personal life that you barely have enough time to see your girlfriend or boyfriend or husband or wife, let alone do anything else, go ahead and skip classes for a few weeks. Then let those paint brushes sit in your room untouched for six months because a major work project came up and you had a bunch of weddings to go to and your kid got sick and money is tighter than you thought it would be and you have to work overtime. And then finally pick those brushes back up again only to realize you’re so rusty that you begin to question whether this was all a giant waste of time, whether you even want to paint anymore, and whether this was just some sort of immature little fantasy you had as a kid and that maybe it’s finally time to grow the fuck up, let painting go, and join the real world because, let’s face it, not everyone gets to live out their dreams.

4)      Really, the biggest obstacle to overcome here—aside from every single obligation you have to your friends, family, job, and financial future—is you. And I’ll tell you this much: You don’t want to wake up in 10 years and think to yourself, “What if I had just gone after my dreams during those brief 30-minute lunch breaks when I was younger?” Because even if it doesn’t work out, don’t you owe it to yourself to look in the mirror and confidently say, “You know what, I gave it my best half-hearted shot”

AT LEAST GIVE A CHANCE TO YOURSELF WHAT YOU DESERVE

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How to Tackle HR Questions..!

6 beautiful HR Questions !!!

Here are some of the typical HR questions asked to find out if the candidates have "out of box" thinking capability

... Question 1:

"What will you do if I run away with your sister?"

The candidate who was selected answered " I will not get a better match for my sister than you, sir."

Question 2:

Interviewer (to a student girl candidate) - What if one morning you woke up & found that you were pregnant ?

I will be very excited and take a day off, to celebrate with my husband. (Normally an unmarried girl will be shocked to hear this, but she managed it well. Why should I think it in the wrong way, she said later when asked.)

Question 3:

Interviewer: He ordered a cup of coffee for the candidate. Coffee arrived and was kept before the candidate, then he asked "What is before you?"

Candidate: Instantly replied "Tea" and got selected.

(You know how and why did he say "TEA" when he knows very well that coffee was kept before him?.
Answer: The question was "What is before you U? (-alphabet). Reply was "TEA" T (- alphabet).

Question 4:

Where Lord Rama would have celebrated his "First Diwali"?

People will start thinking of Ayodya, Mithila [Janaki's place], Lanka etc...

But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord Krishna Killing Narakasura. In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after Raamavathaar.

So, Lord Rama would not have celebrated the Diwali At all!

Question 5:

You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night, it's raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus:

An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.

* You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first; * or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to ! pay him back. *
However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again...

The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. Guess what was his answer?

He simply answered:

"I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams."

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box."

Question 6:

The interviewer asked the candidate "This is your last question of the interview. Please tell me the exact position of the center of this table where u have kept your files."

Candidate confidently put one of his finger at some point at the table and said that this was the central point at the table. Interviewer asked "how did you decide that this is the central point of this table?", then he answers quickly that "Sir you are not supposed to ask any more question, as it was the last question as you promised .....

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Soft Skills ....The Mystery Unfolded...

SOFT SKILLS

Before I explain why soft skills are important, let us understand what are soft skills?

   

Many of us would have come across the term soft skill some or the other times, but could not be able to understand what these skills are. When I take classes and open the topic with first question asking students, “What are Soft skills?”  I often come across many vague and sometimes funny statements.

Soft Skills is a sociological term relation to personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness and optimism.

In other words these are the skills which help us to develop good intrapersonal skills. We as humans have always faced problems in dealing with relationships in our life. Soft skills help us to develop skills that help to build better relationships personally and professionally. Soft skills are essentially people skills -- the non-technical, intangible, personality-specific skills that determine your strengths as a leader, listener, negotiator, and conflict mediator. "Hard" skills, on the other hand, are more along the lines of what might appear on your resume -- your education, experience and level of expertise.

While talking about the professional career of a person soft skill is an important part of their individual contribution to the success of an organization. Particularly those organizations dealing with customers face-to-face are generally more successful, if they train their staff to use these skills. Screening or training for personal habits or traits such as dependability and attention to details can yield significant return on investment for an organization. For this reason, soft skills are increasingly sought out by employers in addition to standard qualifications.

It has been suggested that in a number of professions soft skills may be more important over the long term than occupational skills. The sales profession is one example where the ability to deal with people effectively and politely, more than their mere occupational skills, can determine the professional success of a Sales Manager.

Increasingly, over the last two decades, it has been recognized that when IT Professionals acquire soft skills, better relationships are built between IT and the other business units within the enterprise. A key element of IT Professionals building these relationships is their ability to communicate, it has been suggested that communication is a measurable and improvable type of intelligence.

Soft Skills can be called behavioural skills. Also known as Interpersonal Skills, or people skills. This include proficiencies such as communication skills, anger management, and negotiation skills, personal effectiveness, problem solving, strategic thinking, team building, influencing skills and selling skills, interview skills etc.

Few years back, hard skills were thought to be all a person needed to be a successful leader. However, given the way the job market and employment roles have evolved, its become necessary for managers and for those in leadership roles to have a well rounded skill set.

Showcasing these attributes in your resume and again in an interview can put you ahead of the game making you someone to remember when it comes to picking the next executive or leader.

Soft skills give power to you and create opportunities.

The main benefit of soft skills is empowerment.

 How does your technical skill transform to value? 

To Be Continued...........

Author 

Ms Ratna

Soft Skill TRAINER

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FIND TOP 30 COMPANIES TO WORK WITH - CHOOSE ACCORDINGLY

TOP 30 COMPANIES TO WORK WITH 

Top Recommended Companies

JobBuzz announces its first Company Rankings – the most Recommended Companies to Work. These companies have been selected by the best people to pass judgment on this matter – the present and past employees of these organizations.  The list contains the top 30 companies. 

This ranking measures how many of a company’s employees would recommend their company to others for employment opportunities.  For a company to qualify for this survey, they needed to have atleast 50 respondents . These rankings are as of 15th November, 2011.

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A Dozen Steps to be taken to achieve SUCCESS

Twelve Essentials for Success

1. Work in a Diverse Environment
Learning from people who are different from you - and recognizing your commonalities - is an important part of your education and essential preparation for the world you will join.

2. Manage Time and Priorities
Managing how and on what you spend your time, demonstrates your ability to prioritize and spend your time wisely on the activities that will make you marketable in today’s market. Staying in control of your life is essential to your overall well-being. 

3. Acquire Knowledge
Learning how to learn is just as important as the knowledge itself. You will continue to learn every day for the rest of your life. So it is important that you recognize the lessons that your experiences teach you. The liberal arts curriculum encourages life-long learning. Take advantage of your ability to take a variety of classes and get involved on campus. Learning about yourself is just as important about learning about a particular subject matter that interests you.

4. Think Critically
Employers value the ability to analyze a situation rationally. Developing solid critical thinking skills means you will have the confidence to handle autonomy and make sound decisions.

5. Communicate Effectively
Developing listening, interpreting and speaking skills is just as important as reading and writing. Become conscious of your speech patterns and habits. Respond to people by finding something unique in their ideas without only considering your personal experiences. Connect to what they are saying, not what you want to say in response.

6. Solve Problems
This is something we do naturally everyday; understand the process and mind-set of successful problem solving and you will more easily handle the bigger challenges that come your way.

7. Contribute to a Team
Your ability to work with others is vital. Know when to lead and when to follow, and appreciate different group dynamics.

8. Navigate across Boundaries
Life is filled with boundaries - good and bad. Discover how to avoid the boundaries that become barriers so that you do not hamper the ability to collaborate with other people. Also, learn how to create positive boundaries to boost communication among others.

9. Perform with Integrity
It only takes one negative event/interaction to destroy years of good faith and favorable relationships. It’s important to develop a code of ethics and principles to guide you through your life.

10. Develop Professional Competencies
The end of college is the beginning of a new education. Build on what you already know and keep learning new skills; no matter what career path you take, your job will challenge you to grow and develop in ways you haven’t imagined.

11. Balance Work and Life
You have a lot to accomplish in, essentially, only 24 hours.  Know when to say no and confidently stand by your decisions. Each person has his/her own needs and interests. Strive to meet your own expectations for a fulfilling collegiate and life experience.

12. Embrace Change
Just about every aspect of life is in a constant state of change. No matter how you feel about change, you have to learn to deal with it.

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