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Thursday, July 26, 2012

9 Tips to Help You Impress Your Interviewer


how to impress your interviewer
Once you master the small talk, here are some tips that will help you impress your interviewer.
  • Work on your handshake: Don‘t offer up a flimsy or sweaty hand. Instead, when you meet with prospective employers or interviews, offer a firm handshake, with one or two pumps from the elbow to the hand. It‘s a good way to illustrate your confidence and start the interview off on the right note.
  • Get serious: If you take a casual approach to the initial interview with a company, especially with a screening interviewer from the human resources department, you may be sealing your fate. Job seekers should treat every interview as if it‘s their one and only chance to sell themselves to the recruiter.
  • Get the practice: If you find yourself being offered an interview for a job you are not really interested in, go on the interview anyway; you can make contacts for future job opportunities and get valuable interview practice.
  • Be enthusiastic: Bring a positive attitude to your interview. Most interviewers won‘t even give a second thought to someone who has a negative presence or seems like they almost need to be talked into the job. “You‘re selling yourself, and part of you is the positive approach you‘ll bring to the office every morning,” says Alison Richardson, a recruiter for several New York financial firms. “That smile and friendly demeanor go a long way.”
  • Ask questions: When interviewing for a new position, it‘s essential to have a handful of questions to ask your potential employer. Some questions could include: What do you consider to be the ideal background for the position? What are some of the significant challenges? What‘s the most important thing I can do to help within the first 90 days of my employment? Do you have any concerns that I need to clear up in order to be the top candidate?
  • Tell a story: Your interviewer wants to know about your skills and experiences, but he or she also wants to know about you. Don‘t fire off routine answers to questions. Instead, work your answers into stories or anecdotes about yourself. People remember the people who are interesting. Prove your value by tailoring stories that address the main concern an interviewer may have: What can you do for us?
  • Show restraint: During an interview, what you don‘t say may be as important as what you do say. As a rule, don‘t talk about money or benefits, especially during the first interview. You should already know if you fit the parameters. Don‘t badmouth about any of your past employers. Organizations don‘t hire complainers. Don‘t mention outside career aspirations or part-time jobs. Employers are looking for people who want to be part of their organization for the next decade and beyond.
Whatever you do, don‘t mention the need for an immediate vacation. First of all, you‘re making an assumption that the recruiter wants to hire you. Second, you‘re essentially removing yourself from the list of potential candidates. A job candidate we once interviewed was quick to announce that she needed time off immediately for a two-week honeymoon. We hadn‘t even offered her the job. Needless to say, we didn‘t. Certainly, there are scenarios in which you‘ll need to discuss pending scheduling conflicts, but the interview isn‘t one of them.
  • Be memorable: Considering the number of job seekers interviewing for positions today, it‘s fair to suggest that many HR workers can hardly keep track of the differences. That‘s why it‘s important to do or say something that will allow you to stand out in the mind of your interviewer. It will strike a personal note and also provide a point of reference when it‘s time to recall the top candidates. Sure, the job candidate with “American Idol” experience we mentioned in the introduction had no real usable background for the job we were looking for, but he was memorable.
When 24-year-old Noreen Hennessy was looking for a job in marketing in a tough San Francisco job market, she mentioned to one interviewer that she recently ran in a Tough Mudder competition, a hardcore obstacle course that pushes one‘s physical and mental skills to the limits.
“She had a picture of her and some friends covered in mud on her desk,” Hennessy says. “I casually brought up the Tough Mudder, and she had a million questions. Our interview was pretty much over by then, but our conversation went on for another 10 minutes.”
Hennessy says she didn‘t get that job, but because of her interviewer‘s interest in the event, she put it on her resume as one of her interests and activities. “Every recruiter I spoke with after that would bring it up,” she says. “It became a major talking point and I think it said a lot about my grit and determination.”
Hennessy says she took some time off from the job search to assist a friend in setting up an event-planning business, which she says may or may not turn into a long-term job. “I‘m getting paid, working with people I like, learning a lot,” she says. “There are a million shades, but marketing is marketing. What I practice at the startup level will be something I can bring to the corporate level and it‘s certainly something else I can talk about during interviews.”
  • Ask for the job: “Tell your interviewer you want the job — period,” says Dana Fulbright, an IT recruiter for Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla. “So many people leave without ever saying they want to be hired. It sounds so simple, but it‘s true. Let your employer know that you want to work there.”
This article was excerpted from the new eBook “Calling All Grads! Turn a Degree into a Job,” edited by careers writer and editor Marco Buscaglia and published by Tribune Media Services, Inc. For more information or to purchase the book, click here.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES

Generally to check the skills, experience, qualification, hobbies etc., an Interview will be conducted and to select a suitable and best deserved candidate for the position in a Company who can handle the job efficiently, independently.
Remember that the interviewer(s) are of great experience. They are fully acquainted with the nature of the duty and qualities required of a candidate for the particular job. They can judge a candidate’s capabilities from his words and expressions.
In this matter, the candidate must be well prepared to give the answer briefly, point-to-point, with suitable examples so that he can impress the Interviewer; The following are few techniques which are generally observe at the time of Interview;
1. There are generally two types of interview, (a) Verbal and b) Written.
 2. Be Confident, be Bold, be Polite, be Positive while facing the interview.
3. Your fear & tension are the main drawbacks in getting the job, so try to avoid it completely.
4. Soon after receipt the Call from the Company, you should prepare/revision the relevant subject matter.
5. Inquiry about the Company’s background and to whom interview at what exact time, date & Venue.
6. One day before the interview, visit to the said Company and know the exact location and collect some information about the Company, their main business activities, about Product, Service, how many branches, their locations, how many staff working (Technical/Non-technical), Salary range etc. complete so that, at the time of interview you will have more confident to give the appropriate reply.
7 Think that, you are going to attend the Interview but not to beg anything from the Interviewer.
8. Never claim false expressions of any hobbies or interest, actually you don’t have.
9. Don’t lie any matter at any cost, which leads to leave a bad impressions.
10. Dress smartly with combination tie, shoe (polished), cut the nails, use light scent/spray, combed well etc., Avoid strong scent/after shave lotion.
11. In case if you may have mouth-smell, then Pl. use mouth-refreshing tablets/syrup before interview. Advise not to use the onion, garlic & other food stuffs which give smells while speaking.
12. Reach the interview location at least half-an-hour in advance.
13. Wait patiently up to your turn comes in the Waiting Hall/Room. And don’t discuss any technical/subject matter with your colleagues this will loose your confidence.
14. Enter in the Interview Hall/Room duly knocking the door. Don’t enter the room neither very hurriedly nor very slowly. Normal pace and dignified entry must characterize the candidate’s appearance before the interview board.
15. After saying usual salutation like, Good morning/Afternoon/Evening as per the situation, give brief introduction and the reasons to come here, and don’t wait till the Interviewer to start the discussions.
16 Don’t shake hand until and unless the other side is offer first.
17. Occupy the seat quite normally - when the Interviewer requests you. And don’t forget to say him ‘Thanks’.
18. In case, if you wear a Hat or sunglasses take it off as you enter the Room/Hall.
19. Sit comfortably with more confidently and don’t keep any File, Testimonials, or Bag on the interview’s table. You should keep it down at your side.
20. Listen very attentively & carefully the question and give answer in natural & normal ways.
21. If you don’t understand the question properly, request him to repeat, tell frankly & don’t shame/hesitate here. If you don’t understand at all any question then, simply keep quite, don’t try to give false reply/information.
22. The First Impression is the Best Impression, so try to give good impression.
23. Speak in a soft but very clear tone. Your words should be well chosen. You should convey your ideas very clearly. Maintain the normal pitch and normal speed.
24. During interview, see the Interviewer’s eyes and give reply suitably.
25. The Interviewer read your body language, don’t bend so or don’t sit so comfortably freeing the legs, hands or shoulder, so be careful.
26. Keep the friendly & good atmosphere in the Room/Hall with smile face, and some-time laugh and don’t so close with the Interviewers, otherwise bad impression count.
27. Your every moment will be checked by the Interviewer.
28. Don’t complain against previous Employer/Co. at any stage, which give a negative thought on the Interviewer.
29. Some-times the Interviewer ask about why you leave the previous Co. what are the main reasons etc., so give appropriate and correct answers like; for bright prospectus or good working atmosphere etc., never say, salary not in time, not good Company, this will give again the negative points.
30. Apart from the subject matter, they may ask other general & social questions, so give the right answer.
31. Don’t keep any kind of mental tension while facing the interview, which leads to fail the interview.
32. Some-times, they may ask personal and general questions at a time, to confuse the candidate, so listen carefully and give one-by-one answer, & don’t loose your temper.
33. Advise to Rehearsal for Interview with your Master or friend, so that confidant will come and can face the interview in perfect manners.
34. Don’t ask any questions/quarries until and unless you have been requested.
35. Don’t ask first about the salary/package and other service benefits etc.
36. Memorize all the passing dates of Qualifications & Experience, sometimes they may ask, what you have mentioned in the CV.
37. Don’t play with the items place before the Interview’s table.
38. Don’t change your seating directions frequently; this will loose attention of the Interviewers.
39. Don’t blame your Fate, Fortune or your family background or financial matters; this will count another negative point on your part.
40. After Interview finished, leave the premises immediately, and leave a impression that, you have to attend another interview at another place.
41. Try to cover your weakness through the presentation of other achievements.
42. Develop your personality to suit the post for which you have applied.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

- Until and unless you have not prepared well, you are unable to face the Interview.
- At any stage, don’t fear, be confident in you, be polite, be positive this will leads to success the interview.
- In fact there are number of opportunities in the Market for the right, deserved, well qualified, talent, energetic, well experience candidate only.
- Communication is the only way of _expression your skills & talent.
- To get any success, definitely there should be hard work with more concentrations, and proper preparations.
- Success is sure and definite for those who himself check their negative points and changed into positive attitudes.
- Dear, if you can't change your attitudes then no one can help you and you never succeed in your Career/Life. Pl. accept the facts.
- Wishing all the Best in your Career.
- You may please add some relevant information to this text to complete the information in all respect.