PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW
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Most important is to start today. Read widely. All types of
literature available in the form of books & on the internet.
Keep yourself informed about the events happening around the
world & the changes taking place in all walks of life
especially in your field of study. Regular general reading
will enable you to answer basic general knowledge questions.
Remember
that
general
knowledge
cannot
be
developed
overnight; it is developed over a period of years.
Obtain
details
and
background
information
about
the
institute concerned. Find out everything you can, about its
method of selection, about the kind of questions asked, the
campus, the activities, placement records value system, the
mission and the like.
Visit the place where the interview will be held. This will
help you get a feel of the place, check the transport
arrangements. It helps to be sure how to reach the place by
your selected mode of transport in time for the interview.
Study and memorise the requirements of the position.
Put yourself in the interviewer’s place. Think his thoughts.
What will he want to know? How will he extract this
information from you? What should you seek to communicate
even if not asked?
Identify, write and memorise your strengths and weaknesses.
Be positive. Put down your qualifications on paper. Start
with: Why am I the right student for this institute?
ON THE BIG DAY.
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Be presentable. Take care while selecting the clothes you
plan to wear. It is advisable to be neatly and formally
dressed. Ensure that your clothes are neatly ironed and worn
impeccably. Do not wear a sharp perfume that may overwhelm
the panel. Always go for a mild and sophisticated fragrance.
Get to bed early the night before the interview and get a
good night’s sleep.
Eat a good meal before setting out for the interview. Get
ready well in advance.
Spend a few moments glancing through your resume and
revising answers to basic questions that may be put to you.
Be alert and keep your head over your shoulders. Remember
that you can never be totally prepared for an interview.
There will always be questions that you have not anticipated
or thought of before. Answer them as best as possible.
PUTTING YOURSELF ACROSS IN THE INTERVIEW
Do’s
1. Smile at the interviewers & look them in the eye when you
meet and when
you leave.
2. Maintain eye contact in the interview.
3. Sit upright and lean slightly forward.
4. Take your time in answering questions.
5. Look and sound both enthusiastic and interested.
6. Speak up.
7. Get across information that will help your case.
8. Carefully
qualify
your
answers
to
“hypothetical”
questions.
9. Be willing to defend your viewpoint in a friendly way.
10. Ask one or two questions of your own if the chance arises.
11. Be Truthful, especially regarding your academic and work
achievements.
If you are not, you are likely to be
caught out at some stage.
Don’ts
1. Slouch in the chair.
2. Fidget.
3. Panic if there is a period of silence (do not talk for the
sake of talking).
4. Be evasive in your answers, or try to bluff.
5. Boast or “sell” yourself directly unless invited to.
6. Argue with the interviewer in a heated way.
7. Don’t be put off if the interviewer seems unenthusiastic
or bored.
8. Speak too quickly.
9. Volunteer
information
about
your
real
or
imagined
deficiencies.
10. Take it easy when faced with a female interviewer.
WHAT DOES THE INTERVIEWER WANT?
THE INTERVIEWER WANTS TO DISCOVER TWO THINGS:
1. What qualities you posses that may fit you for
position?
2. How you handle yourself when giving that information?
Last Minute Preparation
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Obtain information about the institute.
Method of selecting people. Kinds of questions asked.
Visit the place. Know how to get there.
Be presentable.
Carry the call letter.
Re read your application form.
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Important Questions for Interviews
A) Opening Questions
1. Tell me something about yourself?
2. What are your hobbies / interests?
3. Which is your favorite subject? Why?
4. How did you prepare for this interview?
5. What was the last book you read? Summarize your learnings?
6. Why have to applied to this
institute/Internship/Volunteering Job?
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Personality Questions
What are your strengths?
What are your weaknesses?
How would your Teachers / Parents / friends describe you?
How would you describe yourself as a person?
Who has influenced you in life? How?
How do you plan to overcome your weaknesses?
Can you tell me the toughest decision taken in life?
C) Career Questions
1. What are your career goals?
2. What is your ambition in life?
3. What do you wish to do after completing
Commerce/Science/Humanities/present Class?
4. Where do you see yourself 5/10/20 years down the line?
D) Leadership
1. Tell us a volunteering experience of yours.
2. What according to you is important for a team member?
3. Tell us a recent instance where you have shown leadership
skills?
4. Narrate 2 of your achievements?
E) Concluding Question
1. Would you like to ask any questions?
2. Why should we select you?
3. Why should we reject You?
4. What makes you different from all other candidates sitting
outside?
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Miscellaneous Questions
Is Money Important to You? How Much?
Why did you take up Arts/Commerce/ Science in 12th?
Why do you want to join this Institute?
Why is your percentage / GPA so low?
What’s your interest outside Academics?
Basic General Awareness and Current Affairs.
Questions related to your favorite subject/s.