Interview Tips

Advice to professionals

“ love your job and not your company because you never know when your company will stop loving you. In the same lines, love yourself and your family needs more than the company's needs. Companies can keep coming and going; family will always remain the same. Make money for yourself first and simultaneously make money for the company, not the other way around.

Can you Tell Me Some thing about Yourself (Professional and personal self)

The purpose of this Question is to create friendly and conducive environment to start the interview. The best thing a person can do is to discuss about himself or herself. Following are the things the Interviewer could Interpret from the Answer:.

What according to the candidate is relevant or irrelevant information. Presentation Skills, the Way and the Sequences in which the Candidate Presents his Personal and Professional information. Whether the candidate has any Critical Skills that is an important Ingredient of the Job. Also shows confidence and security levels, and 'grown-up ness'.

Where do you see Yourself Professionally and personally 2/5/10 years down the line?

The purpose of this question is to find out the Career plans of the Candidate and whether the Long term goals are in alignment to the Organizational Structure Also this brings out how clearly the Candidate is able to plan and see his future. This question commonly trips Candidates into making over-ambitious claims about their future potential and worth which sometimes will make him look Mis-fit in the organization.

Give an example of when you had to settle a dispute between two individuals.

The interviewer is testing the interviewee's experience and ability to diffuse conflict, and also to step back and take an objective view, rather than getting involved and taking sides, which is the natural temptation. Objectivity and facilitation are important skills of a good manager, and this question will identify whether the Candidate possesses them..

What are the things you would look for in your "Ideal Job"?

From the interviewer's standpoint, the question is open and vague. The question determines. Whether the Candidate seeks only personal gratification from a role money, status, esteem, excitement, glamour, security, etc. Or seeks opportunities to make best possible use of his/her effort, skills and experience, in contributing to the performance/quality/results of the organization.  The question also gives indications as to how realistically the Candidate sees himself or herself. The question is a potential trap for people who are more concerned with what they get out of a job rather than what they put into it. Employers do not really want to recruit gratification-orientated people. These people are generally not self-starting nor self-motivating. What are your strengths? Shows whether candidate has self-awareness, and can identify what strengths are relevant to role. Shows if candidate has thought and planned. This is an obvious question that everyone should be prepared for. What are your weaknesses? A trap for the unsuspecting or naive. Will show up those who've not prepared, as this is another obvious question to expect. Will also prompt follow-up questions probing what the candidate is doing to improve the weakness, which is worth preparing for also. How do you handle stress? Exposes people who can't deal with pressure or don't recognize that lifestyle issues are important for good working. Exposes the misguided macho approach that stress can be good.