Saturday, July 13, 2013

Attending interview is a skill. Master it.

How many of the job seekers know that attending interview is an art and it should be well prepared.  Yes,  attending interview is a special skill in which an individual presents his/her talent to the employer.   It is really important for a job seeker to do a self appraisal before he writes the resume.   What is expected from an individual.  What are the things he should follow?  Let us discuss one by one.




Prepare a great Bio-data

Students who are passed-out of the college should make sure he seek advise before he prepares a good resume.  He should approach someone who can help him in preparing his resume.   Never copy a resume from friends.  The companies can easily find out if you have copied from other's resume.  Take a considerable effort to write your own resume.   Read many times before you finalize a resume.   The following are the points one has to give consideration in preparing the resume.

  • Your career objective should be very clear and try to write as far as something unique.  Don't copy objective from other resumes.  You should try on your own and give career objective statement.  The interviewer should feel that the individual is different from others.
  • Your resume should not contain grammatical and spelling errors.  Read more number of times and make sure everything is fine.
  • Make sure to make a special mention   of your achievements in the college. 
  • Mention your interests something related to IT such as  reading weekly technical magazines,  reading technical blogs, etc.  Never mention watching cricket, watching movies, playing games, browsing internet.
  • Make sure you learn one programming language thoroughly and put the skills.  What programming language should the fresher learn?  The fresher should learn the following.  The IT companies will give consideration if you learn the following.   
    • Java / C / C++  in programming Language
    • MS SQL Server/ Oracle/ Mysql in RDBMS
    • HTML/CSS/JQuery/Jscript in web technologies.
Body Language



It is very important that the individual should show a positive attitude and body language while entering the interview room.
  • Dress neatly.  Avoid Jeans, sport shoes, slippers to the interview.  Wear a well ironed formal shirts with formal pants.   Polish your shoes very neatly.  If you can wear a tie.
  • If the interview room door is closed, kindly knock the door and go.   
  • Before you sit, ask  the permission if you can sit in case if he doesn't ask you to sit
  • Sit straight and look at the eyes of the interviewer with a smiling face and show your interest that you are ready to answer the questions
  • Do not lean on the table.  Don't fold your hands when you talk to the interviewer.  Just place your hands on your lap and sit in a relaxed position.




Be Honest

Never try to impress the interviewer.  Whatever you know, be honest in your answers.  Don't overdo anything in the interview.  The interviewer will try ot trap you if you try to act smart with him.  Always show that you are a good listener and make sure you talk what is required.   Give honest answers and make it short.  Never give stories.  As far as possible give examples to your answers.   

If they ask your "Tell me about yourself", do not take more than 2 minutes to explain about you.  Be cautious in what you are saying about yourself.  Please make sure to prepare before the interview what you are going to say about yourself.

Always ask some career oriented or Company specific questions

If the interviewer provides you an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the interview like “you have any questions” , do not say “ I don’t  have”.   Always prepare few questions before going into the interview.   The  interviewer is trying to know more about your attitude, your ambition, your career planning based on what you ask to the interviewer.  So your questions should be wise and it should be sensible to the interviewer.


Hope the viewers enjoy reading this blog.   I am happy to get your views and write to info@southerninfosystems.com.   I am happy to provide any career guidance to the students who are seeking job.  For more info write to us.

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