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Interview Selection Parameters

You all would have attended many interview in past and would have got feedback after the interview that "your profile doesn't suits with the requirement" or "will call you back" or some other answer , just to avoid saying "NO" directly. Generally this happen, because in interviews ,we try to tell what ever we want to tell (all the good(s), not what the interviewer wants to hear. Most of times we just answer the question asked by interviewer, without knowing what exactly the interviewer wants to judge by asking that question. "Always remember --interview is not a Question and Answer Session. Its time to market and sell your Qualities, achievements and yourself to your prospective employer" Below I have mentioned some of the Key Parameters, which are used by almost all the companies in the globe and for any job & position. This parameter is applicable to IT, Sales, marketing, CEO's, etc... Parameters Description Possible Question(s)* Co...

Dress for the Job you want, not the Job you have

Interviewing is a highly underrated skill. Both for the candidate and the interviewer. This month and next, we'll talk about tips and tricks for the savvy interviewee. Since most interviewers (with a very few notable exceptions) don't really know how to interview, we'll help you prepare to get yourself across as the best things. Looking Good? Someone very wise once said, "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have ." It never hurts to model the part of the completely professional jobseeker. Fair warning, dear readers, I'm very conservative about the way a candidate should look. My take on the situation is: don't give interviewers anything overt to object to. I understand that this may be disparaging to you, but I go with "better safe than sorry ." It's a sad fact of human nature that people have all kinds of strange sensibilities. Save your self-expression for once you've gotten the job. Even if you are told that t...