What Interviewers Look For

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What do Interviewers look for?

Subramaniam Balachander

Assistant Prof. Saveetha University

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7/20/2011 Synapse-Training---S. Balachander 1
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Road map

Todays job market

What interviewers look for

Successful interviews

Avoiding the six deadly sins

Presenting personality

Ground work for interview



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Todays job market

IT

ITeS/ BPO

Retail

Insurance

Technical Publishing



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What interviewers look for

General requirements

Communication skills

Articulation of thought

Presenting opinions

Stability of thought

Team skills



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What interviewers look forcont

Basic selling and negotiation skills

Basic etiquette and work standards

Personality traits

Presenting self

Dynamic attitude

Assertiveness

Matured behavior

Emotional stability



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Attire

Dress

Formal

Accessories

Footwear

Tie

Make up



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How to dress

Attract, don't distract

Wear Winning Armor

Put Your Best Foot Forward

Have perfect timing

Get A-head

Breathe powerfully



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Body Talk

Ostrich's stature

Presidents posture

Lions walk

Command Self Respect



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Successful interviews

Avoiding the six deadly sins

Not listening

Parroting

Not taking time

Diffidence

Lack of preparation

Absence of goals



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Not listening

Right answers to wrong questions

Long answers

Why?

Nervous

Known questions vs unprepared answers



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Parroting

Self introduction My Name is Strengths and weakness Im a good

communicator/ Im a very confident

person I want a challenging job!

Declaration Above are true to best of

my .. Why?

Poor ground work before interview



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Not taking time

Immediate responsesSometimes

even before the interviewer finishes the

question

Trying to avoid starting trouble

Eg: What is probability?

Probability is..(Long pause)

No clarification



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Diffidence

Buckling under questioning

Lack of preparation

Previous bad experience

Do you have any questions?

Nothing wrong in asking a question to an

interviewer



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Lack of preparation

What do you know about us?

Its a multinational organization with anation wide reach

What is your favourite subject?

Mathematics but I did that in ISemester

Dont remember anything



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Absence of goals

No career plan or thoughts

Where do you see yourself.

I want to learn

I want to be xyz

In the same company



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Presenting personality

Presenting pleasant

First impression

Confidence and self esteem factor

Physical hygiene

Attire Dont dress to kill

Body talkStature, posture and walk



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Need for groundwork

A thorough groundwork helps in:

Identifying skills

Mapping your skills

Understanding the growth patterns

Getting prepared

Minimize the unknown factor


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How to tell the interviewer

that you know about the job?

i. Opportunity questions

1. Can you give a grief about yourprevious employment?

2. What are the key qualities you feel canbe of use to the

present job you applied for?

3. What is your functional strength?

4. How can you add value to the job?



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ii. Opportunity answers

Talk about your previous experience in brief. Know about the nuances of the job

that you have applied for.

Relate your previous experience to thepresent position applied. If you are afresher, talk about your strengths that canadd value to the job. Example: Your

patience while handling tough people, Aggressiveness and enthusiasm while

selling



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b. What questions to ask?

i. Work timings if the job is in shifts

ii. Current clients/projects if the

respective information is not available onthe internet

iii. Career path

iv. Locations/ job postings/ travel



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Know the job

Skill requirements

Opportunity to perform

Growth patterns

Industrial standards of pay for the job



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What ground work to do

Knowing the organization

Knowing the job

Understanding what the job can offer

you



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Know the organisation

Product/ ServiceMain line of business

Size of the company & reputation/Image

History, philosophy vision and goals

Management team, talent and style

Current problem / issues of the company

Market demand for product/ services



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Know the job

Skill requirements

Opportunity to perform

Growth patterns

Industrial standards of pay for the job



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How to do the groundwork

Company website

The anchor person

Friends working in the company

Journals/ magazine/ newspaper companys

news, general market information


Example


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Example---

Infosys to hire 12,000 people in Q2, 45,000

in FY'12----

PTI Jul 12, 2011, 01.21pm IST MYSORE: Keeping up the hiring momentum,

the country's second largest softwareexporter Infosys on Tuesday said it will hireabout 12,000 people this quarter.

The company currently has over 1.33 lakhemployees. "We are looking at a gross

addition of about 12,000 in our workforceand we are continuing with yearly target at45,000 people," Infosys CEO and ManagingDirector S Gopalakrishnan said on Tuesday.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/9196556.cms


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With the improving business sentiment andrevival in IT spends, IT firms are stepping uphiring to meet demand for their services.

At the beginning of the current financial year,Infosys had announced plans to hire about45,000 people. Of this, about 26,000 offershave already been made in college campuses.

The company on Tuesday posted a 15.72%jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,722crore for the first quarter ended June 30,2011..

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/9196556.cms


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How to use the groundwork

Asking questions to the interviewer

Using power words

I Understand (I understand that the

company is currently working on..)

I believe (I believe there is a

requirement for)

Customized presentation about self



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Closing the Interview

Regardless of your style or how you chooseto close the interview, there are some keypoints to keep in mind:

Leave your interviewer with the rightpicture of you. Think of at least five skills ortraits you want remembered after theinterview.

Ask if there is anything else you can provide,such as references, background informationor work samples.



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State your interest in the position. Don'tbe overly anxious, but act interested.

Remember to mention the added value

you can bring to the job. Ask about the next step in the process.

It's Important for you to know the next

step so you can follow up. Ask for thedecision date.



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Find out how to contact them. If youdon't hear back, you will need to knowwho to contact and whether they will

accept calls to check the status.



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Closing the sale is important, but yourclosing should be tailored to the position,your personality and interviewing style

and the interviewer. Keeping these thingsin mind will help you determine whichclosing is appropriate for you and the

situation at hand


Thank you and Best wishes


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Thank you and Best wishes..Bala

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