Objective:
Needless to say that well preparation is important for any job interview. Here we are trying to give a few tips regarding interview preparation. Hope you are lucky enough because the tips we are giving here are suggested by group of experienced interviewers. These tips will definitely useful and helpful for your interviews and helps to avoid common errors and mistakes. If you complete interview without mistake means you have competed interview with 50 percent success. What so ever intelligent you are in subject without following proper steps it is difficult to succeed in interview and sometimes you may achieve negative results. So our main objective is to draw out your hidden skills and drive you into success path.
Identify your goals: Here I brief you how you can convert or choose your smart goals from hard goals. First you must know about HARD Goals and SMART Goals. When I say SMART Goals you have to remember as below
| HARD Goals | SMART Goals |
| H = HEARTFELT | S = SPECIFIC |
| A = ANIMATED | M = MEASURABAL |
| R = REQUIRED | A = ACTIVE |
| D = DIFFICULT | R = REALISTIC |
| T = TIMED |
HARD Goals helps in setting SMART Goals.
H A R D Goals.
Heartfelt: Whenever you set goals, you must set from deep heart. This helps to motivate you in better manner.
Animated: Set Goals in a way, so that always these goals must move in mind. It must remind you and create burning desire towards Goals.
Required: You must feel always the requirement without any condition. You must feel the essential of achieving the goal.
Difficult: Push the feeling of difficulty behind and bring the necessity of achieving the goals on top.
Setting the hard goals helps to compare from where you are and where you traveling. Besides these helps you to see what you need and what you have in your mind.
S M A R T Goals :
Specific Goals: Be clear on your goals and targets, so that you will be able answer to where, why, how, when, what and who regarding your goals.
Measurable Goals: Your goals should be measurable in terms of numbers and values etc.,
Action oriented goals: It is very difficult, develop a strategy to achieve your set goals.
Realistic: Set goals in realistic manner, so that your hard work and efforts never go in unsuccessful.
Time-bound: you must set time to accomplish any kind of goal. It will help you to motivate better way towards achieving goals in time.
A Dozen Key Tips for Your Job Interview Preparation:
Gather Information: Gather information about the company and the job as much as possible. Information like values of organization, future plans of the organization, behavior of employees, Place of job, how long it takes to reach from your place etc.,
Recollect about your academics: Recollect about your academics and percentages etc.,
Don’t lose your Confidence: Confidence is very important, never lose your confidence since your preparation starting day.
Know your interviewer: Try to know through various sources about your interviewer. If you know about the interviewer it is always better to face the situation during the interview.
Understand the Position: It is always advisable to understand about the position you are applying for in the organization.
Analyze your strengths and weaknesses: Analyze your strengths and weaknesses with respect to the job you applied. It is not enough having knowledge about your strong points, but having thorough knowledge of your weak points helps you when you attend interview. When you know about your weaknesses there is possibility of showing your weaknesses in positive light.
Be Attentive: Remember and never try to interrupt interviewer. Listen carefully the interviewer’s question. On completion of the interviewers question if you don’t understand the question or you need further clarification on the question you may request for the same.
Be Open and clear: You must be clear and open throughout the interview session, as your answers represent your personality.
Do not deviate from the subject: Never try to deviate from the subject, never try to beat around the bush. Be focused on the subject and try impress with your subject knowledge.
Do not get exited: Don’t get too exited when you know answer; don’t start your answer without completing interviewer’s question. Probably you may not know whether you can excite same passion for next question.
Be Analytical: Be analytical in your replies. Always try support with examples and facts, so that you can establish your authenticity.
Body Language: Be silent, express smile on your face, but do not laugh and do not shake your hands too much, as it looks awkward.
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