Skills required to get an interview call and deal with different types of interviews .

1. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
(KURUKSHETRA)
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
MR.MOHAMMAD QAIS REZWANI RITIKA SHARMA
TOPIC:JOB INTERVIEW SKILLS

2. AGENDA:
❖How do you start looking for a job?
❖How to get an interview call?
❖Type of interviews
❖How to do well in interviews?
❖Handling rejections
❖Salary negotiations
❖Selecting the right job

3. When do you start looking for an opportunity
and how to prepare for it:
The first thing to consider while job
hunting is PREPARATION.
It involves:
1. Be Aware
2. Connect
3. Ask
4. Participate

4. One should be
aware of the
job one is
looking for.
Awareness of
the companies
visting one’s
campus or
educational
institutes.
Stay connected with your
seniors and alumnis.
Ask your senior
about the process
they go through.
Ask them about
their selections or
rejections.
Participate in
college or inter-
college events.

5. HOW TO GET AN INTERVIEW CALL?
IT INVOLVES TWO MAIN POINTS:
• How to make a good resume.
• How to apply for jobs.
GENERAL TIPS FOR A GOOD RESUME:
• Keep it simple and informative.
• Avoid using funky fonts and colours
• Maintain consistency in font size and spacing.
• Better if it is in PDF format.
CONTENT:
• Put up name and contact information(address, phone number &e-mail address)
• For a technical candidate prime focus will be on programming language.
• Donot copy and paste anything you are not awared of.
• Make sure to alter resume acc to the job requirements.

6. LENGTH:
• Keep it short and specific.
• Use bullet points and avoid paragraphs.
RESUME FORMAT:
• Education
• Experience
• Awards
VARIOUS MEANS FOR APPLYING JOB:
Social media
Company portals Referrals
Job boards

7. TYPES OF INTERVIEWS:
1.TECHNICAL INTERVIEWS
2.HR INTERVIEWS
3.STRESS INTERVIEWS
TECHNICAL INTERVIEWS:
Candidate will be tested on the basis of what he/she has written on his/her resume.
Key points:
1.Fundamentals
2.Programming language
3.Experience
4.Achievements
HR INTERVIEWS:
These are Personality based interviews.
Key points:
1.Confidence
2.Postivity
3.Self –belief
4.wisdom

8. STRESS INTERVIEWS:
These are used to test the performance of the candidate under pressure.
Key ponts:
1.Do not panic.
2.Think before you speak.
3.Practice
4.Wisdom

9. HOW TO DO WELL IN AN INTERVIEW?
IT IS BASED ON FOLLOWING POINTS:
1.APPEARANCE
2.IDEAL CANDIDATE
3.ANSWER
APPEARANCE:
• Does not mean looking beautiful but being smart
• Be neat ,dress up decently.
• Avoid wearing vibrant colours.
• Wear a pleasant smile on your face.

10. IDEAL CANDIDATE:
• Profitable knowledge in the target domain
• A Confident, pleasant and passionate personality
• Punctual, a team player.
• A Dependable and creative candidate etc.
ANSWER:
• Pay attention and listen carefully to the questions.
• Do not feel shy ,say pardon and ask to repeat the question.
• Do not ask too many times.
• Bring out the facts and examples.
• Do not use informal words.
• Answer should not be too long or too short.

11. HOW TO HANDLE REJECTIONS?
It is not always your performance, sometimes you may have knowledge about the areas different from the job
you have applied for.
BUT IF YOU GET REJECTED IN AN INTERVIEW OF YOUR DOMAIN
THEN YOU HAVE TO KEEP THESE POINTS IN MIND:
1.Reason
2.Prepare
3.Practice

12. SALARY NEGOTIATIONS
Be careful and keep some points in mind:
• Salary related questions always not only about money.
• It reveals how much you value yourself.
• Never ask too high or too low
• Perform some research about the market scenario.
• Reason for your demands.
• Use a word negotiable always

13. SELECTING THE RIGHT JOB
Many of us would like to join the company that is
offering better compensation.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT JOB INCLUDES:
• Position
• Growth
• Work Environment
• Future Scope

14. THERE IS NO FAILURE
EXCEPT IN NO LONGER
TRYING.
TRY TRY UNTIL YOU
SUCCEED.