This document provides guidance for a personal interview, including how to prepare and what to expect. It recommends exploring your interests and strengths, as well as researching the company. You should prepare standard answers to common interview questions and practice interview skills. During the interview, be on time, dressed properly, confident, and maintain good body language. Answer questions clearly and concisely while focusing on impacts rather than just activities. Avoid being repetitive, stressed, or exaggerating.

1. PERSONAL INTERVIEW

2. Objectives: To explore your personal integrity and ambitions To learn about your interests and to see if they match those of the firm To see whether you can present yourself in a coherent manner To ascertain your level of knowledge To provide an opportunity for you to learn more about our firm

3. How to prepare.. Preparation before interview: Explore yourself extensively Explore the company Prepare the CV based on the above two. Prepare yourself for standard interview questions Practice with friends to get a hold on Dos & Don'ts.

4. Exploring oneself.. What interests you? Your areas of strength Activities and achievements to support the above Examples to highlight teamwork, leadership and drive Emphasis on impact rather than activity Weaknesses Short-term/long-term objectives Build a master CV mentioning the above aspects

5. Exploring the Company….. The operating domain The vision and other objectives Performance in past few years Major competitors Organizational Structure in brief Your role in the organization Competency needed for the role Social initiatives by the company

6. CV for the company Forms the basis of your interview Highlight the desired competencies Be very true. Don’t exaggerate or create stories. Crisp and clear enough to get an overall idea about yourself

7. FAQs Tell me something about yourself Why do you want to join this company? Why should We hire you? What if we don’t hire you? What are your biggest strength and weaknesses? Where do you like to see yourself 5 yrs down the line? Do you intend to join B-schools/ MS-PHED after IIT? What kind of work you like (Technical/managerial)? Any thing you want to about us.?

8. Dos and Don’ts during the Interview Dos Be on time Dress properly Be calm comfortable and confident Maintain a proper body language Be attentive and listen carefully Take the interview in your comfort-zone Maintain coherency in your statements Focus on impacts of involvement/activities Say ‘No’ with due confidence and politeness Be crisp and specific while you answer.

9. Avoid Being repetitive Stating what you aren’t sure of? Getting stressed when faced with difficult question Being nervous if unable to answer Mismatch of information Bragging / Exaggerating Being too casual or too serious Stating something that goes against company’s ethics/ codes of business principle

10. Handling Typical HR questions No single correct answer for such questions Listen carefully, ask questions and paraphrase the problem to get it correct Avoid suggesting extreme measures Back up your argument with sound reasoning Don’t get impulsive Don’t give up

11. Technical Interview Clarity of Fundamentals Focus more on definitions and working principle Broad knowledge in manufacturing process Understanding of mechanisms Understanding of fluid machineries Decent knowledge of all aspects and depth in at least one. Interact freely on common sense problems.