It has been mainly created to enhance the interview skills of the students

1. INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS
Com pile d by
MS.V.Ezhilya
Interview Winning Skills

2. An Interview
What does it mean??
Derived from French word – Intervoir
Types:
1. Structured
2. Unstructured
3. Group
4. Panel
5. Stress

3. 7 Habits to achieve your full potential
 Be Proactive
Take responsibility for your life
 Begin with the End in Mind
Define your purpose and mission in life
 Put first things first
Prioritize and do the most important things first
 Think Win-Win
Have an everyone can win attitude

4. 7 Habits to achieve your full potential - Contn
 Seek first to understand, then to be understood
Listen to people sincerely
 Synergize
Work together to achieve more
 Sharpen the saw
Renew yourself regularly

5. INTERVIEW CONTENTS
Types of questions:
1. Strength & Weakness questions
Designed to allow you to market yourself & how self
aware you are.
2. Behavioural questions
Often relate to the selection criteria such as
communication skills, team work & time management

6. Continuation
3. Biographical questions
Designed to know about your background including
degree, hobbies and aspirations
4.Case related questions
Designed to analyze your problem solving capability

7. Sample Questions & Best answers
 Tell Me about yourself
- Start with the present and tell why you are well
qualified for the position.
- In other words you must sell what the buyer is
buying.

8. Sample Questions & Best answers
 What are your greatest strengths?
- Key strategy is to fulfill the interviewers wants &
needs.
- Prior to interview, u should have a list mentally
prepared.
- Ex: Honesty, integrity , a decent human being,
dedication, enthusiasm, confidence etc..,

9. Sample Questions & Best answers
 What are your greatest weaknesses?
- Disguise strength as a weakness.
- Ex: “ I sometimes push my people too hard. I like
to work with a sense of urgency and everyone is not
always on the same wavelength”.

10. Sample Questions & Best answers
 Why should I hire you?
- If you know the employers greatest needs and
desires, this question will give you a big leg up over
other candidates.
- Walk through each of position’s requirements &
follow each with a reason why you meet the
requirement so well.

11. Sample Questions & Best answers
 Why do you want to work at our company?
- It tests whether you’ve done any homework
about the firm.
- Use the best sources for researching your target
company.

12. Sample Questions & Best answers
 What good books have you read lately?
- Never create fake familiarity you don’t have.
- Reading a handful of the most recent and
influential books is a part of the work of your job
search.

13. Sample Questions & Best answers
 Would you lie for the company?
- Try to avoid choosing between two values.
- Ex: “I would never do anything to hurt the
company”.

14. Sample Questions & Best answers
 Can you work under pressure?
- An easy question, but you want to make your
answer believable.
- Ex: “Absolutely… (then prove it with a vivid
example).

15. Sample Questions & Best answers
 What makes you angry?
- Give an answer that’s suited to both your
personality and the management style of the firm.
- Ex: “I’m an even-tempered and positive person.
People who don’t pull their own weight, who are
negative , who lie etc.., will make me to get anger a
little bit”.

16. Sample Questions & Best answers
 Who has inspired you in your life and why?
- Two traps here are unpreparedness and
irrelevances.
- Have few Board of Directors in your target
company in mind.

17. Personality Traits
 Oral communication
 Initiative
 Enthusiasm
 Drive
 Motivation
 Confidence
 Energy
 Assertiveness

18. Skills Priority – Higher to lower
 Inter-personal skills
 Teamwork skills
 Analytical skills
 Oral communication skills
 Flexibility
 Computer skills
 Work experience

19. End Of Interview
Questions you can ask
• What are the company’s plan for the future?
• What training programs do you have available for your
employees?
• What level of responsibility could I expect in this
position?
• How are employees are evaluated and promoted? etc….,

20. Do’s and Don’ts
 Do prepare & practice for the interview.
 Don’t memorize or over-rehearse your answers.
 Do dress the part for the job & the company.
 Don’t chew gum before or during the interview.
 Do shake hands firmly.
 Don’t have a clammy handshake.
 Do show enthusiasm in the position.
 Don’t tell jokes during interview.
 Do avoid controversial topics.
 Don’t bring up or discuss your personal issues.