How to Prepare for Personal Interview

Fireup’s Personal Interview Preparation

A lot of candidates find personal interviews nerve-wracking. Many of them are otherwise calm, cool, and collected individuals, but find that something about interviews just sets them off and make them feel edgy and unable to present themselves at their best.

Feeling nervous at interviews can create a vicious cycle. You feel nervous, which makes you perform badly at interviews. But the fact that you perform badly at interviews understandably makes you feel nervous.

FireUp’s Interview Tips of the day- Almost all major MBA entrance examinations are over. IIMs have just declared the results of CAT. It’s high time for the candidates expecting calls or those who already have calls to buckle up their shoes for GD-PI preparation.

FireUp is here to help all of you in clearing these hurdles.  We will post few well researched articles on “How to Prepare for Group Discussion” and “How to Prepare for Interview”. So here we start.

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Interview Tips

Interview Gyan of the day

Creating the Right Impact

You probably won’t be surprised when I tell you that interviewers are looking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic people. But you may be surprised to discover that most of your interpersonal impact comes across not in what you say, but how you say it.

Research claims that up to 55 per cent of our communication effectiveness is determined by our body language, comprising of our gestures, movements, and facial expressions.

A lot of candidates talk about trying to ‘be themselves’ during interviews. These candidates say that they tend to warm up only when they get to know people better and that they feel fake in having to ‘act up’ with interviewers. But remember that interviews are a game of sorts: Interviewers want to hire candidates who are energetic and enthusiastic from the moment they meet, so you need to focus on performing as a dynamic and passionate person – even if that isn’t how you normally like to behave until you know people better.

Today’s Puzzle

How many times a day do the hour and minute hands on a clock line up exactly with each other?

Discuss answers below:

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Personal Interview after CAT

Interview Tips: group discussion and personal interviews are two big hurdles after getting good percentile in CAT. These interview tips are for students preparing for their GD and PI.

Creating warmth by smiling

Don’t tell anyone, but here’s a little secret: Interviewers often hire the candidate that they like the most rather than picking the most skilled and experienced person for the job. All interviewers are subconsciously affected by factors such as warmth, rapport, and smiling.

Now, too much smiling makes you come across as a manic Cheshire cat. Following these hints generates an impression of warmth and likeability rather than an unhinged personality:

• Smile as you greet the interviewers: First impressions really count. So make sure that you are positively beaming when you first meet the interviewers. Project the impression that you are incredibly pleased to be at the interview.

• Smile when you talk about your strengths or achievements: Smiling would be incongruous when talking about difficult situations at work. But if talking about positive aspects of yourself and your working life, try to add a smile at some point.

• Smile when you leave the room: When you say your goodbyes and thank the interviewers for their time, give them another broad smile to show that you enjoyed meeting them.

Today’s Question

Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?

Discuss below with your answers and explanations.

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