Tips for Interview preparation

Interview, Name itself suggests that you need to prepare for something. If you have been in any interview then you can understand it, if you have not attended any interview till now then you have not faced the real challenges yet. There is no exact formula like maths to crack it but I am going to tell some tips for interview preparation which will help you to crack any interview.

1- Tell us something about yourself:  This is perhaps the most frequently asked question in any interview. It helps you to start the talk something which you are relaxed with. You should not tell about your childhood story, and moreover the interviewer just isn’t interested listening that too. Best is to tell about your family members, education, and current position held by you?

2- Why do you want to leave your current job:  It would be better if you don’t tell the dam reason as money which of course is. If you are currently employed then you can tell it’s about developing my career professionally. If you got fired then one ought to have a valid explanation for that. Don’t go into too much deap & try to answer those things only which have been asked.

3- Do you have any information about this organization:  Try to get the details of the organization through web or any other source, mainly try to know the industry it works, main players & the turnover it has. They don’t want to know the deep knowledge about the tool of the company. They just want to confirm that you are really interested in this organization.

4- What is your greatest strength & weakness:  This is time you can make them think good about you. They just want to know the job related strength not your physical strength. Try to mention some good objective like hard working, positive attitude, ready to learn new things, attentive, perform good under pressure etc. They may ask you to prove the quality which you just mentioned so be prepared.  As far as weakness in concerned, it is really hard to tell but try to tell more positive quality as your weakness like you can say that you try to make every work hundred percent perfect which you fell some times as your weakness in the work related issues.

5- Are you willing to travel if needed:  Here you  have to be very clear in your mind before the interview.  There is no point in saying yes just to get this offer if actually you don’t mean it. Be honest to avoid any problem in the future.

6- What are your expectations in term of salary : This is slightly tricky question. Try to do the market research of the company & the profile for which you are attending the interview before the interview & demand the salary accordingly. Always say that the salary is negotiable otherwise it shuts the door for you. Since this is not the final HR discussion so you can talk with the HR regarding this later too.

7- Do you have any profile related or company related query; usually this is last question in the interview. If this comes very soon then sign is not good. Anyways always you can ask about your role clarity here. You can ask about the career growth in the organization. You can ask 2 or 3 question maximum here & say thanks once you get the reply from them.

Hope this tips will help you to crack interview in easy way. I’ll come up with more career related issue soon.