Let's-Interview:Tips and Examples

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In a teacher's interview the behaviour and attitude are important parts. Here are the top 100 interview questions generally asked from a teacher:

 

1. First, tell us a little bit about yourself. (Almost every teacher interview begins this way.)

 

2. Describe your college experiences?

 

3. Tell us about your experiences working with students at this age level.

 

4. Describe your philosophy of teaching?

 

5. Why do you want to become a teacher?

 

6. List three of your strengths your strengths and explain each one.

 

7. Describe three of your weaknesses as a teacher.

 

8. In what ways do you encourage creativity in your classroom?

 

9. Tell us about a lesson in which you’ve used differentiated instruction.

 

10. How do you teach kids to utilize higher-order thinking skills in your classroom?

 

11. What do you do to prepare your students for state or standardized tests?

 

12. Do you make learning fun for students? How?

 

13. If I walked into your classroom on a typical afternoon, what would I see going on?

 

14. How do you measure student performance in your classroom?

 

 

15. Describe a successful lesson. Tell why it was successful.

 

16. What would you do if a student wasn’t handing her homework on a regular basis?

 

17. How much homework do you give?

 

18. Besides lecture, what methods of teaching do you use?

 

19. Tell us about your discipline philosophy.

 

20. What are your classroom rules? How do you make students familiar with the rules?

 

21. What daily or weekly routines would be incorporated in your teaching?

 

22. One student hits another student. What do you do?

 

23. A student throws a pencil across the room. What do you do?

 

24. Explain what you would do if a student was swearing in your class?

 

25. What would you do if a student was complaining about an assignment you’ve given?

 

 

26. What would you do if a parent complained about an assignment?

 

27. Describe some methods of “positive reinforcement” that you might use in your classroom.

 

28. Would you describe yourself as a “tough” teacher or an “understanding” teacher? Explain.

 

29. How would you create a behavior modification for a student with ongoing behavior problems?

 

30. What are some ways you can avoid behavior problems?

 

31. Without giving any names, describe the most challenging student you’ve ever taught.

 

32. What would you do to calm an angry parent?

 

33. Do you have an example of a parent newsletter that you can show us?

 

34. In what ways do you communicate with parents on a regular basis?

 

35. A parent calls you because they are worried about their child’s low grades. What would you say to the parent?

 

36. A parent writes a note and tells you that their daughter could not complete their homework assignment because she had a dance recital the night before. What do you do?

 

37. How do you keep parents informed of their childs’ progress?

 

38. How do you use technology to enrich your lessons?

 

39. How computer literate are you?

 

40. Do you think it is appropriate for children in school to be using the Internet?

 

41. Give an example of a time when you’ve worked on a team.

 

42. Describe one time when you’ve acted as a leader.

 

43. How do you feel about team-teaching?

 

44. What can you do for a student that is extremely gifted?

 

45. Describe a gifted student.

 

46. How would you recommend a child for special education services?

 

47. Most classes have students with a wide-range of reading abilities. What can you do to meet the needs of students with high reading abilities and low reading abilities at the same time?

 

48. Tell us a little about your student teaching experiences.

 

49. What is your least favorite age/grade/subject to teach? Explain.

 

 

50. What is your favorite age/grade/subject to teach? Explain.

 

51. What are some of the most important things you learned when student teaching?

 

52. What was the most satisfying moment throughout your student teaching?

 

53. What was the most frustrating thing about student teaching?

 

54. Describe one college course that taught you the most about being a good teacher.

 

55. Who influenced you to become a teacher?

 

56. Describe the biggest challenge you’ve ever had to face.

 

57. What books are you currently reading?

 

58. A student confides in you and tells you that his parent abuses him. He asks you not to tell anyone. What do you do?

 

59. What is your definition of a life-long learner? How can you promote life-long learning in your classroom?

 

60. Would you be willing to help out with extra-curricular activities? Which ones?

 

61. Have you ever been a substitute teacher in this school district?

 

62. What do you look for in a principal?

 

63. How do you communicate with administrators?

 

64. Would you like to be part of our new teacher mentor program?

 

65. What kinds of inservices would you be eager to attend?

 

66. List five adjectives that accurately describe yourself.

 

67. What professional teaching organizations do you belong to?

 

68. Have you ever received an award for anything in your lifetime? Describe.

 

69. Describe the differences between a good teacher and a great teacher?

 

70. What were you like as a student?

 

71. If you teach a lesson and your students don’t seem to be “getting it,” what do you do?

 

72. How do you provide support for students who are not performing as well as they should?

 

73. What can you do to meet the needs of students who do not speak English?

 

74. In what ways can you teach students to be accepting of one-another?

 

75. How would you teach conflict resolution to your students?

 

76. Name a book that you’d like to read to (or with) your students. Describe the book and tell why you chose it.

 

77. How do you feel about working in an inclusion classroom?

 

78. How do you meet the needs of a student with an IEP?

 

79. How would you teach the writing process?

 

80. Describe a high-interest project that you might assign to your students.

 

81. What can you offer our school that other candidates cannot?

 

82. Do you think you are a flexible person? Explain.

 

83. What do you like to do when you’re not teaching?

 

84. How do you incorporate writing into your curriculum?

 

85. Can you show us what your lesson plan book would look like?

 

86. How closely do you follow your lesson plans?

 

87. Where do you plan to be ten years from now?

 

88. What part of this job are you looking forward to?

 

89. What part of this job scares you?

 

90. In your opinion, what are the biggest challenges that teachers face today?

 

91. Why do you want to teach in this, particular district?

 

92. How can you make your teaching connect to students’ real-world experiences?

 

93. Tell me about your references. Who are they and how do they know you?

 

94. If I were to call your references, what might they say about you?

 

95. How can teachers reach out to the community?

 

96. How do you make sure you are teaching to the state standards?

 

97. What kinds of materials and supplies would you need to do your job well?

 

98. How do you feel about noise in your classroom?

 

99. Show us your portfolio.

 

100. What questions do you have for us?

 

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Why do you want to enter banking?

You need to talk about Banking – what the interviewer seeks for is a person who is flexible to be along with the given timings, someone who can cope up with writing bits and bobs or a person who can benefit them with more development .Your answer can have following bulleted points.

• Banking is a fast changing environment
• Retail banking is now very competitive – from telephone banking, retailers and etc Banking is thus now largely sales driven.

 You can even talk about IT getting changes and clearing banks offers a wide range of career opportunities for graduates – not just in branch banking but also in financial services, consultancy and corporate banking.

Have you applied to any other areas apart from banking?

Here off course your answer will hold some marketing careers – insurance or accountancy, altogether these careers should have skills related to banking.

How do you feel about committing yourself to another three years of exams?

The professional examinations that you will almost certainly be required to take as part of your training are not always difficult in themselves, but do require determination and focus- especially as much of your study will be done in the evenings after a hard days work.

You should also be aware of the range of qualifications open to you – many of the large clearing banks offer the opportunity to gain qualifications in marketing, personnel or accountancy – not just banking.

Tell me about an experience in which you had to use tact?

Tact and diplomacy are important qualities in retail banking – the customer is (almost!) always right. You may have to tell an account holder diplomatically why they can’t have a loan for example, without provoking them into moving their account elsewhere.

To answer this type of question, think through everything you have done in the last five years – school, university, sports, clubs, societies, travel, vacation jobs etc. and try to think of situations where you had to demonstrate this and other qualities – do this before your interview.

If you have completed a number of employer application forms, then you should already have done this as this type of question is now common on application forms.

Who are our major competitors and what differences do you notice in our products?

The company will be expecting that you have done your research on the industry generally. You should be familiar with the bank’s products and services – literature on these can be picked up at any branch. Read the banks brochures and annual reports – these may be in the careers information room.

Be aware of current trends in the market and try to find out what each bank is doing in these areas.

What is SLR?

 Every bank is required to maintain at the close of business every day, a minimum proportion of their Net Demand and Time Liabilities as liquid assets in the form of cash, gold and un-encumbered approved securities. The ratio of liquid assets to demand and time liabilities is known as Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR). Present SLR is 24%. (reduced w.e.f. 8/11/208, from earlier 25%) RBI is empowered to increase this ratio up to 40%. An increase in SLR also restrict the bank’s leverage position to pump more money into the economy.

What is SLR ? (For Non Bankers)

SLR stands for Statutory Liquidity Ratio. This term is used by bankers and indicates the minimum percentage of deposits that the bank has to maintain in form of gold, cash or other approved securities. Thus, we can say that it is ratio of cash and some other approved to liabilities (deposits) It regulates the credit growth in India.

What are Repo rate and Reverse Repo rate?

Repo (Repurchase) rate is the rate at which the RBI lends shot-term money to the banks. When the repo rate increases borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive. Therefore, we can say that in case, RBI wants to make it more expensive for the banks to borrow money, it increases the repo rate; similarly, if it wants to make it cheaper for banks to borrow money, it reduces the repo rate

What are Repo rate and Reverse Repo rate?

Repo (Repurchase) rate is the rate at which the RBI lends shot-term money to the banks. When the repo rate increases borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive. Therefore, we can say that in case, RBI wants to make it more expensive for the banks to borrow money, it increases the repo rate; similarly, if it wants to make it cheaper for banks to borrow money, it reduces the repo rate

Thus, we can conclude that Repo Rate signifies the rate at which liquidity is injected in the banking system by RBI, whereas Reverse repo rate signifies the rate at which the central bank absorbs liquidity from the banks.

What is the difference between Bank Rate and Repo Rate?

Bank Rate vs Repo Rate: Bank Rate is the rate at which RBI allows finance to commercial banks in India. There are difference types of refinance that can be availed by banks and these are linked to Bank Rate. Thus, banks can borrow at this rate only to the extent of their eligibility for refinance.

On the other hand, Repo is a money market instrument, which enables collateralised short term borrowing and lending through sale/purchase operations in debt instruments. Under a repo transaction, a holder of securities sells them to an investor with an agreement to repurchase at a predetermined date and rate. In the case of a repo, the forward clean price of the bonds is set in advance at a level which is different from the spot clean price by adjusting the difference between repo interest and coupon earned on the security. In the money market, this transaction is nothing but collateralised lending as the terms of the transaction are structured to compensate for the funds lent and the cost of the transaction is the repo rate. Thus, a bank can borrow under repo provided he has the extra securities which it can lend temporarily to RBI for borrowing short term funds.

What is relation between Inflation and Bank interest Rates?

Now a days, you might have heard lot of these terms and usage on inflation and the bank interest rates. Bank interest rate depends on many other factors, out of that the major one is inflation. Whenever you see an increase on inflation, there will be an increase of interest rate also

What is a bank?

 A bank is a financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money. It is an institution for receiving, keeping, and lending money

 

What is the activity of Banks?

 Banks act as payment agents by conducting checking or current accounts for customers, paying cheques drawn by customers on the bank, and collecting cheques deposited to customers’ current accounts. Banks also enable customer payments via other payment methods such as telegraphic transfer, EFTPOS, and ATM.

Banks borrow money by accepting funds deposited on current account, accepting term deposits and by issuing debt securities such as banknotes and bonds. Banks lend money by making advances to customers on current account, by making installment loans, and by investing in marketable debt securities and other forms of money lending.

Banks provide almost all payment services, and a bank account is considered indispensable by most businesses, individuals and governments. Non-banks that provide payment services such as remittance companies are not normally considered an adequate substitute for having a bank account.

Banks borrow most funds from households and non-financial businesses, and lend most funds to households and non-financial businesses, but non-bank lenders provide a significant and in many cases adequate substitute for bank loans, and money market funds, cash management trusts and other non-bank financial institutions in many cases provide an adequate substitute to banks for lending savings to.

What is Banking Business?

“Banking Business” means the business of receiving money on current or deposit account, paying and collecting cheques drawn by or paid in by customers, the making of advances to customers, and includes such other business as the Authority may prescribe for the purposes of this Act.

What is Accounting for Bank Accounts?

Bank statements are accounting records produced by banks under the various accounting standards of the world. Under GAAP and IFRS there are two kinds of accounts: debit and credit. Credit accounts are Revenue, Equity and Liabilities. Debit Accounts are Assets and Expenses. This means you credit credit accounts to increase their balances and you debit debit accounts to increase their balances.

This also means you debit your savings account every time you deposit money into it (and the account is normally in deficit) and you credit your credit card account every time you spend money from it (and the account is normally in credit).

However, if you read your bank statement, it will say the opposite- that you have credited your account when you deposit money, and you debit when you withdraw it. If you have cash in your account you have a positive or credit balance and if you are overdrawn it will say you have a negative or a deficit balance.

The reason for this is because the bank, and not you, has produced the bank statement. Your savings might be your assets, but it is the bank’s liability, so your savings account is a liability account which is a credit account and should have a positive credit balance. Your loans are your liabilities but the bank’s assets so they are debit accounts which should have a negative balance.

Below where bank transactions, balances, credits and debits are discussed, they are done so from the viewpoint of the account holder which is traditionally what most people are used to seeing.

What are the commercial roles of the Banks ?

However the commercial role of banks is wider than banking, and includes:

• However the commercial role of banks is wider than banking, and includes:
• issue of banknotes (promissory notes issued by a banker and payable to bearer on demand)
• processing of payments by way of telegraphic transfer, EFTPOS, internet banking or other means
• issuing bank drafts and bank cheques
• accepting money on term deposit
• lending money by way of overdraft, installment loan or otherwise
• providing documentary and standby letters of credit (trade finance), guarantees, performance bonds, securities underwriting commitments and other forms of off balance sheet exposures
• safekeeping of documents and other items in safe deposit boxes
• currency exchange
• sale, distribution or brokerage, with or without advice, of insurance, unit trusts and similar financial products as a ‘financial supermarket’

What are the Economic functions of Banks?

The economic functions of banks include:1. issue of money, in the form of banknotes and current accounts subject to cheque or payment at the customer’s order. These claims on banks can act as money because they are negotiable and/or repayable on demand, and hence valued at par and effectively transferable by mere delivery in the case of banknotes, or by drawing a cheque, delivering it to the payee to bank or cash.

2. netting and settlement of payments — banks act both as collection agent and paying agents for customers, and participate in inter-bank clearing and settlement systems to collect, present, be presented with, and pay payment instruments. This enables banks to economise on reserves held for settlement of payments, since inward and outward payments offset each other. It also enables payment flows between geographical areas to offset, reducing the cost of settling payments between geographical areas.

3. credit intermediation – banks borrow and lend back-to-back on their own account as middle men

4. credit quality improvement – banks lend money to ordinary commercial and personal borrowers (ordinary credit quality), but are high quality borrowers. The improvement comes from diversification of the bank’s assets and the bank’s own capital which provides a buffer to absorb losses without defaulting on its own obligations. However, since banknotes and deposits are generally unsecured, if the bank gets into difficulty and pledges assets as security to try to get the funding it needs to continue to operate, this puts the note holders and depositors in an economically subordinated position.

5. maturity transformation — banks borrow more on demand debt and short term debt, but provide more long term loans. In other words; banks borrow short and lend long. Bank can do this because they can aggregate issues (e.g. accepting deposits and issuing banknotes) and redemptions (e.g. withdrawals and redemptions of banknotes), maintain reserves of cash, invest in marketable securities that can be readily converted to cash if needed, and raise replacement funding as needed from various sources (e.g. wholesale cash markets and securities markets) because they have a high and more well known credit quality than most other borrowers.

 

What are the different channels of Banking you use in your daily life ?

Banks offer many different channels to access their banking and other services:

• A branch, banking centre or financial centre is a retail location where a bank or financial institution offers a wide array of face-to-face service to its customers.
• ATM is a computerized telecommunications device that provides a financial institution’s customers a method of financial transactions in a public space without the need for a human clerk or bank teller. Most banks now have more ATMs than branches, and ATMs are providing a wider range of services to a wider range of users. For example in Hong Kong, most ATMs enable anyone to deposit cash to any customer of the bank’s account by feeding in the notes and entering the account number to be credited. Also, most ATMs enable card holders from other banks to get their account balance and withdraw cash, even if the card is issued by a foreign bank.
• Mail is part of the postal system which itself is a system wherein written documents typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages containing other matter, are delivered to destinations around the world. This can be used to deposit cheques and to send orders to the bank to pay money to third parties. Banks also normally use mail to deliver periodic account statements to customers.
• Telephone banking is a service provided by a financial institution which allows its customers to perform transactions over the telephone. This normally includes bill payments for bills from major billers (e.g. for electricity).
• Online banking is a term used for performing transactions, payments etc. over the Internet through a bank, credit union or building society’s secure website.

How many type of banks there are ?

Banks’ activities can be divided into retail banking, dealing directly with individuals and small businesses; business banking, providing services to mid-market business; corporate banking, directed at large business entities; private banking, providing wealth management services to high net worth individuals and families; and investment banking, relating to activities on the financial markets. Most banks are profit-making, private enterprises. However, some are owned by government, or are non-profits.

Central banks are normally government owned banks, often charged with quasi-regulatory responsibilities, e.g. supervising commercial banks, or controlling the cash interest rate. They generally provide liquidity to the banking system and act as the lender of last resort in event of a crisis.

Type of Retail Banks

• Commercial bank: the term used for a normal bank to distinguish it from an investment bank. After the Great Depression, the U.S. Congress required that banks only engage in banking activities, whereas investment banks were limited to capital market activities. Since the two no longer have to be under separate ownership, some use the term “commercial bank” to refer to a bank or a division of a bank that mostly deals with deposits and loans from corporations or large businesses.
• Community Banks: locally operated financial institutions that empower employees to make local decisions to serve their customers and the partners
• Community development banks: regulated banks that provide financial services and credit to under-served markets or populations.
• Postal savings banks: savings banks associated with national postal systems.
• Private banks: manage the assets of high net worth individuals.
• Offshore banks: banks located in jurisdictions with low taxation and regulation. Many offshore banks are essentially private banks.
• Savings bank: in Europe, savings banks take their roots in the 19th or sometimes even 18th century. Their original objective was to provide easily accessible savings products to all strata of the population. In some countries, savings banks were created on public initiative, while in others socially committed individuals created foundations to put in place the necessary infrastructure. Nowadays, European savings banks have kept their focus on retail banking: payments, savings products, credits and insurances for individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises. Apart from this retail focus, they also differ from commercial banks by their broadly decentralised distribution network, providing local and regional outreach and by their socially responsible approach to business and society.
• Building societies and Landesbanks: conduct retail banking.
• Ethical banks: banks that prioritize the transparency of all operations and make only what they consider to be socially-responsible investments.
• Islamic banks: Banks that transact according to Islamic principles.

 

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Personal Sales Interview Questions:

What are your long-term professional goals? And short term goals?

What do you do personally for your professional development?

What did you do this past weekend?

What kind of goals motivate you the best?

What is your greatest dream?

What was your most significant personal accomplishment?

What would you say your one or two biggest failures or mistakes were in life? What did you learn from them?

What are you passionate about?

What fulfills you?

What are your top values?

Work Ethic Sales Interview Questions:

Tell me about your last three days at work. Please fill me in from start to finish each day.

Tell me about an experience that demonstrates your work ethic.

What was your most significant professional accomplishment and what did it take to achieve it?

What were your goals for the past three years and did you meet them?

What is the reason for your past success?

Objection Handling Sales Interview Questions:

How do you overcome buyer objections?

How do you handle price objections?

What do you say when the prospect says everything looks good, except the price?

What do you say when the prospect says send me some information?

Sales Process and Sales Cycle Interview Questions:

What do you like and dislike about the sales process and why?

What type of sales cycle is most rewarding to you? A long cycle for a large ticket item or smaller and more frequent sales?

Describe a time where you used a creative approach in meeting a sales goal or making a sale?

What is your process to qualify your prospects?

What do you do to generate leads?

How do you ask for a referral?

Sales Management and Sales Leadership Interview Questions:

As  a  sales  leader, how  did  you  go  about  recruiting  your  sales  staff?

What  criteria  did   you  use  to  evaluate  your team members?

How  would  you  describe  your  sales  management style?

Rate your management skills on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 representing excellent management skills. Provide three examples from your past work experiences that demonstrate your selected number is accurate.

Tell me about a time when you reorganized a department or significantly changed employee work assignments. How did you approach the task? How did the affected employees respond to your actions?

When you have entered a new workplace in the past, as a manager or supervisor, describe how you have gone about meeting and developing relationships with your new coworkers, supervisors, and reporting staff.

Intangible Sales Skills Interview Questions:

Describe a situation with a client or prospect where you made a mistake. How did you handle the error?

What do you think are the most important skills in succeeding in sales?

What are your top three open-ended questions for initial sales calls?

What are your 3 greatest sales strengths or gifts?

What do you see as the key skills in opening new partnerships? (“Closing”)

Bonus Sales Interview Questions To Ask To Learn More About Your Candidate

How would you describe yourself?

What influenced you to choose the sales career path?

What specific life goals or sales career goals have you established?

What will it take to attain your goals, and what steps have you taken toward attaining them?

Please describe the ideal sales job for you?

 

 

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There cannot be clear cut strategy for the interviews as it all depends on how the interview board is and what they have in their mind on the day. But having said that, it is always wise to prepare well for your interviews, as smart preparation can always help to get through this final hurdle. Although board can throw any question on you but with a little brainstorming and application we can always find out some of the questions which are very commonly asked in the interviews. Candidates should always prepare structured answers of such questions so that they would not find any difficulty at the time of interview. Also keep in mind that interview is a test of your communication skills so remain confident and speak well during interviews, mock interview can help a lot, so practice a lot among your friends and family members.

Just bear in mind that those 10-15 minutes can change your life so don’t have any kind of apprehensions and just be normal. Always talk positive and don’t ever give impression of negativity (even if you are not a positive person). Communicate as much as you can on relevant topics, a few days before your interview, it will not only boost your confidence but also help you to have command over the language. In banking interviews apart from the common questions and answers which I am providing you as under, question may also be from your background, qualifications, current affairs, banking and financial terms etc. So try to cover all such areas.

Tell me about yourself:

This is one of the most common but very important asked questions in interviews. Therefore you need to have a short statement prepared in your mind. Try to cover a brief about you which may include your background, qualifications, experience (if any), your family and your career objective which may include that why you are looking for entering into this sector. Practice this question among your friends to master over it. Talk about things you have done and jobs you have held that relate to the position you are interviewing for. Start with the item farthest back and work up to the present.

Why do you want to enter banking?

You need to talk about Banking. Your answer can have following bulleted points.

Banking is a fast changing environment and with the advent of new technologies and products scope for learning is much more now.

Retail banking is now very competitive – from telephone banking, retailers and etc Banking is thus now largely sales driven.

You can talk that banking offers a wide range of career opportunities for graduates – not just in branch banking but also in financial services, consultancy and corporate banking.

 

What significant trends do you see in the future in Banking Industry?

This is your chance to shine. You will be fully familiar with the economic situation and development in the banking industry to tackle such questions. Development which have recently taken in the banking industry, monetary policy, how the industry has evolved in last few years and what is the future alike etc. are the areas which you should prepare.

What do you know about this organization?

This question is one reason to do some research on the organization before the interview. Find out about the performance of the bank in which you are appearing for the interview. What are the strong and weak issues of the bank and how they are performing on financial parameters in the industry? Who are the major competitors and what action bank should take to tackle competition.

Explain how you would be an asset to this organization or why should we select you for this position?

This is another very good question which will give you an opportunity to impress the board. It gives you a chance to highlight your best points as they relate to the position being discussed. Talk about your strong points, qualifications, analytical skills etc. to highlight that how can you be an asset to the bank. Please bear in mind that you have already cleared the hurdle of the written part so don’t ever think that you cannot be an asset. The bank has already tested your analytical abilities and they are now just looking for how you respond to such question.

What is your greatest strength?

Numerous answers are good, just stay positive. A few good examples: Your ability to prioritize, Your problem-solving skills, Your ability to work under pressure, Your ability to focus on projects, Your professional expertise, Your leadership skills, Your positive attitude etc.

Do you think you are overqualified for this position?

Regardless of your qualifications, state that you are very well qualified for the position.

 

 

 

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If you are looking for anything related to interview tips, preparations, tricks, or the different types of interviews plus how to prepare for an interview then that’s what you will find here.

An interview can be a difficult thing be it preparing for an interview or facing one. Having said that there are ways in which you can learn and prepare for an interview in such a manner that you are able to present a confident and dynamic self something that interviewers want to see in a job candidate. With the help of some basic interview tips a candidate can prepare him/herself to face the interview. Interview tips helps you understand what you can expect during the interview, how you can impress the job employer by stating your strong points and brushing aside your weak points during the interview. Things such as questions for interview tips are basically there so as to help you create a lasting impression on the employer which could tilt the job in your favor.

It is a well known fact that recruiters and employers are looking for bright candidates for fit their requirement for the job or vacancy in their company. Using interview tips you can brush your skills so as to be able to give prompt and honest answers to the questions posed by the interviewers. You are not only looking to impress with your experience and knowledge a specialized field rather you would also like to impress upon them that you have all round abilities, that you can work together with other people as a team while also showing that you are willing to take the initiative when required.

There are different types of interviews that are conducted. Some of the different types of interviews tips that you will find here are behavioral interview, group panel interview, exit interview and screening interview. The first phase of an interview can be termed as a general interview or even as screening interview. The main purpose of this type of interview is to segregate the suitable and non-suitable candidates. Those who are selected move to the next round of interviews. There are also technical interviews, as the name suggests technical interviews are held for technical job placements such as an engineering job or a computer software programmer job. Another form of interview that you can expect to face if you make it to the latter rounds of the interview is the mealtime interview. The interviewers judge you on who you will carry yourself when dealing with clients over a luncheon or when you are hosting a gathering. Thus having good interview tips will aid you in understand what you can expect in a particular kind of interview and more importantly giving your best in that round of the interview.

Thus no less can be said about interview tips, it can mean the difference between getting a job that you are looking for or losing out. Once you learn interview tips then you are giving yourself the best chance at getting your dream job.

Interview tips you will find handy

Phone Interviewing Tips

An increasing number of organizations are choosing to use the phone interviewing method to screen candidates before calling them for the actual interview. The main thought behind conducting a phone interview is to allow the company to verify the basic details of the applicant while also scrutinizing his/her basic English speaking skills, enthusiasm for the job and also do a check on the details you have mentioned in your resume. Usually the company will conduct a single phone interview but such norms may or may not be followed by very company, so you can expect a second call if they would like to confirm further details regarding your education, work experience, etc.

When you are submitting your resume along with the job application do not forget to mention what time of the day you will be available as the company will call you at such a time. Be prepared for the interview and always have a copy of your resume with you in case you need it.

Exit Interview

Exit interviews are interviews conducted by a company when an employee is leaving the company. The primary reason for conducting or taking such an interview is to know why the employee is resigning or leaving his job at the company. The exit interview is conducted by either the HR manager or someone who is responsible for recruitment in the company. During the interview the employee’s boss or immediate senior is not invited thus allowing the person to be open and candid regarding his/her decision to leave the company. There is also a form that accompanies the interview where in the reasons for the employees departure from the company, overall experience and feedback is noted.

Who is the interviewer?

The interviewer is a person who is responsible for conducting an interview. The interviewer can be an outsider appointed by the company or a person from the HR or recruitment department of the company. While some interviewers may have a set questionnaire for a technical interview, group interview etc, but most interviewers believe in group discussion interviews or one on one interview. The first interview is always a written interview followed by other interviews.

Interviewers have the uncanny knack of being good observers, they precisely monitor your behavior, your interaction abilities, how confidently you participate and answer during a group interview.

The questions that you can expect – tell me something about yourself, what do you remember the most about your college campus, and why do you want to join this company etc.

Technical Job Interview Tips

Technical job interviews are not classified as being amongst the easier of the job interviews conducted. These interviews are conducted for only those who are technically qualified in a particular field say like computer language programming or engineering. The interviewer will have a certain agenda for each candidate usually based on his/her field of expertise. A technical interview can be very tough if you are not sound in the field, the interviewer can grind you extensively till the time they know for sure whether or not you are completely qualified for the position you seek.

On your part you would well to do some research regarding the latest developments in your sector and the latest tools and applications being employed. If you have been out of job for sometime then do brush up and polish your skills wherever needed.

Creating the first impression

A lot has always been said about the ‘First Impression.’ And the fact is that your first impression during the interview can make a world of difference to your job prospects. First and foremost is dressing up appropriately for the interview. Do not dress up loudly, do not wear a jeans and funky accessories just to prove you are in sync with fashion, neither should to dress up in such a way to suggest you have no dressing sense.

Dress up smartly and your body language should reflect confidence and not a nervous persona. Every candidate has interview jitters but those who are able to display confidence along with the correct attitude are always able to create the right first impression. Thereafter the interviewer is looking forward to interviewing you and knowing about the skills, the abilities and a lot more that you may have to offer to the company.

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