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Give the Interview

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The Art & Science to Ace Your Dream Job Interview. Tame the Inner Demons, Shine in Group Discussion,

Devise Perfect Resume, Get Hired


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Give the Interview

You can be Proud of

The Art & Science to Ace Your Dream Job Interview. Tame the Inner Demons, Shine in Group Discussion,

Devise Perfect Resume, Get Hired

Ankit Singh

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Introduction to the book

Hi friend. I would like to extend my heartiest thanks to you

for buying/downloading this book. Congratulations on

beginning the exciting journey to ace the selection process

of your dream company or dream college.

Interviews are not a stand-alone process and Group

Discussions form an important stage of selection. A good

CV/resume means you are already halfway through the

process. Hence the book has covered all three of them to

ensure integrated preparation.

What you will learn

The book has proven strategies to succeed in all three steps

of selection- CV/Resume, GD & interview. It has sample

answers for commonly asked questions and also mentions

the common mistakes that candidates make .A big issue is

of generating content to speak therefore that issue is also

addressed. The book focuses not only on the art of handling

the external factors during an interview but also lays a great

stress on the internal factors, those inside the mind, which

so often create a huge difference between selection and

rejection. You will learn techniques which employ Science

and Psychology to drive the interview in your favour and

help you get closer to the flawless interview you always

wished to give.

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Who the book is for

If you are nervous or are unsure what to say in an

Interview or find yourself out of content in a GD then this

is THE BOOK for you.

Anyone who is going for an interview/GD or is planning to

give one, be it for a job or an MBA entrance. Even if you

are planning to rework on your CV/Resume then too this

book will be beneficial.

Whether you are a student, a recent graduate or have

work experience, this book will certainly guide you to

prepare better for the interviews and GD.

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About the Author

My name is Ankit Singh. I am an entrepreneur and trainer. I am the Founder of XLRATE Cognitive Connect (xlrate.in), a platform to connect industry professionals with students to

make them more employable and Co-Founder of Gravycart. Com, an online food delivery portal. A Mechanical Engineering graduate from NIT Durgapur and MBA from

XLRI Jamshedpur. Before venturing out as an entrepreneur, I worked as an officer in a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and my last corporate stint was as Vice

President of Trident Group, a reputed Indian MNC.

I love interacting with young people and mentoring

them. I strongly believe that with the right guidance and

channelized effort anyone can succeed. This is the reason

why I walked away from the corporate cushion and decided

to take the road less traveled.

I have come across countless people who despite being

academic bright failing to clear interviews. Through this

book, I hope to help all those who wish to achieve their

potential by achieving success in selection process.

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So Let’s Get Started

It is time to raise our preparation to the next level.

The best way to read this book is by practicing it step by

step. Follow the advice in the book to beat nervousness.

Know the common interview mistakes and learn how to

avoid them. Understand how you can make your

CV/Resume stand out from the crowd. And yes, do stick

with the checklists to avoid any oversight and give the

perfect interview.

So let us begin and find out how to get the job that we

dream of!

“MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU”

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Table of contents

SR. Chapter Page

Chapter 1

Things worth understanding about interview

1.1 What is an Interview? 1

1.2 Humans are Cognitive Misers 2

Chapter

2

Interview Techniques -Part 1

2.1 Reflection 3

2.2 Predicting Interview Questions 7

2.3 Know your CV completely 14

Chapter

3

Interview Techniques- Part 2

3.1 Fake it till you make it 15

3.2 Visualisation 17

3.3 Gambit 19

Chapter 4

Answering Commonly Asked Interview Questions

4.1 Tell me something about yourself 20

4.2 Tell us something not written in the CV

26

4.3 Tell us about your strengths 29

4.4 Tell us about your weaknesses 32

4.5 What are your short term and

long term goals?

35

4.6 Why this company? Why MBA? Why this College?

38

4.7 Why should we select you? 42

4.8 Why did you leave your last job? 44


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Chapter 5

Preparation for Group Discussion

5.1 Some important aspects of GD

5.2 Different Kinds of GD

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5.3 What is all evaluated in a GD? 49

5.4 How to prepare for a GD? 51

5.5 Some important approaches 52

5.6 Some important things to keep in mind for GD

55

Chapter 6

CV/Resume Preparation

6.1 Why is it important? 56

6.2 Parts of a CV 56

6.3 Some of the common mistakes candidates make while preparing CV

58

6.4 Things to do before making a CV 59

6.5 Points to remember while

making a CV

60

Chapter 7

Techniques to lower last day jitters

62

Chapter 8

Important checklists

8.1 Checklist before the selection

process/interview

65

8.2 Points to keep in mind during interview

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Final Words


Give the Interview You can be Proud of

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CHAPTER 1

THINGS WORTH UNDERSTANDING

BEFORE WE BEGIN PREPARATION

1.1 What is an interview?

A very common mistake made by many candidates,

especially the candidates who have never ever given an

interview think that interview is something like a viva or an

oral exam. Interview is a conversation where the interviewer

asks a lot of questions to the candidate to judge whether the

candidate is suitable for the respective post but this is more

than an oral exam.

In a viva, only the knowledge of the candidate is of

prime importance but in an interview, factors like

communication skill, etiquettes, personality and self-clarity

also play a very important role in selection. Hiring is being

done of an individual and not of a machine which will just do

few tasks. Every HR manager who is entrusted with hiring

has to ensure that the selected candidate fits the company

culture, would be productive and will stay for a considerable

time. Reducing attrition is also an important responsibility

and so if a candidate with great knowledge does not come

across as a right fit to the organisation, then chances of

selection reduce drastically.

Therefore, it is important to have a conversation. Just

the way a candidate wants to be selected, an interviewer

also wants to select a good candidate. A good but formal


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conversation helps the candidate to better explain the

candidature. If the interview becomes a question–answer

round instead of a conversation, it is very likely that even

the interviewer may get bored which will lead to a lower

score in the interview.

1.2 Human are Cognitive Misers

This statement means that human beings always try and

reduce the effort of solving a problem. The term „Cognitive

Miser‟ was first introduced by Susan Fiske and Shelley Taylor

in 1984.

How is this important for an interview? Actually, very

much. In fact, this is the most important thing to

understand. Subconsciously, the interviewer will try to use

as less mental effort as possible to select a candidate. No

interviewer can get 100% information about any candidate;

the sources for information would be CV, certificates, form

filled by the candidate and the things said by the candidate

in the interview and body language. Nothing much could be

done with certificates but CV can be made better and most

importantly, interview could be given in a proper manner to

highlight the positive side of a candidate and drive the

interview in the right direction. So if you drive interview in

the direction of your strengths, then the information that the

interviewer gets to process is loaded with your positives but

if you make the interview a one-way conversation, then

interviewer may ask questions that you are not comfortable

with and thus, you can be evaluated on the basis of

information which is mostly your negatives and can lead to

your rejection. Therefore, the most important quality of a

good candidate is to drive interview in a favourable direction

which would increase the chance of selection.

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