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Understanding the interviewer psychology
As per Wikipedia "An interview is essentially a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. In common parlance, the word "interview" refers to one-on-one conversation between interviewer and interviewee. The interviewer asks questions to which the interviewee responds...."
Interviewing is not an easy task. The interviewer needs to ask the right questions to find a good candidate among many others. He needs to discover the right candidate to meet the job requirements.
Through a set of questions during the interview, he discovers answers to following questions
• Do you have right experience and skills for the job?
• Your potential, motivation, values and ethics
• Uncover what the candidate may be trying to conceal
• How did you perform in your earlier roles?
• How effective is your leadership, problem solving and conflict resolution skills? .
• How well do you respond to stress situation?
• What are your salary expectations?
• Would you be able to join in time?
• Can you deliver the required performance?
• Will you fit into the company culture?
• Will you stay long in the company?
Interview questions will be focused to discover your abilities, strength, weakness, experience, attitude, and potential. In an interview one will be faced with many questions. Don't be fooled by simple looking questions (Tell me about yourself. Why do want to leave your existing organization? What did you learn from your last project?) and also don't get tripped by tough questions (Tell me one thing not on your resume.Why there is a gap in your resume? Why were you fired?)
Interviewer needs to make a good decision and find the person who will deliver better than others.
As a candidate you need to understand the job requirements and need to answer to the questions so that interviewer discovers his answers and makes up his mind on you.
You need to understand the interview from Interviewers' perspective and help his search by your answers in genuine and truthful manner. Your answers should show
• You have the desired strength, abilities and experience
• You can deliver the performance and are interested in long term career
• You are motivated and can create value better than others
The job interview is more about understanding the employers need. Your answers need to be genuine, truthful to convince the interviewer that you are the right candidate for the given position.
Every answer should be attempt to strengthen his view to see you as the right candidate. Each answer should be supported through your real life examples to prove that you have the abilities, experience and the attitude to deliver. Demonstrate through examples that you are the guy who will deliver the results.
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