Ultimately whether or not you are hired depends on how badly the company needs someone in that position in the near future. I have failed some interviews for which I have prepared very hard. At the same time I easily got through some interviews that I attended for mere pleasure or time pass.
Re: My experiences with interviews
by Oldkid on Apr 18, 2011 02:12 PM
When you prepare very hard, you get tensed-up and end up losing. But if you go for mere pleasure, you will be yourself and confident and click in the interview. So never prepare very hard. Be yourself, cool and casual.
Article is quite interesting and gives several practical tips. I am sure this article is to a great extent based on the experience of the author as HR Head.That's the reason, it gives so much insight of the practical aspects of the interview.Even, I, as HR person for several years of experience in this field, seem to concur with most of the views of the author; however, I seem to slightly differ with the author in the sense that nowadays, in several industries especially in IT/BPO and several fields in service industries, you need not be too formal as suggested in the article.
first of the three thing is - whether the founder of the company had a dress code while laying the foundation stone? Secondly - I will delibrately walk out of the interview room if someday i discover he is my interviewer. lastly - if i own a company some day then I will never have him in my HR panel.
This is a really stupid article and just tries to reinforce some interview myths. I interview candidates and also have been hired when several of these rules were broken. 1. Formal clothes: This applies to industries where formal clothing is required (like finance, marketing, etc.). Not in creative or liberal fields like software and advertising. Its just important not to be shabby. 2. The only time people ask you to talk about yourself, is when theres nothing on your resume. That's OK if you are fresh out of college. But otherwise, it means you had a bad resume. 3. Its better not to ask questions at the end rather than ask stupid questions. 4. Its fine not to research the company and to a lesser extent, the requirement. But its most important to know what kind of skills you (really) possess and what kind of role you can fit into. 5. You are not hired for your knowledge, you are hired for your ability to make intelligent decisions (or else they would have hired an encyclopedia). 6. Saying "I don't know" is perfectly OK. Explaining why you don't is not - its a sign of a loser who tries to explain his mistakes.
Re: not true
by SHAN BAID on Apr 18, 2011 06:19 PM
point 2. open questions are asked to make you free n comfortable. thats another way to frame questions from what u speak
Re: not true
by panduranga vittal on Apr 18, 2011 09:56 AM
i agree with you for all the points except point 2. I have a superior CV whch can not be matched by any one's CV. This has been confiremd several times by job offerers and by my success itself. However, when they suddently are interseted for some one, ssy, e.g., a girl or a reocmmended canditate, they siply want to conduct a mocery interview to get rid off you. So even if you have a gret CV they can ask you to talk about you. Probably you have concepts about interview for a particular field.
This is a really stupid article and just tries to reinforce some interview myths. I interview candidates and also have been hired when several of these rules were broken. 1. Formal clothes: This applies to industries where formal clothing is required (like finance, marketing, etc.). Not in creative or liberal fields like software and advertising. Its just important not to be shabby. 2. The only time people ask you to talk about yourself, is when theres nothing on your resume. That's OK if you are fresh out of college. But otherwise, it means you had a bad resume. 3. Its better not to ask questions at the end rather than ask stupid questions. 4. Its fine not to research the company and to a lesser extent, the requirement. But its most important to know what kind of skills you (really) possess and what kind of role you can fit into. 5. You are not hired for your knowledge, you are hired for your ability to make intelligent decisions (or else they would have hired an encyclopedia). 6. Saying "I don't know" is perfectly OK. Explaining why you don't is not - its a sign of a loser who tries to explain his mistakes.
