IT work in india overall seen in volume wise around 75% is waste/by product/legacy/non critical system maintainance. With sufficient supply of engineers from college soon with IT jobs will be more like clerks.
When a high profile candidate in invited for a meeting (not interview !), the role is reversed :
01. Why do you want to hire me ? (Ice breaker)
02. What you have learnt about my candidature that is attractive to you ? (How critically the employer has studied the candidature through market intelligence)
03. What are your priorities that, you think, I can fulfil ? (How much the organization is aware of their areas of improvement that the candidate can fill in those gaps)
04. How do you ensure the company values are lived by the employees ? (Whether the company values are only framed on the walls or are really practiced across the hierarchy)
05. If money is no criteria for me, what motivation would you provide to hire and retain me ? (Freedom to operate, challenged for top & bottom line, customer service, succession chain development, empowered to take risks)
So it is not necessary that the employer only should ask questions. If you are talented and a sought after professional, be polite, but firm in asking questions.
Re: A High Profile Candidate Interview
by Cannot Place on Apr 30, 2014 11:16 AM
By the time you get to asking the third question in your list, your interviewer would have called for security personnel to escort you off the office premises!
This article is for fresher or junior candidates not "high profile" candidates!
Your list is pretty good no doubt but it is irrelevant in this context!
When a high profile candidate in invited for a meeting (not interview !), the role is reversed :
01. Why do you want to hire me ? (Ice breaker)
02. What you have learnt about my candidature that is attractive to you ? (How critically the employer has studied the candidature through market intelligence)
03. What are your priorities that, you think, I can fulfil ? (How much the organization is aware of their areas of improvement that the candidate can fill in those gaps)
04. How do you ensure the company values are lived by the employees ? (Whether the company values are only framed on the walls or are really practiced across the hierarchy)
05. If money is no criteria for me, what motivation would you provide to hire and retain me ? (Freedom to operate, challenged for top & bottom line, customer service, succession chain development, empowered to take risks)
So it is not necessary that the employer only should ask questions. If you are talented and a sought after professional, be polite, but firm in asking questions.
In my engineering job interview, I was given paper and computer and asked to solve a technical problem and write a short summary of steps I would follow. They only evaluated me based on my ability to solve that particular problem. They didn't hire me and later I realized they were giving the same problem to all interviewers to get the best answer. They never wanted to hire anybody in real, they just wanted a free solution to their problem.
Re: Re: Job Interview
by Srini on Apr 30, 2014 11:33 AM
How banias are responsible for india being a socialist country? If anything they are capitalistic
Real question ..... Tell me how your skills, qualifications and experience match the requirements of the job you have applied for!
Never recite your biography ..... if you do this in an interview in reputed companies (which there are very few in India), the interview is pretty much over at that point itself!
BUT there are exceptions to this. If you are trying to get the job on the basis of your "regional" background, Always talk about everything unrelated to your work and only about yourself, your family, your neighbors, your native place and so on!
Real question ..... Are you going to be a problem rather than a problem solver.
Always say you achieved the best you could in that designation with your previous employer and have to move on as there was no immediate possibility of a promotion or “growth”! Only say this after you have told your interviewer what a great yet under-appreciated performer you were in the last job!
3. Why did you apply for this job? Why do you think should the company hire you?
Real question ..... What are you looking for in this job and how do you think you can contribute to the company?!
Praise the company you are interviewing with. Tell your interviewer that your research of the company has impressed the pants off you! Tell your interviewer you believe you can really HELP the company with your skills, qualifications and experience and how these make you the best candidate they can get!
Don’t try to BS in a an interview with a reputed company because a smart manager (which such companies usually have) knows how to catch a lie.
Real question …… Are you self aware or are you a pompous, insufferable wind bag?!
Be humble about your strengths which should be the skills that match with the job requirements and state the gaps in your skill set as your weaknesses!
Nobody wants to know that you consider the skin infection around your privates as your weakness!
Real question ..... Are we going to regret not hiring a male candidate for this position!
This question is mainly for Indian women who treat their jobs as a safety net and an opportunity to get paid maternity leave!
Simply answering that you won’t quit, will not help. Try to explain to the hiring manager that you have a plan to balance your professional and personal life effectively.
Re: Real 5
by venkata ramana murty on May 04, 2014 05:24 AM
Highly useful for every interviewee. Young people should read and can groom into good candidates.
