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INTRODUCTION TO PI What is an interview ? An interview is a personality test.

In an interview the panel looks for a sound grasp of your academics, self-awareness, clarity of goals, and a well-rounded personality

Why do management institutes conduct interview s ? The institutes call you for an interview because they don't know you, and they want to get to know you in order to assess if you have the qualities that would make a good manager. In a GD these qualities are revealed by your participation in the group.In an interview, the panel deduces these qualities from your answers.

PRE - INTERVIEW Sample questions from Pre-Interview forms IIM B How would you describe yourself? (In answering this, you should address your personal qualities, strengths, weaknesses and activities that interest you and do not interest you. You may also like to touch upon what your parents and friends think of you) IIM C Describe your career goals IIM K a) Describe briefly your current or most current job responsibility. State knowledge and skills you have acquired from this experience. b) Describe your strengths and weaknesses as identified by you. c) Describe your most significant accomplishment so far. IIM L Please describe your inter-collegiate, institute and higher level activities. These may include games and sports, cultural, literary and similar other activities. IIM A a) Please describe the strengths and weaknesses that you have identified in your academic career so far. b) Besides management education what would interest you most as a career and/or further education?

STUDENT FAQ We have listed some of the most frequenly asked questions on Communications

Skills Building. If you have any further queries, please mail them to csb@imsindia.com Will they grill me ? Students always get intimidated at the prospect of going through an interview. But that's not the way to look at the interview process. You should look on the interview positively, as an opportunity to present yourself to a complete stranger, rather than an ordeal. How does one lead the interview er? One leads the interviewer by ending a topic with a reference to the next topic you wish to take the panel to. How do I deal w ith my nervousness ? By preparing for the interview. The importance of preparation is paramount for success. 70-80% of questions can be prepared for. What about the questions I have not prepared for ? Not all questions can be anticipated, and some questions are asked to harangue the candidate a bit. You will have to think on your feet. Therefore, in these cases as well as throughout the interview, keeping an alert mind is necessary How should I dress ? Maintain at least a neat and clean appearance, and wear comfortable clothes. People generally do dress up formally for interviews. How should my posture and body language be ? Follow the general body language rules - Maintaining eye contact with the entire panel. Body language should be relaxed and yet formal. If I don't know an answ er, can I try and bluff my w ay through ? Bluffing is to be strictly avoided because of the possible expertise of the panelist in that area. You can admit that you don't know the answer. How do I answ er the question "Tell me something about yourself" ? This all-important question is to indirectly ascertain which areas to ask you questions on. This is a great chance to set a favorable tone for the entire interview. You should tell them things about yourself that reflect positively on you. Remember that there is no such thing as a universally right answer. What is right answer for you may not be a right answer for your neighbors. The answer that is right for you is the one that shows you in positive light. How do I answ er the questions "Should w e select you? And w hy ?" Never say 'No'. Don't sound over-confident and if pointed out, then accept the mistakes you committed during the interview but in return point out all your strong points and how you would add to the learning process of the entire class through your experiences and background (if an uncommon one). What is a stress interview ? How does one behave in the same ? A stress interview is said to be the one in which the panel deliberately acts hostile and tries to make the candidate uncomfortable. The panel wants to see your maturity, see how well you can handle stressful situations. The way you should

tackle a stress interview is to keep your cool, answer questions as coolly as possible, without raising your voice, getting aggressive and confrontationist, and acting as reasonably as possible.

HOW DOES ONE PREPARE FOR A PI ? One can be successful at a Interview with proper preparation and guidance. Given below are 6 easy to follow tips which will help you in your preparations :Tip 1# | Tip 2# | Tip 3# | Tip 4# | Tip 5# | Tip 6#

Tip 1 # Self-awareness is of paramount importance. To be self-aware, you need to introspect on your qualities, good and bad, and what motivates your actions etc. Tip 2 # Your friends and family know you well, so utilize their inputs to learn about yourself. Tip 3 # An important preparation tactic is to guess what kind of questions may be asked of you,given your particular profile, thinking of how you would respond to the same, and then guessing what further questions may be asked from your responses. Developing multiple lines of questioning from each answer will help you prepare for most of the eventualities. But this is best done with someone else helping you sound out your ideas, not in isolation. Tip 4 # Writing down your responses to probable questions allows you to check how your ideas appear in black and white. Tip 5 # A serious simulated interview will go a long way in preparing you mentally for the actual one. Tip 6 # A very important point is to remember to photocopy the interview form and preserve the copy to recollect what exactly one had written in the form at the time of the Interview.

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