Interview Skills

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Stages

• Pre-Interview Preparation
• During the Interview Performance
• Post Interview Analysis

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Pre-Interview Preparation

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Prepare well

• Grooming
• Prepare your file
• Review your resume
• Company Information
• Anticipated questions
• Revision of technical aspects
• Read current and social affairs
• Water and food
• Review your experience

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During the interview

• Pre Placement Talk

• The Interview Room

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 The Interview Room Tips

• Interview Etiquette
• Grooming
• Be brave
• Corroborative approach
• Posture and B/L
• Focus on growth not money
• Be enthusiastic not aggressive

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 Competencies
• Technical Skills
• Communications skills
• Team work
• Ability to learn
• Critical thinking
• Organization skill
• Motivated
• Problem solving
• Maturity and Personal Management
• Professional Judgement

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Anticipated Questions

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Types of questions

• Technical
• Informational
• Behavioral
• Critical Thinking
• Competency
• The Trap

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Mock Interviews

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Some other types

Skype Interview Telephonic Interview

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Life is like a Boxing Match

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Techniques to answer the question

• Tell me some thing about yourself??

Elements of Introduction

• Introduction – Name, education, city/hometown.

• Achievements/ extracurricular activities- school

/college/university level (preferably college/university
level) achievements/activities, what skills did you
develop during these activities.

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Techniques to answer the question

• Interests- Area of interests, how does it benefit you?

• Qualities- your strengths, skills, give example of your
strengths/skills, include usage of skill/strengths in past
where it helped you.
• Projects/Internships- The live projects and internship
undertaken related to your field.
• Hobbies- what is your hobby, example of how do your
pursue your hobbies.
• Aim- short term and long term goals, relate with your
discipline of study

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Techniques to answer the question

• Tell me some thing about yourself??

Rule of three:-

• Mention Name , Education ,city/hometown

• Three most impressive things out from the list shared

above.

• Beginning or ending with relevant Quotation.

• Emphasize on skill sets and elaborate it.

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Techniques to answer the question

• Tell me some thing about yourself??

Rule of three:-

• Mention Name , Education ,city/hometown

• Three most impressive things out from the list shared

above.

• Beginning or ending with relevant Quotation.

• Emphasize on skill sets and elaborate it.

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Techniques to answer the question

• Name
• City/Hometown
• Education(Mention latest 2 qualifications)
• Internship/project/training
• Choose this profession
• Strengths/Skills-as per the profession you are in
• Hobbies(Productive one)
• Role modal
• Mission Statement
• AIM-Any particular position you want to achieve or
successful in which field??

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Transform your Curriculum Vitae

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Techniques to answer the question

• What are your strengths?

• Pick a job-related skill (not something you do for fun.)
• Strengths could include :-
 oral advocacy
 ability to think on your feet,
 work under pressure,
 negotiate effectively and advocate confidently and
assertively,
 detail-orientation, writing, analytical ability, people skills
and demonstrated commitment to the mission.

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Techniques to answer the question

• What are your strengths?

• Example 1:-

I’ve always preferred to work in groups and find that my

collaborative nature is one of my strongest attributes.
On projects that I directed, I work well to inspire diverse
team members and work side by side with them to
achieve the project goals. In fact, I’ve increased
productivity by ten percent over the course of two years.

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Techniques to answer the question

• What are your strengths?

• Example 2:-

I believe that my greatest strength is the ability to solve

problems quickly and efficiently. I can see any given
situation from multiple perspectives, which makes me
uniquely qualified to complete my work even under
challenging conditions. That problem solving allows me
to be a better communicator. I am just as comfortable
speaking to senior executives as I am junior team
members. I think my ability to see all sides of an issue
will make me a great asset to the team.

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Fight a WAR

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Techniques to answer the question
• What are your Weakness?
 Talk about a weakness you have improved or are in the process of
correcting.
 Or come up with a weakness that is actually strength in this job.
WAR Technique:-

W-Weakness
A-Action Plan
R-Result

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Techniques to answer the question
• What are your Weakness?
Example :-
W-Weakness:- I am incredibly introverted, which makes me wary of
sharing my ideas in a group setting or speaking up during team
meetings. I feel that I had good intentions, I just wasn't always
comfortable speaking up.
A-Action Plan:-After my team didn’t meet expectations on two
consecutive projects, I decided to start making changes to get more
familiar with sharing my ideas for the benefit of my team. I took local
improve classes and started trying to get comfortable discussing my
thoughts.

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Techniques to answer the question

• What are your Weakness?

Example :-
R-Result
It's still a work in progress, but it's something that I've improved
dramatically over the past year.

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SITUATIONAL QUESTIONS

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 STAR TECHNIQUE

•Situation - Outline the situation or context you were in.

•Task - Explain what you were trying to achieve.
•Action - Explain specifically what you did.
•Result - Provide outcomes, improvements or positive
results.

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 STAR TECHNIQUE

• What would you do if you were asked to perform a task

you’ve never done before?

Employers ask this question to understand how you leverage your

problem-solving skills to learn how to do something new. Your
response should detail your methods for developing a new skill.

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 STAR TECHNIQUE
• What would you do if you were asked to perform a task you’ve
never done before?

S-SITUATION
In my last role as a marketing coordinator, my manager asked me to build and
launch a digital ad campaign, which was something I’d never done before. I
explained to my manager that I had no experience leading that type of
project, but volunteered to do all of the work if someone more experienced
could offer guidance.

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 STAR TECHNIQUE
• What would you do if you were asked to perform a task
you’ve never done before?

T-TASK
To design and launch a digital ad campaign.

A- ACTION PLAN
I met with several employees who had experience running digital ads,
studied best practices and successfully launched the campaign.

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 STAR TECHNIQUE

• What would you do if you were asked to perform

a task you’ve never done before?

R-RESULT
Thanks to that hands-on learning experience, I became the
team expert on digital advertising.”

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 SITUATIONAL QUSETIONS
• Describe an occasion when you had a number of important tasks to be
handled at once. How did you manage this?
• Tell me about a time when you had to go beyond what was ordinarily
expected of an employee to get the job done?
• What would you do if an angry and dissatisfied customer confronted
you? How would you resolve their concern?
• What professional accomplishment are you most proud of and how did
you achieve it?

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 CAST STRATEGY

Why should we hire you?/How will you prove to be an

asset of our company?
•C-Company Name - What you know about the company.
•A-Attributes - Mention a quality or a feature or a
characteristic which you demonstrated during your internship.
•S-Summer Internship - Give the example(preferably from
your internship) where you demonstrated this attribute.
•T-Technical Skills - Mention the technical skills used during
the demonstration.

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 CAST STRATEGY

Why should we hire you?/How will you prove to be an

asset of our company?
Example 1:-
I am a hard working student and throughout my academic
career, I have been consistently praised as efficient by my
professors and peers. While working on academic and extra-
curricular projects, I have developed technical, management and
leadership skills, which I hope to leverage into the role given at
your company. I am certain that I have the necessary skills to
successfully do the job adeptly and perform above expectations.

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 CAST STRATEGY

Why should we hire you?/How will you prove to be an

asset of our company?
Example 2:-
•This is a wonderful opportunity for me to get interviewed at such
a renowned company.
•Your organization will surely prove to be an excellent platform for
me to establish my skills and knowledge in the corporate world.
•Even though I am a fresher, I assure you that I will give my best
and work to my full potential so that I can contribute as much as I
can towards the growth and welfare of this great brand

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 CAST STRATEGY

Why should we hire you?/How will you prove to be an asset

of our company?
Example 3:-
•Honestly, I possess all the skills and experience that you’re looking
for. I’m pretty confident that I am the best candidate for this job role.
•It’s not just my background in the past projects, but also my people
skills, which will be applicable in this position.
•On the other hand, I am a self motivated person and I try to exceed
my superior’s expectations with high-quality work. Being a fast
learner, I quickly pick up business knowledge related to my project.

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 CAST STRATEGY

Why should we hire you?/How will you prove to be

an asset of our company?
Example 3:-
•Lastly, I would like to add that I work well both as an
individual contributor and also as a team member.
•Collectively, all these skills put together makes me a
complete package for this job.

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 GSK INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Introduce your self?

2. Why do you want this this job?
3. Tell us about your family?
4.How many classes of antibiotics are there and name of
the classes with examples?
5.What are Allergan?
6.Explain respiratory system in detail?
7.How many type of antibodies are there?
8. Are you ready to relocate?

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 ANANTA MEDICARE INTERVIEW
QUESTIONS

1.Introduce yourself
2.What is your goal in life?
3.Tell us about your hometown?
4.What do you know about 1st line drugs?
5.What are the drugs given in pregnancy?
6.Tell us about pyrogen test?

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 FIND OUT THE MISTAKES

Myself Ramesh. I belongs to Meerut.I am coming from

Uttar Pradesh. My aim is to be successful in life and to
make my parents happy. My aim is to get good job in MNC.
My family has five members. My father is businessman, my
mother is housewife. I have two elder siblings, two
brothers. Both are doing business. I want to join business
too. I like to chat on Facebook and play PUB G in free time.
My weakness is that I am emotional and cannot say no to
people.

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 Some More Questions!!!

• 50 Interview Questions

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