P.A.C.E.

The Interview
Prepare. Achieve. Compete. Excel
(Everything you want to know about interview success)

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Objectives:
 Drive out fear and improve
communication skills.
 To give an over-all exposure for campus
interviews and competitive exams.
 To make all of you get placed.

“Life is a self-improvement course, and

we are all in the same classroom.”

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We
expect…
Co-operation

Dedication

Determination

Attitude

Enthusiasm

Interest

Practice

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 Attitude
Be excited! Be enthusiastic! Be expressive!
Show the employer how much you want this job.

Don’t be afraid
to express your
sincere interest…

Believe that YOU are

the best fit for the job!

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 Showing Interest
You must answer:
 Why you are choosing
this career?
 What you know about
yourself?

Explain how this position fits your

career goals!

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The C omp ete ncy F ram ewo rk
Self- Social
Awareness Awareness
• Emotional • Empathy
Self-Awareness • Organizational
• Accurate Awareness
Self-Assessment • Service Orientation
• Self-Confidence

Self- Social Skills

Management •
•
Developing Others
Leadership
• Self-Control • Influence
• Trustworthiness • Communication
• Conscientiousness • Change Catalyst
• Adaptability • Conflict Management
• Achievement • Building Bonds
Orientation • Teamwork &
• Initiative Collaboration

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 Self Awareness:
 Knowing your own strengths, limitations, needs, values,
biases, skills, trust radius, intentionality, pressures,
resilience, internal signals, etc.
• Emotional self-awareness: recognizing emotions and their
effects
• Accurate self-assessment: knowing strengths and
weaknesses
• Self-confidence: strong sense of self-worth and
capabilities

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Self-Management (Control):
 Knowing your limits, hot buttons, edges, etc. and being
able to stop your reactions before these points in order to
make more appropriate choices for response
• Self-control: keep impulses under control
• Trustworthiness: Maintaining standards of honesty and
integrity
• Conscientiousness: responsibility in managing oneself
• Adaptability: flexibility in adapting to change or obstacles

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 Social Awareness:

 Gaining, maintaining and using positive self-regard, while also

having compassion and understanding for other’s and their situations
 Empathy: Understanding others and taking an active interest in their
concerns

• Organizational Awareness: understanding and empathizing at the

organizational level (issues, dynamics, politics)

• Service Orientation: recognizing and meeting customer needs

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Social Skills:

 The ability to interact with, communicate with , and influence others

effectively
• Developing Others: sensing needs and bolstering abilities
• Leadership: Inspire and guide
• Influence: use interpersonal influence tactics
• Communication: send clear and convincing messages
• Change Catalyst: initiate and manage change
• Working with Others
• Conflict Management: resolve disagreements
• Building Bonds: build relationships with others
• Teamwork & Collaboration:work w/others shared goals

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Motivation:

 Knowing how to initiate effort, direct

effort, and maintain effort for
yourself under any circumstances
• Achievement Orientation: guiding
drive to meet and internal standard
of excellence
• Initiative: Readiness to act

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 So, what IS an interview anyway?
 A structured meeting between you and an
employer. Gives the employer and interviewee the
chance to explore the possibility of working
together.
 It’s like riding a bike: Practice makes Perfect!
 There are different types of interviews:
• On-campus interviews
• The Group interview
• The Panel interview
• The One-on-One interview

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 Types of Interviews

On-Campus Interview – convenient, multiple

opportunities, screening, one-on-one
Screening Interview – short, weeds out
unqualified applicants
Phone Interview – used for screening, 30min
or less, use professional tone, *prepare*

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Types of Interviews
Group Interview – timesaver, bulk hiring,
observe group interaction, common for
graduate school screening
Panel Interview – several interviewers,
establish rapport with each, eye contact
One-on-one Interview – most common,
face-to-face, observe body language

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Employer Objectives

* Meet you and put a “face” to a résume

* Assess your communication skills
* Get to know you
* Describe details of the position
* Fill in gaps in your résume or history
* Determine if you are a good fit with the
organization and the position

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Applicant Objectives
 Sellyourself
 Learn more about the position

 Learn more about the organization

 Get the job offer

 Decide if you want the position

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Ok , now u know the types of
interviews….
 How can I prepare?
 What do I wear??

 Leave it at home!!
Hints on…
 How Do I Build Rapport?
 What Recruiters Want to Know?

 What could I ask them?

 How should I answer these questions?

 What can I expect to be asked in an

interview?

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What we are going
to do is!!!

•Over view of quant's

and verbal.
•Tests on what you have
learnt
•Solving more number of
previous papers.
•Critical and logical
reasoning.
•Sharing the experiences
of placed students

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•seminars by the
trainees.
•Making you to solve
puzzles.
•Improving Out of box
thinking ability.
•Awareness on other
competitive
examinations like
G.R.E,CAT,GMAT.e.t.c.

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Group discussions:

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Mock interviews:

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Making you perfectly ready …

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 Tell your Success!

We want to celebrate
your achievement with
you!

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 Questions?

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