1. What does one want?

 Think about yourself. What quite someone are you? Are you energized working with people or alone? You’ll achieve career success in an industry or function suited to your strengths and what everyone else is rooting for. Shortlist the domains, roles, businesses and after deciding, start applying for.

 2. Plan it slow

Depending on your choice of career, determine which actions will maximize your chances of selection. If you’re an engineering student, in-depth knowledge of your core subjects is going to be critical. If you’ve got a summer or winter internship springing up, choose on its relevancy to the future.

3. Be yourself   

The key to crack an interview is to be fair and don’t get anxious and make errors. You may end up not being yourself when you are nervous and all those hours invested in preparing yourself for the D-day may go to waste. Relax whenever you feel you are nervous or anxious and give your best shot. Always keep in mind recruiters appreciate honesty and if they like your skill set they will be able to place you in the appropriate team.

 4. Know your campus

 Each campus has an elaborate system of rules that dictate what you’ll be able to and can’t neutralize different situations. Are there limitations on when and the way many companies you’ll be able to apply to? Are you forced to just accept the primary offer that comes along? You will then prefer to skip applying to a less attractive firm if it’ll prevent you from trying out for your dream company.

5. Work on your communication skills

The job market mostly demands candidates who can communicate in English proficiently. A lot of candidates fail to make a mark because they don’t pay attention to enhancing their communication skills, even though they have proper skills-set. Communicate with your peers in English, read and watch English books, newspapers, movies and this way you can work on your communication skills.

  6. Build your CV

 Set aside a large chunk of your time to writing, revising and re-writing your resume. Start immediately. Some campuses have a prescribed format. Else research on different CVs for college students and pick a low-risk professional format to craft your resume. Rolling out a good resume is feasible only with multiple iterations and tones of feedback.

 7. Know your company

 Which companies are you interested in? What’s their selection process in terms of test, interview, case interview, conference, test, etc? What are the stages of shortlisting and the way many offers will they make? This may provide you with a thought of your chances with each company and the way much time you would like to arrange.

 8. Clear the screenings

 Most firms will have multiple rounds of elimination. If there’s a written or online test, put in deliberate practice by preparing with past question papers. If there’s a gaggle discussion or case study, then compile a bunch of significant friends for joint practice and feedback sessions. This is often the time to prioritize placements over grades.

9.  Focus on the knowledge foundation

When you are preparing for your interview, the most important thing is not to miss the subject knowledge of the courses you have studied in your master’s and graduation degree courses. Most of the candidates ignore this but if your knowledge foundation is not strong and then all your efforts of impressing your interviewers might go waste.

10.  Ace the interview

 Begin with a listing of questions culled from the web and campus’s seniors. Write points against each then begin with mock interview practice. Don’t argue against the criticism they provide. Instead, sift out what changes you’d wish to make both in the content and delivery of your interviews.

Ask some of your friends to place you through stress interviews.

Finally, stay grounded.

A campus selection process isn’t a true measure of your worth and you’ll find employment you deserve whether or not there are some setbacks along the way.

IELTS- stand for International English language testing System. It is an English language proficiency test for non-native English language speakers to study higher education or get a job in an English-speaking Country. It is jointly managed by British Council and IDP.

The pattern of the exam is such that it tests the English proficiency in Listening, Reading, Writing and speaking skill.

The Reading, writing, and listening test are paper-based but speaking includes the face to face interaction with the IELTS certified examiner. Speaking is that part where the examiner will give you score on the basis of your pronunciation, fluency, grammar, and vocabulary.

There are some tips that if you follow during a speaking test of IELTS will help you feel comfortable and relaxed.

Examiner will score you on the basis of your confidence level. No matter what you deliver to him/her, but if you are not confident, you will lose the battle. Develop your answers in the given frame time. At that time, the command over the language matters the most.

Be spontaneous on what has been asked to you. Deliver your content fluently and with ease.

Speak as much as you can. Always try to speak more than the examiner because he/she is going to test you for your speaking only.

Never go for prepared answers. Try to develop the answers at that time. Examiner will get to know your prepared answers.

We all know that practice makes a man perfect. Before appearing for the test, practice as much as you can. Speak in English with your friends, family and try to do public speaking to remove any kind of hesitation and fear.

You can also take the help of video tutorials for speaking practice and can join any institute that guides you in getting the high score in the IELTS exam.

• This is the time of instant messaging, where everyone use acronym like TC, LOL, ROFL etc. Please avoid this while writing a professional e-mail. Always use complete sentences and words using proper grammar. Be professional in writing sentences because hiring manager is not your relative or friend.
• Completely Avoid using emoticons as they are a sign of unprofessional and informal way of communication.
•  Always have a Crispy / Appropriate subject line of your e-mail which briefs the context of your communication. Make sure the Subject Line is in Sync with the details of your e-mail. Without any subject line, employer will not look at your job application and may assume it as a spam.
• Your e-mail account name must look like professional and sounds good. If your e-mail address is not business appropriate (example something like coolfunkydude99@gmail.com etc.) apply for a new, free e-mail account, preferably with your name as the account name.
• Always start the e-mail with proper salutation like Dear sir/ Dear Ma’am. If you don’t know the person, simple write Dear Manager.
• Add your signature at the bottom of the e-mail. All signatures should include your full name, e-mail, cell phone number or the number you answer most.
• Always attach your resume or CV to the e-mail as a PDF. Don’t use Word or other word processing formats. This prevents any edits or alterations to your documents; also, visually PDF has a more pleasant appearance.

Do a thorough proofreading several times before pressing the send button; if needed ask your friend/colleague to have a glance at it for a quick review. Always a fresh pair of eyes review may catch a few things.

Follow all the above simple tips and strategies while communicating through e-mails. These professional inputs shall certainly help inincreasing your professional appeal and make a great first impression. Always remember First Impression is the Best Impression.

1. Tell me something about yourself?

This question seems to be very simple but it has a very crucial role. Candidates don’t prepare for it as they think it as an easy one. Answer of this question will lay the foundation of the whole interview. So, always prepare for it.

• How and what you know about the company?

After asking the candidate profile, interviewer is always interested in knowing about him and his company’s profile. How much research a candidate has done on company’s site will make a great impact on the interviewer.

• Why you left your previous organization?

This is the most critical question to be answer. You have to be vigilant while answering. Don’t say anything negative about the previous company or organization. Try to give answers that show you left the organization for your better growth and future.

• What are your strengths and weakness and how you will use them for this job profile?

Always try to be specific and share true strengths through examples. And for weakness, try to say those negative things on which you are working and before joining the organization, it will convert into your strength.

• What are your salary expectations?

This is the most difficult question to answer. A candidate always got confused what to quote for salary requirements. Do research about the salaries people getting at the same position in other companies. Based on your education, skills and experience quote the amount and be flexible also.

 This is just an overview of the some questions that an interviewer can ask. But there are lot many questions that he might ask. Thus, to get the success in job interview, always prepared your answers and you too take the help of your elders, mentors and teachers for the answers.

Salary negotiation is an integral part of any interview process and it is not completely done until you get the Offer Letter with your desired pay package.

Here are some expert tips on salary negotiation techniques, what to say, how to say and what not to say during that time.

• Never start the negotiation from your side. It sends a negative signal to the employer. It shows that you are much interested in the money rather than in job. And also if recruiter tries to your focus your attention on salary, shift the focus on your talents, skills and what you intend to bring to the table.
• If forced to give insight about salary in number, never give any exact detail. Keep a salary range according to the job profile and skills. For this, you can research on the others what amount they are getting at the same level.Also, the best answer would be to say as per industry standards.
• Never reveal your personal financial detail to the employer for getting salary hike.
• Treat your negotiation as a healthy talk. Use positive phrases like’ we can look forward on this’, ‘Surely I will consider your view point’. Play it cool and try to work out a way that works for both the parties. Don’t get emotional and get rough during negotiation talks; keep it as friendly as possible.

• Show your accomplishments and achievements to the manager. Brag your true worth in such a manner that employer can’t refuse to give the amount that you have in mind. Statistics and numbers that prove how you’ve added to the revenue, savings, efficiency, and productivity of your current employer will help you to get extra perks. This is a perfect strategy.

So, to make the salary negotiation a fruitful task – always prepare for the interview in advance highlighting technical skills, accomplishments,contributions to the team in the past with quantifiable results and ultimately what you bring-in along with you to the current role.Be aware of the industry pay standards of the role and negotiate accordingly so that you don’t quote unrealistic numbers.

A mentor plays various roles in the life of a student:

• Bring the best out from you: Every person knows his/ her strengths but there are few who know their weakness. Mentor is the person who can bring your weakness as strength. He will prepare you for the worst and toughest condition.

• Guides you to the goal: Mentor is not less than a guiding tool or a career guider who will guide you to your goal and suggest various paths that can direct you.

• Uplift your career: The role of a mentor in your career program is that he can guide you on the skills necessary for professionalism. He can help you in finding opportunities and make you more confident in harnessing your potential.

• Reduces stress level: A mentor role is very crucial in a student’s life. He has to play different roles at different point. Mentee can feel stressed due to over burden of work, study and life issues. It’s a mentor role to boost, motivate and encourage the mentee during harsh conditions.

Thus, mentor is such a person who will give you an opportunity to make your best image.

Verbal and Non verbal skills: Non verbal skills and verbal are also known as hard skills and soft skills respectively. Hard skills are those skills which a person acquires during his training and education and are industry specific like technical skills. Whereas soft skills are the major requirement of all the organizations as it includes interpersonal and communication skills. Every leader has to be a good communicator because he has to express himself to a team. Apart from being a orator, he must be listener too. He should have patience, empathy and power to resolute conflict in an effective way.

Quick Decision taker: A leader has to face positive and negative situations at any point of time. So he has to be a quick decision maker. Decision making skills comes with time and experience.

Building Relations: Relationship building is an important task for a leader. His way of communication can make or break the relationships. Relationships can be built on the basis of collecting personal information, enquiring about the followers.

Motivator: Effective leader should have motivational capabilities. Followers can feel depressed or emotional at any point of time but an effective leader can handle the situation very well. He will encourage the team and can direct the team towards the goal.

Honesty and Integrity: To maintain a healthy image among team mates or followers, the leader should have ethical and moral values on which he sticks to in any condition. He must be honest towards his work as he will be an inspiration for others.

One can practice or learn leadership skills at any level of employment. Every organization demand best leaders with leadership traits making the organization worth a while.

There are some Do’s and Don’ts that a job seeker must follow while framing his/her resume.

Do’s

1. As far as possible, make your resume reader friendly. Do not make it too long and limit it to one page.
2. Resume design should be such that it is different from everyone else.
3. Please give complete information about your contact, email id, city name in clear words.
4. Focus on key strengths using which you can help the organization.
5.  Create a summary of qualification and profile.
6. Mention your experience in chronological order. If you don’t have an experience, then mention your skills.
7. If you were a team leader in previous organization, mention this information and what the previous company has benefitted from you.

Don’ts

1. Never give false information in your resume.
2. Do not use personal promos (I, my, me) in resume. Never use justified text blocks.
3. Do not use expressions such as Duty included, responsibility involving, responsible for.
4. Avoid giving too much information about very old experience.
5. Avoid giving information about your highlights, current weight, name of last boss, previous salary etc.
6. Do not let your hobbies and any other worthless info in resume.
7. Do not mention those skills and job activities which do not match with the job profile.

It will leave a strong impression on the interviewer and make you best from the rest.

1)            What are the daily tasks for this job?

 Although you are familiarized with the job description, but asking about day-to-day expectations for the job can give you a better idea of job profile.

• What can you tell me about the company culture?

To work happily, knowing company culture is extremely important. If the culture of the company doesn’t fit your needs, or you don’t feel comfortable in the environment, you aren’t going to be happy with the job. This includes how co—workers interact, dress code, behavioural conduct, timings etc.  

• What qualities does someone need to have to be successful in this role?

Asking this question allows you to see if you meet the expectations for the position. It also gives you an idea of what qualities and characteristics the company values in their team members. This will give you an idea about which traits to focus on.

• What career path does someone in this role typically follow?

When you will accept the job, you will look for long term goals with short term goals. If you know where you’d like to be in a few years, you want to be sure the decisions you’re making now will bring you closer to getting there.

• What are the next steps for the interview process?

Each organization have their own process of following up with candidates after the interview process. While someone will let you know through contact, some by emails. Thus, asking this question will help you to clear your mind and less stress on further communication mechanism.

Thus, these can be some of the questions that you can ask to an interviewer but there are some questions too that you shouldn’t ask like about salary and other perks. Don’t ask a question that makes you look unprepared.

It is highly recommended to treat the ‘Phone Interview’ as a normal ‘Regular Interview’like a face-to-face interviewwith the same seriousness & be well prepared. Below are some of our top telephone interview tips:

• Do Proper Research: Visit the company website understand their entire history, background and leadership team to get a good perspective of the company along with their products & services. Also try to understand the role for which you are getting interviewed. Before the interview try to get the information of interviewer to visualize and be mentally well prepared.
• Put down all your Ideas & Questions on Paper: A phone interview is a really good opportunity to find out more about the role you’ve applied for, the company culture and opportunities for growth and also all the steps on the interview process.
• Hard Copy of your CV in hand: Most likely the recruiter will have your resume in their handsduring the call and may ask you specific questions from that. Soto ease the situation for both of you it is good to have it handy to effectively communicate.

• Be Calm, Positive&Smile: This shall help you ensure you are sound, positive, upbeat and generate that positive vibration through your voice to the recruiter. It energizes the mood. Take the phone interview in a good location like a conference room, study room with good cell phone signal, hotel lobby or a good coffee shop. Avoid outdoor & noisy places that could give you distracted noises.
• Listen More & Talk Less: Take on board all elements of their questionsand make note of anything that you feel is important; that makes communication clear and effective. You will not miss any of the questions being asked. Be honest in your answers and it is perfectly fine to say NO & I do not know the answer in case you are not sure about the answer. No need to fumble or panic in such situations. Always remember honesty is appreciated. Show your energy with your enthusiasm