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In most of the good colleges GDs are followed by personal interviews. Please provide some insights into how we can perform better in these interviews for MBA entrance. Yashodhara
In personal interviews, the spotlight is solely on you — any apparent strength may be probed, any apparent weakness might be looked at closely. Interviewers will likely evaluate you on the following four criteria:
Academic and work career: The breadth and depth of your educational background and your fundamentals regarding your subjects, your
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Mental acuity: Your intelligence, presence of mind, ability to gauge the tone of the interview, your understanding of questions and concepts being put on the table, creativity, and so on. Manner and personal traits: Your poise, sense of humour, confidence, the way you relate to your interviewers in moments that are not your strongest, how you handle stress, disbelief, your assertiveness, enthusiasm, ambition, motivation, of India, New Delhi in which union minister for commerce industry and railways Piyush Goyal was the chief guest. interests, hobbies, work philosophy, educational philosophy, including, your ability to maintain eye contact.
Appearance: Grooming, dress, posture, cleanliness, and apparent health.
Some typical questions asked during personal interviews include: Tell me about yourself; How would you describe yourself? Tell me something about yourself that I won’t find on your resume. What do you take real pride in? Why would you like to study here?
Sometimes, however, interviewers may pose more difficult questions — ones that seemingly have no right answer: What do you consider your major weakness? Sometimes, they even try to create a stressful situation by asking pointed questions, interrupting, or feigning disbelief in an attempt to gauge your behaviour under stress. The strategy to use in such a circumstance is to keep the desired institute firmly in mind and to formulate each answer — no matter what the question so it highlights your ability to be fit for the institute.
Also, politely and simply keep to your stand, if you really believe in it. For example, you are asked to show how you demonstrated your leadership skills in a particular situation and the interviewer presents a counterpoint, pointing a flaw in your basic premise of believing that you contributed constructively to the situation. You remain unflappable, hear the issue out completely. Then, politely assert that well, this is what you thought at the time was the right thing on account of so and so reasons and motivations, and that the interviewer’s view, while having made you think about it, has also made it apparent to you why your approach worked towards the results you desired. Say that you will keep that point in mind and think some more about it but for now, you count this experience as a positive one for yourself as well as the situation and then go on to enumerate the positive outcomes.
When you feel nervous tell yourself how much you need it to go right and how far you have come. Don’t think of the results, just be there in the moment, just give it your best.
Practice until you’re confident that you can face whatever the interviewer throws your way
Follow the interviewer’s lead, letting him or her determine which question to ask, when to move to a new area of discussion, and when to end the interview. More importantly, answer with honesty and don’t try to oversell yourself. Always round up your interview on your side with at least a polite thank you. You may add a good bye!
Have any questions about life, management, philosophy, education, literature, yoga, mountaineering in India, or psychological issues or all of these? Ask Himanshu Rai. He is the Director at IIM Indore, an author, mountaineer, yoga enthusiast and a Sanskrit scholar. Mail at askhimanshu@htlive.com
Disclaimer: The responses in this column given by me are based on my learnings and experience. They should, by no means, be taken as a substitute for medical/ professional help.