10 Interview Winning Principles
1 Body Language
Requisite:
Your body language indicates your extent of confidence, physical health, level of motivation, amount of enthusiasm and attitude. It reveals several traits and qualities of the candidate. The interviewers form an opinion about the candidate. Researchers have shown that the effectiveness of communication depends up to 60% on the body language.
Tips & Clues
Appearances need not be deceptive; they are more likely being the reflection of yourself. Make no mistakes; the body language is the key to success in an interview. Remember “the first impression is the best impression.” Candidate should be really good in all the abilities and characters on which they are tested.
Boosting Quote:
Remember the quote of William Shakespeare
There is nothing either good or bad. But thinking makes it so.
2 Enthusiasm
Requisite:
Interviewer gets attracted to the candidate displaying life and vitality and certainly not gloom and despondency.
Developing a keen sense of humor is capable of increasing the level of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is infective, and so also the lack of it. Demonstration of it will hearten the interviewer and they would be thankful to the candidate for a brief happy moment.
Tips & Clues
Enthusiasm is a quality which comes from within where the inner happiness overwhelms our external. It can be developed by taking active part in conversation during interview. Nothing in this world is achieved without enthusiasm. The candidate should show eagerness to listen when the interviewer speaks. He/she should not take very long time to reply, which is no doubt an indication of laziness and inferior intelligence. It is even advisable to admit that the candidate does not know the answer to the question so that the interviewer could move over to the next question.
Boosting Quote:
Nothing in this world is achieved without Enthusiasm.Life is a gift; make the most out of it.
– Anonymous
3 Pleasing Personality
Requisite:
According to Interviewers point of view personality means Candidate’s external appearance; his characters; power of
grasping a subject; power of analysis; consistency and integrity. The interviewer detests artificial and unnatural way of speaking .The interviewers will try to find if the candidates are consistent in their views. Interviewers says your personality is good but you can always make it better.
Tips & Clues
It is essential to know about the basic elements of the personality so that candidate may not carry a wrong impression about the personality test. The candidate have to exercise due care and caution during the course of the interview. The golden rule is “be yourself; don’t try to step into the shoe of another man”. It is no good to put up an impression that you are a genius or a wise man, which deserves the highest consideration.
Boosting Quote:
What lies behind us and what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
– Oliver Wendel Holmes.
4 Self Confidence
Requisite:
Candidate should have enormous self confidence despite the knowledge of subject. On having missing, candidate appears to be nervous and may contradict self statements which will result in leaving a very poor impression on the interviewer.
Tips & Clues
Self confidence can be enhance through conscious training on overcoming the fear; improving the communication skills; preparing for interview. The fundamental principle of success in any endeavour is the complete faith in oneself; you can if you believe that you can. All successful men and women who walked on this Earth had believed that they accomplish what they have taken up.
Boosting Quote:
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
-Thomas Jefferson
5 Overcome Fear
Requisite:
Fear is quite natural but highly debilitating, the candidate may sweat, get confuse and can’t reply even if he knows the answer. A candidate who is panicking can’t concentrate on the question and can’t think of the answer. If fear is a bad news, there is good news about it. And that is you can overcome it.
Tips & Clues
Fear is the worst enemy, fighting is the best option. Use scientific ways to overcome: Yoga; through constant continuous preparation; mock interview; autosuggestion process by sitting in a peaceful, lonely place with eyes closed and repeating basic affirmations.
Boosting Quote:
Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood.
– Marie Curie.
6 Communication Skill
Requisite:
An interview is a conversation; it is an oral test to assess personality.What and how the candidate speaks assume
significance. They interviewer wants the candidate to be courteous and answer clearly and only to the question.
Tips & Clues
Crisp, short and sweet answers will always impress the interviewers. Answer to the question should be direct and should be told with an air of authority. Speak in a moderate voice. Too low voice and too high voice will be disliked. The words should convey your thoughts accurately.
Boosting Quote:
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of ourlives.
-Anthony J. Robbins.
7 Maintain Consistency
Requisite:
Inconsistency is the most common mistake committed by the candidate in an interview. In fact it’s a costly mistake, as the interviewers would assess to be inconsistent and not capable of taking a principled stand. The interviewer always appreciates the candidate courage of conviction and stubbornness of views, which are the important qualities requires of men in high office.
Tips & Clues
A positive attitude and a definite opinion on an issue is a hallmark of a person of respect. Having a positive attitude towards life is decisive. Always show obstinate tenacity. Once a viewpoint is made, protect it till last.
Boosting Quote:
The greatest discovery of any generation is that the human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind.
-Albert Schweifzer.
8 Listen Clearly
Requisite:
The interviewer would like that the candidate gives an attentive listening, so if He knows what the question is and what answer was expected of that question. The interviewer gets irritate if the candidate answer something else not to question. These mistakes are inadvertent but a candidate should be conscious not to commit such.
Tips & Clues
All the well meaning replies by candidate will turn out to be incorrect if the he is are Answering the question. The answers should address the question asked as well as precise. Attentive listening is utmost important to know what the question is and what answer was expected of that question.
Boosting Quote:
Listen, Learn and Contribute. -Richard Thomason.
9 Speak What Needed
Requisite:
No interviewer is least interested in any of the candidate’s story. Interview Is for Just half an hour to 45 minutes only, and that all members of the committee would like to ask question.
Tips & Clues
Lengthy replies are not good. The candidate must be accurate, brief and clear. And be extremely cautious with every word uttered during the interview. It is advantageous to speak less. Four things never comes back ;a spoken words, a sped arrow, time past and a neglected opportunity.
Boosting Quote:
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears,that we may hear from other twice as much as we speak.
– Epictetus.
10 Acquire self Knowledge
Requisite:
The interviewer wants the candidate to be objective, unbiased and honest. It will take no time to come to the conclusion for the interviewer that the candidate is telling a lie, which may result in rejection. The interviewer will be disappointed if the candidate does not know the answer to his question and worse , he will be terribly upset if a falsehood is uttered.
Tips & Clues
Self knowledge is the best knowledge. One can’t improve something which you don’t acknowledge. The candidate is required to take an inventory of his abilities and shortcomings. Nothing can be more damaging to the candidate than telling a lie.