Body Language B.Com 1st Year Long Study Notes

Arriving for the Interview Notes

1. Dress Appropriately: You should be suitably dressed for the occasion. Your clothes as well as general appearance should be neat. Fingernails should be clear, shoes polished and hairstyle appropriate Lotions, creams and perfumes should be used sparingly. The accessories should complement the suit or dress. Your appearance should not be garish in any way.

2. Take with you your Certificates: If the interview letter mentions some certificates, testimonials or other documents, do not forget to take them with you. If you think there are some other papers that might be of use to you during the interview, put them also in your briefcase

3. Arrive for the Interview in Time: This is of utmost importance. Try to arrive at the place of interview ten to fifteen minutes before the scheduled time. This will give you enough time to relax and prepare yourself for the interview.

How to Conduct Yourself During the Interview Study Notes

1. Don’t be nervous or agitated while entering the interview room. See carefully where you are going and do not trip over the carpet or the doormat. Do not wear a shawl or a stupid smile the time of entering. 

2. Greet the interviewers with a polite good morning. 

2 Do not sit down until you have been asked to. Even the posture in which you sit is importa Don’t sit stiffly. Don’t be relax. Sit in a natural composed manner.

4. When the interviewer starts conversation, pay attention to what he says. Do not interrupt him. Respond to him only at the appropriate time. 

5. Give very relevant answer to his questions. Do not ramble along or the interviewer will look bored. Do not be too abrupt or you will appear to be rude. 

6. Do not try to make an exhibition of your knowledge. Don’t boost of your capabilities. the interviewer to find out how capable you are and he will judge you with the help of some penetrating questions, which you must answer frankly. 

7 If there is something you do not know admit it straightway. It is useless to pretend knowledge where you are actually ignorant. Many candidates spoil their interview by telling a lie and landing themselves in an embarrassing situation. 

8. If you are being interviewed by someone who does not possess as many college des have, do not put on airs. Give the interviewer vour full cooperation and respect. In addition to knowing your qualifications, the interviewer must also be preparing some kind of reaction reports and if you try to look superior, the reaction report is bound to be unfavourable. 

9. When your interview is over, do not forget to thank the interviewer. You may even tactfully ask when the result will be made known to you. 

10. If your interviewer has not talked about the job, do not be afraid to ask questions yourself knowledge of the job will help you to decide whether you ought to accept it or not. 

11. If the job is offered to you, you may accept it immediately or ask for time to think over it, depending upon your circumstances.

 

Q.6.Give some suggestions for becoming an effective interviewer as well as to ensure the success of an interview.

Ans.                            Suggestions Become an Effective Interviewer 

The following suggestions will help a person to become an effective interviewer: 

1. Let the applicant do most of the talking. If you talk more than 50 per cent of time, you are interviewing yourself not conducting an interview. 

2. Use brief verbal responses that will keep the applicant talking prod with question such as ‘Tell me more’, ‘That’s interesting’, ‘What happened then’. 

3. Give your entire attention to the interviewee and respond by encouraging facial expression, movement and expression of the eyes and nods of the head. 

4. Allow pauses in the conversation if you think the applicant will reveal important information. But avoid lengthy pauses or a pause when the applicant has definitely finished a topic. 

5. Try to understand the applicant, who inturn may volunteer really useful information. 

6. Make self-expression easy for the applicant. 

7. Respect the feelings of the other person even though you consider the person wrong. 

8. At all times accept what the applicant says. Never frown, show surprise or show disapproval. 

9. Avoid the impulse to cut the applicant off or change the subject abruptly. 

10. Never argue.

11. Sit on the same side of the desk as the applicant and use informal plain language. 

Suggestions to Ensure the Success of an Interview

The responsibility for the failure of an interview lies both with the interviewer and the interviewee. the following points are kept in mind, a lot of unnecessary unpleasantness and wastage can be avoided:

1. The interview should not form an overall opinion about the candidate on the basis of a single aspect of his personality. For example, if the candidate is given to some kind of mannerism, it does not necessarily imply that he is incompetent. If he has said something about his previous employer, it is not an indication that he will betray the next employer also.

2. The interviewer may have some kind of personal bias. He may be having some kind of mental picture of the ideal candidate for the job. He should keep aside his bias and be scientific in his approach

3. The interviewer should not judge a candidate’s mental capability and his character on the basis of such factors as his personal appearance, date of birth, number of letters in his nama lines on the palm of his hand, handwriting. People do not have sufficient knowledge of these sciences to be sure of their conclusion. 

4. The interviewer must vary the nature of his questions and the tone of his voice to suit individual candidates. If he goes on asking stereotyped questions mechanically, he will get stereotyped answers and he will not be able to make a correct decision. 

5. The interviewer should try to judge the candidate afresh and not go by what his former employer has to say about him.

6. The interviewer should not accept all the facts stated by the candidate without probing to determine their meaning and accuracy. 

7. The interviewer should not be cold and unfriendly. He should not try to unnerve the candidate by putting on airs or superiority 

8. The interviewer must observe non-verbal clues like gestures, facial expressions, voice changes, hesitation, etc.

9. The interviewer should prepare his questions really well.

10. The candidate must not try to anticipate the needs and preferences of the interviewer and respond accordingly. Some candidates try to be over smart instead of giving answers they ought to, they give answer they think the interviewer would like to get. In this way they get trapped by their own cleverness. 

11. Neither the interviewer nor the candidates should be discourteous or rude towards each other 

12. Neither of them should try to dominate the interview. 

13. Neither of them should try to interrupt the other during his talk. 

Q.7. What is meant by Resume (Biodata)? Give its contents and format.(2017) 

Ans. Meaning of Resume: Refer to Sec-A, Q.15.

Contents of Resume or Biodata

1. Heading: Just a glance over the heading of a resume must unfold the candidate’s name, address and his interests. If a candidate is already employed, he should refer to the name, address and telephone number of the office where he is working, on the basis of which candidate can be contacted. In the modern age, the applicants normally give their e-mail, interest address and fax number etc. on their resume. For instance

Amit Goyal 

202, Sector-13 

Ghaziabad 

Mobile No. 989734XXXX 

E-mail: amitkumar@ET.com 

www.ET.com

If the address is mentioned on the resume in the aforecited manner, this confirms the candidate’s updated knowledge of the modern and the latest communicating devices.

2 Special Qualification: A resume must state the candidates special qualification if deemed appropriate by the candidate to mention it.

3. Education: Here the candidate gives a detailed description of his academic status and description right from the matriculation to the last class, along with the name of schools/college percentage of the marks obtained and the subjects studied in different classes, in a proper sequence. In case of any merit/scholarship, it should also be mentioned.

4. Personal Particulars: It refers to age, height, social status, weight, religion, sex, marital status and nationality, etc.

5. Achievements: A candidate should make a mention of the languages known, social services, various publications, special journeys or other achievements in diverse fields.

6. References: This is the concluding part of a resume in which a candidate should give two or three names and their addresses which generally do not include the family members or other relatives but it includes the names of business friends, the former employer, a colleague or the college principal with their addresses. This is important to obtain certain information about the candidate or his character or his past record, etc. 

Format:                                             Resume 

Heading                                :                       Himanshu Gupta 

Model Town 

Faridabad 

Mobile No.: 975852XXXX

Fax: 0180-2729XX 

Subject:                                                        Post of manager in the organisation 

Special Qualification         :                       Spoken and writing ability in English, Hindi and Punjabi 

Education                             :           Chartered Accountancy (1996-1999) from the Indian Chartered Accountant Institution, Delhi Computer Engineering from L.T.I., Bhiwani (1999-2002). 

Personal Particulars          :           Born at Faridabad in 1974. Primary schooling at Faridabad. Height-5.6′. Weight-67 kilograms.

Experience                           : For two years in Modicom. Ltd., as manager.

References                          :           1. Mukesh Kumar, Parminder Kumar, Mehandi Wali, Anaj Mandi, Faridabad.

2. Principal, Govt. High School, Faridabad. 

Q.8. Discuss the steps you would take to prepare yourself for job interview at a multinational company. How will you write a perfect resume.(2016) 

Ans. Steps to Prepare for Job Interview: Refer to Sec-B, Q.5. 

Principles of Making an Effective Resume or Bio-data

Resume is an important part in the process of selection. It is a part through which a candidate presents himself before the employer and the employer assesses the suitability of candidate. It is a sort of self-advertisement also.

Therefore, it should be presented in the way that it may attract prospective employer and invite the candidate for interview. Following points should be observed while preparing a resume.

1. The resume should be concise, relevant and to the point. It should neither be too long, nor be too short. 

2. The resume should contain all necessary and relevant information. It should show the suitability of candidate for prospective job. Information given in resume should be true. 

3. The resume should give a self evaluation and analysis of candidate. 

4. The resume should be prepared in the manner that it may add to the qualities and capabilities of candidate. 

5. So far as possible, the resume should have short and simple words and sentences. 

6. So far as possible, weaknesses should not be given in resume. 7. The resume should reveal your outstanding of merits and achievements. 

8. The resume should speak the way in which you can contribute in the accomplishment of organisational objectives.