Your manners and your dress sense certainly say a lot about you,
but your gestures and postures may let you down.Your overall impression and
personality is bound to appear more impressive , if you are able to control and
make the desired modification in your body language.
Your body language clearly
depicts your mental attitude. An experienced interviewer would be able to read
your mind very clearly through your gestures and postures and the decision is
likely to be influenced by it.
Hence, Be open and honest, in mind and body
while you are interviewed At the time of entering the interview venue , walk
with a straight head, erect shoulders, fast steps and straight posture. That
will give an impression that you are a confident and warm person. Remember that
hand shake too conveys a lot about the personality of your attitude towards the
other person.
A well gripped strong and vertical handshake creates a positive
impression and tells upon your ardour ,friendliness and enthusiasm. The way you
sit itself conveys a lot of subtle information to the people who are going to
interview you.
Hence, sit erect on the chair offered to you with hands resting
in lap or on the arms of the chair . Relax and make yourself comfortable.. But,
relaxing does not mean that you will sit in a way in which you sit on the sofa in
the home. Let your knees point at the interviewer. It shows you are focused
right in on them.
If you are unable to sit still then channel it into hand
gestures that back up what you are saying. It shows a certain confidence in the
matter you're saying.
Folding your arms across your chest will convey that you
are nervous and negative.
Slapping of the head indicates forgetfulness.
Touching the nose brushing the cheek , looking somewhere else may invite
suspicion on the part of your interviewer. Avoid covering too much of space on
the interviewer's table with your arms, papers, folder etc. Eyes speak more
than the words.
Maintain your eyes contact true and steady, but remember to
blink. Make sure that your gaze doesn't drop below eye level . Shutting eyes for
a brief period or blinking it more than the normal pace, rapid glancing to and
fro, making short eye contacts may indicate your shortcomings and weakness.
In
general avoid all unpleasant activities during the interview. At the interview
be bold and positive. But ,do not bluff.
Due attention must be given in either filling the standard
application form received from the respective organization or the format in
which you may try to present your bio-data.
Your bio-data is a very important
document and keep in mind that its sole purpose is to get you an invitation for
an interview. Hence attach utmost importance in the preparation and
presentation of the same. It is not just what you say, but how you say it too.
Try to understand clearly from the advertisement that what the employer is
looking for and present them in the best way to show that you have all these
qualities.
While furnishing your personal details be clear , concise and
relevant to the job. Stress the positive aspects which drew your attention for
applying to this position. With regards to your education and work experience
(if any), mention about the most recent things first .
Always type the letter,
unless otherwise it is specified as handwritten.. Prepare a rough draft first .
Read it thoroughly to make sure that you have presented everything precisely ,
correctly and in the way it is expected . Type or write on one side of the
unlined A4 sized white paper . Use black color ink only .
Mention the full
date, your full address contact , telephone number and e-mail address. Write/
type your full name underneath your signature.
Invitation for attending an interview, is not a passport for an employment.
Preparation for attending an interview: For attending an interview
you need to prepare, so that you can convince the concerned people that you're
the right person for the job.
Try to collect as much information as possible
about the company like the company's ethos and culture, services or products of
the company, number of employees working there, the reputation of the company,
company's financial position, turn over , profitability , their future
expansion projects, about their competitors and their performance etc.,
Make
sure that you know the correct location of the interview avenue and how to
reach there well in time. Even you can have a glimpse of the premises of the
company to get some idea of the scale of the company. Also keep ready all the
relevant things which you are supposed to take for the interview. You should
try to anticipate the general questions which they will ask and also prepare
some questions to ask them.
The interview gives you the opportunity to prove
yourself. It is for you to impress and convince the interviewer that you are
suitable in all respects for the particular post.
