Basic knowledge for Clearing MBA Admission interview - After graduation, personal interview is the challenge for students aiming for MBA admission. Here is how to avoid pitfalls and leave an impression.
It is important to have some background information about the institute you apply to. Selectors can not comprehend why and how a person can say he is keen to join an institute about which he knows little or nothing. From the interviewers' point of view, the good applicant is one who had done some homework on the institute.
What you must know
a) A brief history of the college
b) Its main features
c) Location
d) Any important, newsworthy issue related to the institute
e) The nature of the course applied for
It is but natural that interviewers would quiz you on your field of specialization. You must go back for the principal text books and refresh your knowledge, definition, formulas, concepts and other related issues.
An interviewer judges your ability to perform on the basis of your past performance data.
Knowledge on your claims
You must list your achievements, academic qualifications, prior experience and extra-curricular activities. Such achievements, or claims, may be authenticated by certificates or photographs.
Get the important documents photocopied and attached with the bio-data, while the originals of all certificates should be catalogued in a folder and kept for reference, should the interviewer ask for them.
Tips for the interview
Before opening the door, adjust your attire so that it falls well and before entering ask, “May I come in sir/ madam?"
If the interviewers allow you to do so, make sure you enter and greet them, but this must be done smartly. Do not talk excessively at this point. A talkative person is instantly disliked and misjudged.
Do not bluff
If you do not know the answer to a question, it is a better to acknowledge this instead of trying to bluff your way through it.
Interviewers generally start grilling a candidate if they suspect him or her of lying.
Guard against this
Some common failings a candidate must guard against are:
* Poor physical projection
* Lack of courtesy and manners
* Being over aggressive
* Dishonesty
* Lack of liveliness
* Lack of eye contract
* Lack of knowledge
* Unpunctuality
* Extreme opinions
* Superficial answers
Listen carefully
It is imperative for you to listen carefully to the question being asked. If the question is not clear to you, it would be quite in order for you to seek clarification on the same, and definitely better than giving an irrelevant answer.
It is important to have some background information about the institute you apply to. Selectors can not comprehend why and how a person can say he is keen to join an institute about which he knows little or nothing. From the interviewers' point of view, the good applicant is one who had done some homework on the institute.
What you must know
a) A brief history of the college
b) Its main features
c) Location
d) Any important, newsworthy issue related to the institute
e) The nature of the course applied for
It is but natural that interviewers would quiz you on your field of specialization. You must go back for the principal text books and refresh your knowledge, definition, formulas, concepts and other related issues.
An interviewer judges your ability to perform on the basis of your past performance data.
Knowledge on your claims
You must list your achievements, academic qualifications, prior experience and extra-curricular activities. Such achievements, or claims, may be authenticated by certificates or photographs.
Get the important documents photocopied and attached with the bio-data, while the originals of all certificates should be catalogued in a folder and kept for reference, should the interviewer ask for them.
Tips for the interview
Before opening the door, adjust your attire so that it falls well and before entering ask, “May I come in sir/ madam?"
If the interviewers allow you to do so, make sure you enter and greet them, but this must be done smartly. Do not talk excessively at this point. A talkative person is instantly disliked and misjudged.
Do not bluff
If you do not know the answer to a question, it is a better to acknowledge this instead of trying to bluff your way through it.
Interviewers generally start grilling a candidate if they suspect him or her of lying.
Guard against this
Some common failings a candidate must guard against are:
* Poor physical projection
* Lack of courtesy and manners
* Being over aggressive
* Dishonesty
* Lack of liveliness
* Lack of eye contract
* Lack of knowledge
* Unpunctuality
* Extreme opinions
* Superficial answers
Listen carefully
It is imperative for you to listen carefully to the question being asked. If the question is not clear to you, it would be quite in order for you to seek clarification on the same, and definitely better than giving an irrelevant answer.
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