Category Archives: Interview

Different kinds of interviewers and tips to tackle them

Every interviewer has their own style of evaluating a candidate. Some interviewers make the hiring decision within ten minutes, while some of them do an extended and an in-depth interview. There......

Create your resume in 3 simple steps – now!

Are you a fresher? Have you got your resume ready? Follow three steps and your resume will be ready in minutes! Steps: Read the tutorial Ultimate resume guide for freshers written by me. Dow......

Care to explain what linkedin is for?

A friend on twitter had asked me “I don’t understand what linkedin is for, care to explain?”. I gave him my answer in a short tweet. I am not happy with the answer that I gave ......

Quick Tip to align your resume to perfection

Carefully look at both the images below. They are screenshots of a section Software skills an experienced IT programmer’s resume. Image-1: Resume before alignment Image-2: Resume after al......

Where to find a quality sample résumé?

While I was writing an extended blog post on the topic “Ultimate guide to prepare a fresher’s résumé”, I needed few résumés for reference. And I needed fresher résumé to be pre......

Dress to Impress

Do you care less about what you wear in a job interview? Well in that case, I strongly recommend that you care about your dressing from now on. Ask why? Your dress and grooming speak a lot on yo......

Dos and donts in a job interview for marketing position

Watch below an interesting video recording of an interview for a marketing position. Here are few important dos and donts that can be drawn from this video.  Make a mental note of these points ......

Would you hire samuel, a frank guy who speaks his mind at interviews

This interview is my imaginary work, a sample response for 50 commonly asked interview questions, attempting to answer few of the most tricky HR questions ever asked. A fictitious software profe......

How to beat nervousness in a job interview

No matter how talented/knowledgeable/experienced you are, a single mistake during the course of an interview can topple your chances of selection. The interviewer, almost always looks for reaso......

Donts while negotiating salary in a job interview

You first apply for a post in a company, take the job interview and clear all the interview rounds. Then this HR manager contacts you either on phone or in person to talk about your salary requi......