Category Archives: Tips

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 ......

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......

Interview with The Working Geek

This is an interview of Andy Lester with Interview Mantra, on tips for job hunters and on his book “Land the Tech Job you Love“, which is about new guidelines for tech job hunting. ......

New Tips to tackle the question – Why should I hire you

Here is a tricky Interview question that is almost always asked in every interview: “Why should I hire you?” The trouble with this question is that this is a trap question. The inter......