Why Recruiters are asking common questions ...

HI,

Many interviews , recruiters used to ask common questions , for e.g Tell me about yourself , why we need to hire you , How you sell this pen to me , etc …. What for all these ? Every job seeker , when fails to get the job at interview , they feels that , they lost the opportunity because they haven’t said the correct answers to this kind of common questions , as no where exact answer for this type of questions available.

Let’s see why common questions asked by the recruiters

• To filter candidate Easily ???
• To know communication
• To Know confidence
• To Know the responsibilities ( personal )
• To know the attitude
• To get the different candidate , rather than stereotypic candidate
• To ease the person to attend interview freely
• To get the normal flow
• To check the honesty
• To understand the body language
• To understand the expectations

Etc, many hidden things are there … which you all might know …but why many job seekers trying to find the answer to same questions ….

I strongly recommend any candidate to have trust on you and try to present well , what ever you are and speak naturally . There is a specialty is there for some time of common questions , for e.g. Tell me about your self ? For this question, what interviewer expects from you and what interviewer judge , because you’re the story writer for your life , so as I mentioned above interviewer is looking for other elements than ,e valuating the answer. So what ever you say , you feel free to say. Because almost every job seeker used to prepare for This type f common questions , but as they prepares the answers from others , they looses the natural talent I can suggest you to know the answer what other person is saying , but don’t follow that blindly. You have your own style and try to present what you know (or expect ) for the common questions.

You try to ask your friends or other professionals how they answered than how to answer . You decide what to say for that common questions . If any interviewer asks , How much salary you expect . Say reasonable amount , than saying as per the norms , which is a stereotypic answer . But judge yourself why you are expecting that and communicate that , it’s negotiable . try to show your confidence by answering in straight to the point model , with a pleasant mind set.

All The Best!

Regards

venu chityala

I have good technical knowledge, but i cannot express it & i sometimes not remembering answer. please tell me solution

Tushar 's Question

Respected sir,

My self Tushar form India. I am writing my information with this mail.

Job Trying For : Software Development

Fresher / Experienced : Fresher

Qualification :B.E.( Computer Science & engg.)

Skills : c,c++,core java, html,asp,jsp,vb

No. of Interviews Attended : 3

Strengths : good programming

Weak Points(If any) : communication

Gender : male

Question :

I have good technical knowledge, but i cannot express it & i sometimes not remembering answer. please tell me solution

Answer

Hi Mr.Tushar ,

I appreciate your confidence that you know the answer. Very few freshers used to say that I am having good technical knowledge. When you have practical exposure , you can get this confidence . Lets , come directly to your question . lets split that into two parts.

Problem-1: I could not express my knowledge. How can I ?

This comes under presentation problem. So you need to practice the mock interviews. Ask your well wishers or friends or seniors to conduct few interviews for you. You try to take those in a serious manners. You try to present as usual. Ask them what are the mistakes your commenting., so that you can rectify those. If you feel , tensed , then you take little time to respond for the question asked by interviewer. At any time when you know , 100 % , its better that you can say 75 % , in the first step and remaining 15 % , at second step. And if the question is straight forward , then say the remaining 10 % too. Remember that , experience recruiters , ask s the questions from what you present. So if you know any answer fully , better say with confidence , if you don’t know don’t try to say the wrong answer. It’s better to say sorry , and say them that you know only basic level in that topic. Before answering any question you try to analyze the answer and the say to the interviewer . so that you can present in a better way.

Problem-2: I could not Remember the answer. What to do ?

This is not only your problem. Many used to face the same , at the time of the interview .as job seeker feels nervous at the time of the interview. So you don’t consider this as a big issue., try to hold your tense , so that you can have your natural abilities. You don’t keep in mind that , if I won’t get the job , what to do? Only keep in mind that , I need to present , what abilities I am having .so that I can get a job. Next , even you feel that , memory power is some what becoming dull , I cans ay that there are amany techniques to improve your memory power . so that you can implement those and get your real memory power. Even you can choose Yoga for it too. Before attending to the interview, you try to practice ( at least 12 hours before ) , before the mirror , how to respond and what to do. But don’t have pre occupied mindset for answering the questions. Many job seekers used to do the same. When you feel free, you can remember all easily.

All the Best!

Regards

venu chityala

Trying job past one year

Sheela's Question

Sir,
Greetings.With reference to your website,

Name: Sheela ( Name Changed)

Job Trying For: Dotnet programmer(S/w Engg)

Fresher / Experienced: 2+years

Qualification:M.Sc Computer Science

Skills: Dotnet,ASP,VB,JAVA

No. of Interviews Attended: 5

Strengths: I have done my projects in time.

Weak Points(If any):

Gender: Female

Question: I am trying for the job from past 1 year but
I could not able to get through any job.

yours truly
Sheela (Name Changed….Original Name Starts With A….)

Answer

Hi,

Thanq Ms.sheela. U have to change u r resume and frankly telling the second project which u mentioned in resume not seems to be useful in real time. Really I was surprised that the company which u r using I got 10 – 15 resumes with the same company name. I am not sure about the company. That may be in black list , as I read more than 10 resumes with that company name.

All The Best

Regards

venu chityala

Campus selection

Sreenath Varma's Question

Hello Sir,

I am a B.Tech holder in IT. I am from Kerala and I took degree from Kerala itself. In may, the Chennai based company came to our college and recruited 20 students from all branches. Actually one of the director was came to our college for conducting the test. He said before the test, "All the students who passes the test will be selected". He went after the test and 2 weeks later a list of 20 students came to college by saying these students are selected. After that there was no news from the company. When the college authorities went there and gave our results and met the HR Manager (2 months ago), they said they recruited around 400 students from all over India, but result of some colleges in north India are yet to come. They will definitely call but there will be some more delay. Last week also we enquired there but the reply was same. They recruited only from our college in Kerala. We are waiting for this during the last months. There is no chance to get an information from their website because the last update was on 2002. If u can give any information regarding this, it will be helpful for me.

Thanks in advance
Sreenath Varma

Answer

Hi Sreenath, congrats for getting selected in campus selection. I required some information about the company, so that I can tell you about the companies activities. Generally Branded companies take maximum of 6 months time to recruit the candidates from campus. At the time of year 2000 only, they took maximum of 1 year time. So, the company which conducted campus selection might not come to recruit, if the period crosses 6 months ( I need some more information from you to say about this). You keep in mind that, the chance to get into that company is 10% only. What I will suggest is rather than sitting and keep on waiting for that company, try for other companies too with same spirit. Definitely you will get job. As you told that company web site is not updated from 2002, we can suspect a bit!. Plenty of companies are asking freshers, try with spirit .send me web site and address, so that I can tell you about the company.

All the Best!

Regards

venu chityala

How To Avoid Negative Thoughts

Latharani's Question

Name : Latharani

Job Trying For: Software Testing

Fresher / Experienced: Fresher/Exp 2+ yrs

Qualification: MCA

Skills: Manual Testing,Automation Testing,C,SQL Server,Test Director

No. of Interviews Attended: 10

Strengths: Hard woking,confidence,Work alcoholic

Weak Points(If any): Patience

Gender: Female

Question: I'm LathaRani, MCA 2005 passout,I'm searching for a job in MNC software companies in Testing platform. I'm getting frustration for not getting a job.I spent a lot of money for learning the courses. Attended many interviews. but no use still i'm one among the members of unemployed list. I'm very much interested to do job in big MNC like Accenture, Wipro, Sonata, Satyam, Polaris etc. But do this reason I'm loosing my patience day-by-day, my confidence level is going down, daily & each & every moment I'm crying like anything. Whenever I will see the employees working in big MNC and a tag in their neck, makes me to cry,& feel shame towards myself that I'm still jobless. I'm not enjoying my life at all without job. So, I'm getting all negative thoughts like I won't get job in s/w company,& I should change my line. For which I'm not at all interested. My target is to get a job by the end of this yr or by Dec 2007. All of them are insulting me saying I'm waste,& I won't get job anywhere. Kindly ,plz suggest me what to do & what not? & plz tell me whether I'm going to get a job by Dec 2007 or not.

Answer

Ms.Rani,

Let you read this answer minimum 3 times in a different timings. Then only you can really get what I am trying to say.

1) I'm LathaRani, MCA 2005 passout,I'm searching for a job in MNC software companies in Testing platform. I'm getting frustration for not getting a job. I spent a lot of money for learning the courses.

My Reply : Great that you finished MCA. You told that you are searching job at MNC. I want to ask you , is MNC’s only your aim in the initial stage. Its very hard for the job seeker to get into MNC directly. Why can’t you try in middle level company and then you can go with that experience and you can get into your Dream of MNC job. There are thousands of middle level companies are there . As at present you got a gap of 2 years , I clearly understood that you you prepared 2+ years of experience from one institute called “fli***** solu***** “ . But can you able to ensure that , whether that company is not in BLACK LIST ( Many MNC’s will have the database of black listed companies , so that won’t let the candidate to get scrutinized for interview or Job , because now a days Employee verification is MUST ). So you check that company is doing regularly this kind of issues means , you should opt for other choice . Here I want to stress one point , I don’t want to say ‘Yes’ , or ‘No’ , for building the experience from other places. Its you to decide.

Yes , you spent lot money . Not only you many , job seekers used to spend lot money , as everybody wants job , and as some body guides , that course they used to join. O what ever you spent , you won’t get back , but you can earn more. Don’t worry for that. At present don’t spend any money to learn , only sit on internet and build your knowledge. Internet is more than enough. Now you got base , you should update , what companies require.

2) Attended many interviews. but no use still i'm one among the members of unemployed list. I'm very much interested to do job in big MNC like Accenture, Wipro, Sonata, Satyam, Polaris etc.

But do this reason I'm loosing my patience day-by-day, my confidence level is going down, daily & each & every moment I'm crying like anything. Whenever I will see the employees working in big MNC and a tag in their neck, makes me to cry,& feel shame towards myself that I'm still jobless. I'm not enjoying my life at all without job.

My Reply : As you told its fine that , you attended many interviews . so where the things going wrong . check that . I saw your resume , in that many wrong presentations are there.

i) Remove the company name at the “second line of your resume “ . keep that in relevant place.

ii) Your projects are giving an impression of Dummy projects . Means , you gave a title as “Portal” , so what is the domain name . This will be the questions asked by the technical manager. Can I tell you one thing , the company , which you built experience, that own domain name it self its not working . I checked it . even its expired to .This “portal” is not available means , its better to change this project.

iii) The projects one you kept from USA , other you kept very low profile , sugar factory project. This won’t work out in MNC’s.

iv) So you have to update your resume. First develop your knowledge and then you present those.

v) Try to know more about Employee verification check.

One more issue , always you should get spirit to achieve. Why to cry o others. How much hard work they did you know ? how many struggles they might faced you know ? keep in mind ,” DON’T COMPARE YOU WITH ANY OTHERS” . you are having your potential , you will win a day. If you get frustrated , it makes you to loose your goal fast. Don’t think that telling is easy , I am facing lot of struggles . tell me who don’t have struggles .so , what I will say is rather than crying , you look for your friends , relatives who are working as software testers , and speak with them clearly , and collect the projects from them , and check where you stands in that . sure this will help you out lot.

Every job holder at present , struggled job seeker at past , only.

JOB is not only LIFE. I feel by looking your resume , you might have good communication skills. but I feel you are not using well. If you are facing problems of money , why can’t you work for time being at call center or as a testing faculty , which are some what having demand , as many are not willing . I can prefer Testing faculty job , for time being , as it makes you strong at your software testing . I can recommend you to lean white box testing tools also , by your own . It will have huge demand too. Now a days testing field is having high competition , as no need of formal computer education like MCA , BE (cs) , etc . There are many ways to earn online too. Very soon we will come up with that solutions and let you know.

3) So, I'm getting all negative thoughts like I won't get job in s/w company,& I should change my line. For which I'm not at all interested. My target is to get a job by the end of this yr or by Dec 2007. All of them are insulting me saying I'm waste,& I won't get job anywhere. Kindly ,plz suggest me what to do & what not? & plz tell me whether I'm going to get a job by Dec 2007 or not.

My Reply :

About Dec 2007 , its good that you kept time period , but you analyze your self where you stands. Think positively , and try to keep the back plans , then you can get the success. Many job seekers are facing the same problem , they used to get insulted / pointed out by relations / friends / others . So don’t worry for those , once you get the job , they will know what you are.

You analyze first and decide , is the time period of Dec 2007 , is correct or not . If no you stretch few months . concentrate to develop your technical and communication skills. Then you will get job.

Don’t Depend on Any . depend on Your abilities and Depend on INTERNET. You will get all.

All The Best

Regards

venu chityala

MCA But Rejected at Interviews because Bcom

rahul's Question

Question:

Dear sir

My name is Rahul .i passed my MCA in 2005 Oct,i have done B.Com then i have taken M.C.A. as per my fnds & relatives said.Now in the Interviews i am being rejected mostly bcos of B.Com, my carrier % is good

[ X - 51% , Inter MEC - 61%, Degree - 61% , PG - 77% ] i even toped the callege (mca) last 4 sems out of 6 as per MYABCD University..Even callcenters are also not willing to take bcos of MTI (mother tung influence)& MCA , My fnds have joined the small companies through reference, I am ready to work free in some IT Company but i am not getting any openings, i even looked for some nice institutes to do some live projects on java " j2ee " but came to know they are just fake

wat i want to know is can u tell me some instuates which give some live projects and train me according to the market requirement ? i live in Hyderabad

thank you,
rahul

Answer

Hi Rahul , congrats for u r success in u r university. I saw your percentages , that shows a positive graph. good. but still some companies are looking minimum 60 % , from X it self. any way try to present your degree and PG in resume in walk –in s. But while you upload to any branded companies give your full details at last , no in first page. Your B.com , is not a big issues, why because your having an advantage, you will be strong in Finance domain. Try to highlight That. You have not sent me u r resume also. Next about your query about institute , I cant recommend you as I have not much researched into others offers. I can suggest mine , which is at Chennai , but as you told your at Hyderabad , it may not comfortable for you.

You can Get job In Call Centers / BPO. Even Your having MTI , you can practice so that you can get job easily. There are lot of non voice based call centers/BPO are there.

I can tell you one issue. You try to do web related project. If you have system with you , the you can purchase web hosting space and database space which comes in less price , you can do online project , and you can present that in your resume , so that technical managers will give priority .

All the Best!

Regards

venu chityala

How can i get call from one of the top Indian Branded Company

Ravikumar's Question

Question:

Sir/Madam,

Iam Ravikiran from Hyderabad. I completed my MCA in sept 2005 from O University with 83.9%.
In july i got call from one of the top Indian Branded for written test but at that time my final exams were going on thats why i didn't attempted that test. But now iam waiting for that call from 3 months but i didn't get that.

Can i get call from one of the top Indian Branded?, for that what i need to do?
(I applied for that many times)

I am preparing for one of the top Indian Branded daily for atleast 5 hrs. I have good analytical ability and logical thinking and problem solving skills.

I don't have any references in any company.

I am perfect up to Adv Java.

Now I am learning .Net also.

Plz give me ur valuable suggestion regarding my career what i need to do in this position.

Every weekend I am attending for walk ins that is of any type or any post.

In some i reached to hr level but they are saying that now here no jobs but we will consider u after 2 months.

thanking u sir

Answer

Ans:

Hi Ravi….I understood, your issue…but you have not sent me Resume, to analyse, first phase.

Any way u told that u got a call from one of the top Indian Branded company , you missed that.Have you intimated your absence? If not you cant do any now.One thing is generally, one of the top Indian Branded company will call people 9 months once, the candidate failed or absent for the interview.so don’t worry , you just re apply, they will call you.

Its nice that you are preparing 5 Hrs, daily for aptitude test . fine but try to update to latest technologies. Any one specialization. May Be J2EE or .Net. you can explore all, better one specialization. some middle level companies are calling freshers and conducting technical interview directly ( no aptitude ) . Any way don’t leave aptitude practice, that will boost up you.
Apply jobs and attend interviews regularly, jobs are there for talented people, so analyze your self

All the Best!

Regards

venu chityala