You might have watched the grand finale of the beauty contests like Miss World and Miss Universe. All through the contest, the young girls from around the world are quizzed on various aspects and the finalists are selected from the lot. The finalists are tested on a question and based on their answers the winner of the pageant is decided. The girls hardly get any time to think and in this short period, they have to produce an answer which is...

As soon as the initial greetings are exchanged and you have taken your seat the interview probe is likely to begin. A few informal questions may be asked to make you comfortable. The interviewers want to discount the initial nervousness and will see to it that you are your normal self before they start the grilling. From the time you enter the interview room they also keep a sharp eye on your body language to gauge your confidence level. It all...

We must make it clear right at the beginning of the article that we have already covered the basics of your resume writing in the earlier articles. If you have followed those correctly and updated your resume accordingly, you will score at least 65 in the resume evaluation online. If you have your resume on naukri.com they will reflect your resume score through a mail once in approximately two months. If you are in the 65 per cent plus category...

One of the popular questions to be asked in an interview is what do you know about this company. The interviewers resort to asking a number of questions from the candidate in order to get the maximum information about him. Each member of the interview board plays a significant role in the assessment of the candidate. The questions pertain to a variety of subjects like work knowledge, social behaviour, past experience, family, interests, and...

Last year we came out with an article “unexplored career options for science students.” An overwhelming response to the article prompted us to come out with a sequel. Very little information was available to the parents and their wards as far as the career options after 12th science other than engineering and medical are concerned. This was the status before the internet opened up the possibilities other than the engineering and medical...

There are a number of queries that people put on Google to find out about their career growth and job satisfaction. The meaning of career growth is not hopping jobs for higher designation and salary but owning more responsibilities than before and following that continually. Is it that simple and does it satisfy you? We will first look at the present scenario and subsequently at the solution. We were a bit surprised when we saw the maximum...

If you are appearing for an interview be sure that the question what are your salary expectation for this position, is going to be put up sooner or later. The only exception is when you goof up the interview and get a response “we will get back to you.” If we twist the question slightly and ask – what is your desired salary expectation, we might start thinking differently. This is because we allow our desires to soar into the dream world...