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• Qualification/training
• Experience
• Appearance and self confidence
• Communication skills
• Motivation
Careful preparation and planning much in advance would really help to keep
out of chaos. The applications received must be sorted out and scrutinized
and deserving candidates must be called for the interview.
The interviewer must be an experienced person who can do a quick per-
sonality sketch of each interviewee in the limited time period of 15–30 minutes.
And if the number of deserving candidates is larger making the choice difficult,
he/she should be able to do the elimination process by careful examination and
re-assessing the candidates before the final ranking is done.
The interviewer must be highly proficient in social and interpersonal
skills. He/she must be able to make the interviewee feel comfortable. The ques-
tions asked should have clarity of perception and be lucid and intelligible.
He must also have a deep insight, intuition and knowledge of the subject
in which the candidate is being interviewed. The way he asks questions is
very important. He must take care not to sound sarcastic, contemptuous or
disdainful and make the candidate feel unworthy.
Interviewee’s Preparation
The interviewee must be very well prepared physically, intellectually as well
as psychologically because it is not just his knowledge of the subject but his
entire personality which will be assessed.
Physical Preparation
The interviewee must be well groomed and must essentially follow a con-
ventional form/mode of dress. He must be meticulous about neat hair style,
nails, foot wear, etc. The briefcase or handbag and the folder containing all
the important documents should be handled gracefully. Awkward or clumsy
handling would leave a bad impression. Never drag the chair you are asked
to sit on. And take utmost care of the body language. Before leaving you are
expected to shake hands only if you are offered. Otherwise just leave the
room with a ‘thank you’.
Mental Preparation
It is extremely important that you revise well the subject of your study
with special reference to the area of specialization. General knowledge too
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