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BEGINNING OF INTERVIEW When your turn for attending the interview comes, you will be called by the interviewers. A person who has been given the responsibility of calling the candidates will inform you. On this call, collect all your material (you must have put all these materials in your briefcase or bag) and proceed to the interview room. If the door of the room is open, ask the permission of the interviewers by asking gently, “May I come in sir?” enter the room only after permission. This permission may be either verbal (through words) or gesture (through indication). Walk confidently to the seat meant for the interviewee and wish the interviewers by saying “Good morning sir”, or “Good afternoon” as the case may be. Do not sit on the chair unless you are asked to do so. In most of the cases, one of the interviewers says the candidate to occupy the seat. In some cases, the interviewers wish to test the etiquette and manner of an interviewee and delay deliberately in saying him to occupy the seat. If this happens with you, ask gently to occupy the seat. After you occupy the seat the interview will begin.
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A typical interview is divided into three phases: establishing rapport, gathering relevant information, and closing. Normally, the interviewers follow this sequence in the interview. All these phases are completed in a single sitting. In raport-estabilishing-phase, the interview panel tries to establish rapport with the candidate so that he is able to give complete information about himself and his worth related to job requirements. Beginning of this phase is made by briefly reading bio-data of the candidate normally by the chairman of the panel or any interviewer who has been assigned this task. During the period when your bio-data is being read, listen to carefully and nod your head in yes if it is being read correctly. If there is any mistake (may be because of an error committed by the typist while preparing copies of your bio-data required by the interviewers, or by oversight of the reader, or mistake committed by the reader deliberately to test your proficiency), interrupt the reader immediately but politely. Your action will be taken positively by the interviewers as it shows your attentiveness. If you wait for the reader to finish his reading, the interviewers will take it negatively as they may perceive that you are not quite attentive. However, this practice of interruption should not be adopted during question answer session. After completing reading of you bio-data, the interviewers may ask you informational questions as mentioned in chapter 3 of the book. In some cases, the interviewers may choose to put some information questions like the place of your residence, mode of journey from you place to interview place, or similar such questions of this nature before going through reading of your bio-data in order to establish better rapport. After establishing rapport with you, the interviewers will move to next phase of the interview. In this phase, the interviewers will make an attempt to solicit as much information as possible from you to judge your suitability for the job technically and behaviorally. In this phase, questions related to the technical and behavioral aspects as indicated in chapter 3 are asked. Normally, this phase takes maximum time out of the total time allocated for the interview. After finishing information gathering phase, the interviewer proceeds to last phase of the interview that is, closing phase. After probing you to the required level, the interviewers may advise you to ask questions which you may wish to ask. During this phase, salary negotiation may also take place. (Many organizations prefer to conduct a separate salary negotiation session after finishing the interview of all candidates and short listing the suitable ones. Many organizations do not prefer to discuss about salary at all specially if a candidate is a fresh one and salary grade is highly structured.) After salary negotiation, the panel chairman indicates about closing the interview session by wishing the candidates. In case where the salary negotiation session is to be arranged after the interview session, this is indicated by the chairman and closes the interview by wishing the candidates.
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