RESEARCH JOB REQUIREMENT

2.Take Clues from Advertisement. If the above alternative is not available, you can take clues from the advertisement itself. Most of the organizations mention at least key job requirements in their advertisement. Such requirements are generally n terms of educational qualification and key behavioral skills. Based on these, you can deduce what other skills may be relevant. An example is given here.

A prominent company advertised the position of the sales executive with following details: qualification- graduate in any stream/post graduate in sales and marketing; MBA would be added advantages; knowledge and skills- channel management, handling of distributors and retailers, analytical ability, negotiations skills; job responsibilities- achieving business targets, responsible for distribution, after sales service, collections, stock management, and managing relations with channel partners. Based on this information you can deduce what additional behavioral skills not mentioned in the advertisement will be required. For example, handling of distributors and retailers (knowledge and skill) and managing relations with channel partners (job responsibilities) indicate that the candidates must have high level of interpersonal skills (though not mentioned in the advertisement).

Similarly, negotiation skills (knowledge and skills) indicate that the candidates should have high level of communication skills. Through this process, you can deduce relevant skills required for the job though such skills may not be mentioned in the advertisement but interviewers are more likely to probe such skills during interview process. When you have done this exercise, you can very well handle the questions asked by the interviewers.