3 Steps to ace online interviews
Ensuring proper connectivity is winning half the battle. Setup your computer infrastructure 15 minutes before your interview. Check for internet connectivity. Check for blemishes in your camera. Use headphones for listening, and test microphone’s functionality. Follow these steps when interview begins: 1. Inform the interviewer that you have ensured proper connectivity from your side, and […]
Answering strengths & weakness in interviews
This question makes no logical sense. It is usually put forth in fresher interviews. In this regard, the interviewer is trying to get a sense of your attitude, and your overall communication. As stated in our previous posts regarding interviews, remember that honesty is the best policy. Answering your strengths is the easier part. However, […]
3 Signs of a bad manager
3 easy giveaways in spotting bad managers: 1. They lack vision for their team in the short or long term. These are usually the people who get promoted to managerial roles based on long tenure with the company. To them, management is limited to work allocations, and nothing to do with mentoring, team-building or strategizing. […]
How to impress in startup interviews
Expect a very busy work-life in startups. You will either love it, or hate it from Day 1. If you crave high frequency challenges, then startups should be your choice. Startup founders have chaotic schedules, in managing multiple teams. Here are the top 3 things they expect from anybody they hire: · Energy – Can […]
Are personality or cognitive tests effective during interviews?
Barring outlier cases, personality or cognitive tests do serve any purpose. A cognitive test is given to assess a candidate’s analytic thought process. This is helpful in market research professions for qualitative data extraction and analysis. However, this is not a compelling method to choose the best candidates, especially for management roles. Business reality demands […]
The #1 trait of super star recruiters
Empathy is a recruiter’s super power. Super star recruiters are champions of putting themselves in other people’s shoes. They understand other people’s struggles and aspirations beyond career goals. There is a purpose to why successful recruiters do this. Subconsciously, recruiters are trying to find the right sync – team chemistry per se – between the […]
How to be Creative during interviews
Creative communication is essential while discussing complex topics during interviews. 3 methods can be adopted: 1. Visualize wherever applicable – use a paper or a white board to connect various scenarios, so that your interviewer can easily comprehend your explanation. 2. Use analogies – People understand things easily, when examples from daily lives are used […]
Re-learning Centers – The Future of Business Training
Hiring the perfect candidate is not practically feasible. Technologies are evolving, customer demands are dynamically changing, while talent capacities of in-house workforce reaches saturation. The best solution is to establish a permanent, in-house, re-Learning center. This will be a strategic move, by avoiding challenges associated with new resource hiring, or engaging permanent third party services. […]
How to ensure employee commitment & loyalty
The phrase “People don’t leave companies, but leave their bad bosses” is incomplete. The real statement should be “People leave companies due to agonies caused by lousy bosses, while incompetent HR administration fails to recognize this problem. ” Many companies DO NOT realize the power of empathy and compassion traits exhibited by middle management. It […]
3 Reasons why hiring has become miserably slow
It takes about 3 – 6 months to fill positions. 3 Reasons why this happens: 1. Screening candidates based on credentials only: When considering only education and experiences, it is hard to distinguish qualitative metrics. Passion, attitude and personality are critical for a cultural sync, but gets ignored. 2. Relying on resumes and job descriptions […]