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Interview Preparation Program - Management


Employment Readiness or Job Readiness or Employability refers to the attributes of a person that make that person able to gain and maintain employment. In simple words employability is the quality of being suitable for paid work.

This program will equip management and engineering students with the essentials skills required to be job ready like aptitude development, guesstimation, group discussion, employment documentation, self - assessment, domain questions with answers, HR questions with answers, functional questions with answers and personal interview


Introduction to Employment Readiness or Job Readiness or Employability

Employment Readiness or Job Readiness or Employability is the ability of a person to do Intelligent Self-Assessment with an objective of exploring personal assets (Skills, Values, Strengths, motivations etc.), explore opportunities in the market, make informed career related decisions, identify and bridge training gaps in terms of assets required for the desired jobs and current inventory of personal assets, create a compelling action plan (Effective curriculum vitae, Covering letter, Preparation for Personal Interview etc.), Gain the first employment, ensure self-development throughout professional career, grow in an organization and gain subsequent employments. 

Following points are critical to the quality of Employment Readiness:

Ability to do Accurate Self-Assessment

This is also referred to as ability to reflect. The quality of your reflection depends largely on your Intrapersonal Intelligence. Reflection skills will help a student do the following:

  • Self-Assessment: To explore personal assets like Skills, Values, Motivations, Strengths, and Areas of Improvement etc.
  • Academic Assessment: To explore efficiency levels in Domain student is specializing in like Marketing, Finance, HR, etc.
  • Market Assessment: This  helps a student explore the industry that he or she would like to be a part, the company that he or she would like to join, the department he or she would like to work in and the compensation that he or she would like to take home

Ability to take Informed Decisions

Student’s Assessment of Self and Market will unearth a lot of data for him or her. This data will help the student freeze on the following:

  • Skills, Values, Strengths that the student would like to highlight during Interview process
  • Learning Gaps in terms of Soft Skills and Hard Skills. For E.g. If a student want to be a Relationship Manager with a Wealth Management firm then he or she would like to obtain a Mutual Funds and Insurance certification
  • How will the student substantiate any claim that he or she makes during the interview in terms of his or her Strengths, Values, Skills, Areas of improvement, Achievement of Numbers, hobbies etc.
  • Identify Academic areas of improvement. This should be accompanied with well laid action plans with deadlines
  • Industry, Company and Department, where the student would like to work 

 Ability to create a SMART Plan of Action

Now that the student is through with Self-Assessment and he/ she has made up his/ her mind regarding the Industry, Company and department that he/ she would like to join. This is the right time for him/ her to learn and deploy some job search tools. Following are the required job search tools:

  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Cover Email
  • Preparation for Group Discussion
  • Preparation for Personal Interview – HR/ Functional/ Technical
  • Learn to understand Job descriptions
  • Customization of CV, Cover Email, Answers to interview questions as per understanding of Job Description

Ability to Gain the first Employment  

  • In the desired industry
  • In the desired company
  • In the desired department
  • In the desired role
  • At the desired salary


Components of Employment Readiness

Following are the components of the Employment Readiness Program

  • Aptitude Development Program
  • Guesstimation
  • Employment Documentation
  • Group Discussion
  • Self-Assessment
  • Personal Interview
  • Frequently Asked Questions - Domain

Aptitude Development Program 

An Aptitude Assessment is a systematic means of testing a job candidate's abilities to perform specific tasks and react to a range of different situations. Aptitude tests are used by employers to measure a candidate's work-related cognitive capacity. Aptitude tests are one of the most commonly used assessments in measuring candidates’ suitability for a role. The most commonly used set of cognitive tests includes – Abstract/Conceptual Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Data Interpretation and Numerical/ Quantitative reasoning. 

Contents

  • Quantitative Aptitude: 2365 Solved Questions 
  • Reasoning Aptitude: 1500 Solved Questions
  • Data Interpretation: 450 Solved Questions
  • Verbal Ability: 750 Solved Questions
  • 5 comprehensive assessments covering topics from the same section and 8 Mock Tests (1 Low, 5 Medium and 2 High difficulty) covering questions from different sections

Guesstimation

A guesstimate is a rough approximation or an educated guess at something. Guesstimation is estimation based on guesses, usually for expedience or because no better method is available (yourdictionary.com)

Guesstimation has become an important part of the interview process during campus placements. Guesstimation questions help interviewer’s access the following traits about the candidate:

  • Ability to deal with Ambiguity
  • Process Orientation
  • Analytical Skills
  • Problem Solving Ability
  • Eye for Detail
  • Decision Making  

Contents

  • Approach for solving Guesstimation problems
  • Important Data 
  • Solved Problems (50)

Employment Documentation

Documentation plays a very important in the process of Employment. There are many crucial documents that a student is expected to make before he/ she appears for an Interview. A student getting an opportunity to present himself/ herself in front of the employer completely depends on the quality of the documents he/ she creates. The more relevant the document is to the Job Description, the more are his/ her chances of getting an interview call. Curriculum Vitae (CV) is one such critical document. CV is a summary of your Education, Work Experience, Achievements, Personal Details and Hobbies etc. 

When a student applies for a job his/ her CV goes as an attachment. What the potential employer gets to see first is a cover letter. Cover letter is a very important document in the employment process as it is quite possible that if a student does not make a relevant and catchy cover letter, chances are that his/ her CV will not even be looked at. It is therefore important that a student highlights in his/ her cover letter, how his/ her education, experience and skills match with the job requirements

Contents

Curriculum Vitae

  • Introduction
  • CV – Normal and Video
  • CV sections with detailed explanation
  • FAQ’s from various sections of a CV
  • CV Builder/ Video CV Builder 

Cover Letter

  • Importance
  • Structure
  • Cover Letter Builder

Group Discussions

Group discussion has its prevalence and application at both corporate and academic level. Group Discussions are used as a screening tool by Corporate. In the corporate world it is also a part of your day to day life

Group discussion is a technique used to access whether the candidate has the desired personality traits and skills or not. Corporate use GD as a test to assess candidate’s overall personality in terms of Subject Knowledge, confidence, comfort levels with teamwork, presence of mind, analytical skills, initiatives and communication skills

Contents

  • Why is a Group Discussion Conducted?
  • How to Face a Group Discussion?
  • What are the Personality Traits accessed in a Group Discussion?
  • What are various phases of a Group Discussion?
  • What are different types of Group Discussions?
  • What are various roles played during a Group Discussion?
  • How do you Initiate a Group Discussion?
  • How to conclude a Group Discussion?
  • What are the Strategies to Improve Group Discussion Skills?
  • What are the Do's and Don'ts of a Group Discussion?
  • Supporting Data for Group Discussions
  • Group Discussion – Topics (100 with Content)
  • Group Discussion - Case Studies (35 Solved from Marketing, Finance, HR and Operations)

Self-Assessment

Self-Assessment is the first step of the career planning process. It is the process of gathering information about you in order to make an informed and intelligent career decision

Self-Assessment depends on your Intrapersonal Intelligence and your ability to reflect on yourself. Self-Assessment if done diligently at the beginning of career planning can help reduce career related errors to a large extent as it helps you take informed decisions

Contents

  • Introduction 
  • Methodology
  • Components
  • Work Motivations 
  • Values
  • Skills 
  • Strengths 
  • Attitude 
  • Wellness 
  • Etiquette 
  • Hobbies 
  • Intelligence
  • Areas of Improvement
  • Goals 
  • Personal SWOT Assessment
  • PEST Assessment 

Personal Interviews

Personal Interview (PI) is a tool used by corporate to access the suitability of a student for a particular role.  

Personal interview questions are questions about a student’s personally, work style, work ethic, how he/ she handles stress, what he/ she expects from an employer, and how he/ she will handle certain situations. Companies look for a candidate who matches their needs and the closer a fit, the more competitive a student will be

Contents

  • Effective Communication for Personal Interview
  • Rapport Building during Personal Interview
  • My Asset Inventory
  • Mental Preparation
  • Researching Employers
  • Dress and Appearance
  • Body Language and Etiquettes
  • 60 HR and Behavioral FAQ’s with Suggested Answers
  • 500+ Technical FAQ’s with Answers
  • Sample Introduction Template

 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) - Domain

This section has FAQ's from various subjects taught during the management or engineering course