We hope you have already been enjoying the season with lots of exam. At this juncture, we wish to CONGRATULATE those who have already got IIFT calls and we also wish to take you ahead to the second level of the process of getting into your dream B-Schools. Yes, you are thinking right. We are talking of Group discussion and Personal Interview preparation.
Let me give you a glimpse of ‘What does a GD and a PI check you on’? Answer is straight and simple. Written exam has checked you on your aptitude. Now is the time when you should be checked on your attitude: attitude towards life, attitude towards your career and attitude towards the society as a whole.
Attitude makes your overall persona. How you carry yourself? How you present yourself, especially in a formal group? How you know your own self – Your strengths and weaknesses, your goals, your ambitions, your dreams? How much of the world around you, you know? Do you mean everything you have written in your biodata for e.g. these are a few things to begin with, which are part of your persona?
Now we are coming with an exciting series on “How to handle GD-PI”.Today we are going to take one of the most popular question & going to answer it with our experience. So we are coming up with first challenge which students faced when they enter PI room & they are asked to describe themselves. They concoct such a story which lands them in nothing but arrays of questions which they are not expecting. Try to answer this question in such a way that you take examiner where you want to take him.
How to go about the question ‘Tell me something about yourself’
While answering this question you should start with what kind of person you are, what are your special interests or achievements, what you like what you dislike? And you should know what you like – why you like that and similarly what you dislike – why you dislike that, though you won’t say that unless asked for.
Then you should talk about what your ambitions are. And this answer should be supported by ‘What made your ambitions’ Remember there is always a trigger for what your ambitions are at this stage. Any one while in graduation or after should know Why he wants to go for something.
And this should be a good 45 to 60 seconds talk.
Next, you should talk about your strengths and should not talk about weaknesses though you should know them at the same time. Never use words like ‘My strengths are…’ Better say – ‘I am a person who believes in perseverance’ etc etc. Here only you should mention about your academic achievements and also your hobbies.
You should know the difference between Hobby/Interests/Leisure time activities. Don’t say ‘Coin collection’ is your hobby if it wasn’t pursued passionately. If you use to collect coins just as an amateur than say that it was a leisure time activity or something you were deeply interested in.
Understand one thing; choice of right words makes a difference. The meaning of what you say should be crisp to them and they should understand what you want them to understand.
And this should be 30-45 seconds answer.
Last you can talk about the kind of family you belongs to and the value system of your family. This can be 15-30 seconds answer. So all in all you can have an answer ready for 2 minutes to 3 minutes, and that is enough. Usually an interviewer will come up with another question from your first 40-60 seconds answer.
All the best for next phase.
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sir i’m studied schooling in kannada medium only. now im pursuing 4 th year engg
i can speak english very slowly and i want improve . can u suggest me plz.
read news paper daily..like hindustan times…
sir , my schooling was from odiya medium ,now i am a MCA student and i want to improve my speaking English,can you suggest me please.
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I’m final year student of MBA in MARKETING in IIPM KOLKATA i want know how to groom myself as i’m from middle class family. I really grateful to you if you accept my regards and help me.
thanks
Sudha.
I am very happy that you are working hard towards your self improvement.
As you have not mentioned, you want to groom yourself for what, I am assuming you are planning for forthcoming placement season.
I will suggest the following:
1. Improve your English communication as much as you can.
2. Prepare your biodata.
3. Do not randomly apply to all the companies which visit your college. Apply if you are seriously interested in the job. Before applying, read a lot about the job(JOB DESCRIPTION as they say). Read a lot about what the company is and what they do.
4. Keep 1 or 2 official dress ready to be used on the day of the recruitment process. Do not wear this dress randomly and every now and then. but do rehearse 1 day before your actual interview. This has to be done in initial 2-3 interviews.
5. Prepare your answer to the questions: 1. Introduce yourself. 2. Tell us something about yourself which is not written in biodata. You may find tips on how to write these answers on http://www.mbatutes.com itself.
6. After the interview, write a small feedback of the interview. Also write the goof ups which you have done as well as the commitments you have made.
I think this all is enough. if you have particular questions, you may write to me at vaibhavkmittal@gmail.com and /or call at 9891638000.
All the Best
Vaibhav Mittal
how should i start the first line and how should i end the introduction??
sir/madam
i have done graduation in 2010 and i m from kashmir i speak English slowly
and my mother language assent is also reflect in english
Dear Ishu
1st of all, Kashmir University is a good university. In fact we have a verbal faculty who is BA English as well as MA English from Kashmir Univ. And she is excellent.
Now, if u really want to improve ur communication skills, I will say:
1. Read an English newspaper daily.
2. Find those words in newspaper of which u dont know the exact meaning.
3. Make a diary and write those words and there meanings in that diary.
4. for 10-20 min daily, speak loudly what u have read in newspaper.
5. start thinking in english.
6. make a group of friends and do a 15-30 min GD everyday.
7. Speak in english to subji wala, and all people of that standsrd. U wont feel ashamed talking to them. Ur hesitation will go away sooner.
Do this all for say 30 days daily, U urself will see a measurable difference in ur language skills
All the best,
sir i have studied in tamil medium only .i am not able to speak english please help me …………………..
dear sir,i am nagaraj.i completed software engineering.as i was studing basically tamil mediam.i have learnt lot of words along with grammer.during the speaking time,i am not able to convey message properly.kindly you will give suggestion.how i am rectify this problem
Dear Sathish and Raj: Please refer to my above comment. I hope that will help you. All the Best
hello sir,
I’m priyanka frm jind…..m persuing bba frm jind govt college under the kuk university…….
I want to improve my english speaking can u suggest me please . I really grateful to you if you accept my regards and help me.
how can i help you?
hello sir,
i’m final year student of b.tech, from to bikaner i jst want to know that in interview when sm one ask me intoduse ur self then from to where i have to start?
can i start as ..My self
or which topic should b include in my interview?