Know Why Interviewer Ask These Questions

‘Ok, tell me something about yourself,’ says interviewer and you are like, ‘Ohh God! Why? Why can he just not look into my resume and find out himself?’ and then you give an unprepared, vague answer, which simply doesn’t impress him.Has this situation or anything similar happened with you? Have you ever felt why did the interviewer ask this question? Yes, it’s true that the simplest questions are the trickiest ones, which may easily land you into trouble. And to get out of the trouble, one easy way is to STAY INFORMED & PREPARED!To answer these fiddly questions perfectly, you need to know 3 things, which are: purpose behind asking, what’s the trick behind it, and what response does interviewer want! Here are some such simplest questions, discussed upon these three aspects.

Q: Tell me one word that describes you the best
.Purpose: To know your personality, check your confidence level when it comes to self-awareness, and whether you are fit for the job role.
Trick: Multi personality being a common trait of many people, has made the interviewer come up with tricky questions to identify the real personality amidst the lot. With this one word, interviewer tries to reveal the real you
Expected Response: Be true and be self-informed! Know what is that one thing that over rules your persona, and think whether it goes well with the job profile you are looking for. Be you say you are creative, and then applying for banking job, it won’t really help you. So, find one best thing in you that fits to your job profile

.Q: What is your biggest strength & weakness?StrengthWeakness Why Did Interviewer Ask This Question? 
 Part 1Purpose: Every work has different requirement & every workplace has different culture. To ensure your adaptability level, interviewers ask this question.
Trick: Revealing both your strengths & weakness can land you into trouble. Your strengths might not go with what the job demands and on the other hand your weakness would reveal where you are not good at, which might go against you. In short, be extra prepared for this question.
Expected Response: Be smart with answering this question. Tell your strengths in a way that can overcome your weakness. Or when telling your weakness mention the positive points that you have taken to overcome your bad points.

Q: One reason for why your co-workers might not like you.
Purpose: To know if there is any obtrusive personality issue with you. They want to know what according to you can be the worst situation while working with you
.Trick: One answer that generally people give is ‘I cannot think of that situation that anyone wouldn’t like working with me.’ But with this, you can sound rude and insult the question of the interviewer. So, you again have to get hold of this trick and give a smart & sensible answer.
Expected Response:Surely, you do not have to start counting your negative points here. Instead, tell them that you have mostly experienced a positive response while working with people in the past. You can tell about one moment when you temporarily had a problem with your team for when you suggested a new idea and it demanded extra efforts from the team to execute it. Or something similar.

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Tips on how to ace a Group Discussion

Group discussion topics are generic in nature and would be generally known to each participant, as the objective of GD is not to test the ability of the individual on the subject being discussed, but GD is the test the soft skills of the candidate and these are skills which are not known with written test or by interviews




GD is the test of leadership, how a person put forward his thoughts, how does he takes up the point of view of others, how does he motivates the other members in the group to participate in discussion, how to lead the group from and settle with the opposite side (view point),how effectively and precisely he puts his point of view, How is handles the group mannerisms, How does he summarise and conclude the topic, how is he able to assimilate thoughts as well as be an active licener.

We would suggest that one should not worry about the in depth of his/her knowledge of the subject, but rather give importance to group dynamic skills.




- Take some time to effective think on the broad points to be discussed

- Estimate the time requirements

- Try to start the topic, If you seem to be confident

- If not confident, wait until the group starts the discussion so that you understand the topic and then take ahead.

- Give your view point of view in brief and through the discussion/ give opportunity to others.

Listen carefully , attentively to others,

motivate passive ones in between interrupting(politely) to those who are trying to dominate the group so as others who are hesitating in the discussion could also participate- this will ensure that people look forward for you to take the control of the entire discussion

always ensure to make points assertively and not aggressively..there by making it not so controversial

- if your point of view is being negated by most of the members , accept with humility with some strong reasons as your personal opinion, however you could think otherwise as well

- if your point of view is accepted by the group, cheers, give some consolation to your opponents, and say as this is their point of view but afraid to accept as group view.

- In a discussion do not be harsh, Remember, its a discussion and not a debate hence be polite and humble, and do listen carefully to your peers.

GD topics- General -7

Group Discussions- General topics

1. Do we have to optimize our Defense budget


2. A Life without internet

3. When and how should we decide for a Mergers and Acquisitions

4. Kids of today

5. Role of ethics in tobacco industry

6. Role of ethics in liquor industry

7. Are beauty pageants necessary?

8. Is MBA mandatory for a successful businessman

9. History repeats

10. Chain gang - a modern form of slavery

GD topics- General 6

Group discussions - General Topics- 6

1. The relevance of gandhism today


2. Gandhigiri in India

3. The Am-Admi and Government

4. Examinations Vs Education

5. Castless India

6. Borderless World- A dream or Reality

7. Survivors tool in the decade

8. Are indian fit for Democracy

9. Artificial intelligence and Man

10. Trade unions and Organizations

GD topics - Abstract Topics

Group discussion:- Abstract Topics -1

Abstract topics:

Abstract GD topic are topic which cannot be easily defined or formulated. It requires lateral thinking skills and evaluates our skills on critical and creative thinking. An abstract topic is an excellent opportunity for anyone to display their wide knowledge about a variety of subjects because, it’s purely subjective and can be interpreted in various ways. Example a Term Green: can be thought as “Green initiatives” to Islamic fundamentalism etc.

1. If I were …


2. Red is red and white is white

3. Only the holy cow produces the best hamburgers

4. The Nostradamus Code

5. The slow and Steady wins the race

6. Political Correctness

7. When clock strikes again.

8. The bottlenecks

9. Something is Nothing

10. Vegetarianism

GD topics- Sports

Group discussion: Sports based topics

1. The new forms of cricket


2. Is IPL loosing the game factor of Cricket

3. What are the lesson learned from Common-Wealth Games

4. The national game of India

GD topics- Case Study

Group discussion: Case Study based topics -1


1. Design a UID for Indian


2. What is the best process of admission for an MBA program

3. Estimate the flower industry in India

4. Estimate the car industry in India

5. A Govt company in Semiconductor industry has been going negative over last 5 years, What are the possible means to revamp.

6. A company is facing a financial crunch, How can it get its funding

7. If you were the minister of Telecom: Auction of 2-G Spectrum

8. Capacity building or Outsourcing

9. estimate the number of bookings for Nano Car in 2011.

10. What is the probability of finding a missing digit in a mobile number.

GD topics- Industry based -2

Group discussion: Industry based topics -2

1. The new Direct Tax code


2. Renewable vs Non renewable sources of energy

3. The middlemen and Indian farmers

4. Agriculture and India

5. The IT hub of India

6. Genetic engineering and its effects

7. The stem cell modifications: To be banned or not

8. India without the IT industry

GD topics- Industry based -1

Group discussion: Industry based topics -1

1. The 2-G auction and lessons learned


2. The telecom industry in India

3. The Most affected industry of financial crisis

4. The least affected industries during the financial crisis

5. Banking Industry the backbone of India

6. Government the largest consumer

7. BPO industry in India

8. Entrepreneurship the next big leap

9. Incubating units and its role in encouraging Entrepreneurship

10. VAT Vs GST

GD topics- General 5

Group discussion: General topics -5

1. Should all organizations being privatized


2. The Government culture

3. Too much privatizations is killing

4. Working for a social cause

5. Teach India initiatives

6. East Vs Rest :India

7. Environment - Whose responsibility

8. Natural resources and its optimal usage

9. Premarital sex

10. Indian Marriage is loosing its value

GD topics- General 4

Group discussion: General topics -4

1. Competition or healthy competition


2. The health consciousness of Indians

3. The loosing value of Money

4. A proud Indian?

5. The global financial crunch and India

6. The strict regulations a ban or boon

7. The increasing social divide

8. The reverse population pyramid

9. Responsibilities of An Indian

10. Honesty and Indian Citizens

GD topics- General 3

Group discussion: General topics -3

1. The role of Green Peace society


2. e-governance in India

3. m-governance and its prospects

4. United Nations and its role

5. USA and Iraq

6. "UN Peace activities"

7. Terrorism and extremities

8. Religious extremism Good or Bad

9. Luxury and Need at same price: Onion Vs Petrol

10. The race against high pay- MBA's

GD topics- General 2

Group discussion: General topics -2
 
1. The Land of Opportunities


2. Infrastructure - the primary requirement

3. The education in India Vs Foreign education

4. IITs and IIMs are causing Brain drains

5. Puch lines and Advertisements

6. The importance of 5 year Plans

7. India and the extended urban areas

8. The population and divide

9. Movies and Youth

10. The need of a regulatory body

GD topics- General 1

Group discussion: General topics -1

1. Possibilities of Indo- US strategic collaborations


2. Social Networking and its importance

3. Internet to be banned or not?

4. The aerated Drinks and Indian Youth

5. The Treat of Developing nations to India

6. Professionalism vs Family

7. Who can be the next PM

8. The role of President

9. Women empowerment

10. The Women leaders of Generation

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