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Job Interview is always a challenge, which brings nervousness and stress. Ordinarily a job interview is understood to be one sided; where interviewers ask questions and candidate answers. Thus candidates only prepare for answering questions. In present day interviews, more active and participative role is expected from a candidate during the interview i.e. asking questions.

Job Interview is always a challenge, which brings nervousness and stress. Ordinarily a job interview is understood to be one sided; where interviewers ask questions and candidate answers. Thus candidates only prepare for answering questions. In present day interviews, more active and participative role is expected from a candidate during the interview i.e. asking questions.

The questions asked by the candidate have three important aspects. ONE: he has understood the requirement and responsibilities of the job and readiness for challenge. TWO: an expression of his willingness to accept the job and natural inquisitiveness to know more about the job. THREE: to get information, will one be adding to his/her skills and knowledge, will it be a rewarding opportunity.

The answer to first two makes him a job suitable and answer to third helps candidate to decide whether he should accept the job or not.

A candidate by asking questions; shows his knowledge about the employer and understanding of requirement of the job. Questions asked during interview; helps interviewers to judge analytic capability, social and communication skills of the candidate.

The job description available in advertisement or organization website may not be sufficient. Right questions asked, gives information not discernible from advertisement. Candidate can better evaluate the corporate culture of the organization and demands of the job.

Right questions posed by candidate in an interview changes level of interview. Right questions reduce stress as the interviewee (candidate) becomes the interviewer. The correct questions asked bring positive response from interviewer and interview becomes relaxed. When one goes for the interview he is a job seeker but by asking right question make him/her the job getter.Preparing good questions to be posed during interview is as important as preparing appropriate answers to the questions likely to be asked during interview.

Some of the questions which may be asked by a Candidate during an Interview:

How would one describe responsibility and job requirement expected in this position?

Is this a new profile? If not, what was the last employee doing?

Any specific skill expected or needed?

Asking about organization competitor and how to deal with them?

Inquiring about the pecking order. The person he/she will be reporting to.

Will there be more than one manger to report how the work has to be prioritized?

What are the number and skill level of subordinate, co-workers?

Is there any chance of relocation?

Does one have any training program to meet special requirement of job?

While asking question, a candidate should frame proper question and be cautious for following thing.

Ask open ended question.

Question should be short and clear.

Avoid "why" question

To see that the questions are neither offensive nor it have hint of desperation.

Avoid leading or loaded question.

Self assessment is process to know oneself i.e. value, interest, and personality inventories, skill assessments, and computer-assisted career guidance assessments. Self assessment helps in taking an informed career decision.

Job market is very competitive. There are number of people applying for same job not only from your city, but from outside your city sometime from other countries also. All have same/similar qualifications. Many have more experience and to compete with them, one has to improve his skills.

There are two types of skills such as: Specialized Skills and Transferable Skills.

For example, for a Software Engineer; Specialized Skills come with learning and training i.e.

HTML, CSS, PHP

Financial analyzing and reporting

Management Skills

Transferable skills are those which one develops & learns throughout one's life. These skills are learnt by adaption while one works. The skills acquired by adaption have broad appeal to potential employers and expands career options. Some of these skills consist of:

Interpersonal Skill

Communication Skills

Organization skills

Sound Leadership

A rough and quick method to find out skills one has adapted while working are:

Make a list of all your past jobs and activities undertaken till date.

Write detailed information about each task performed in job or activities.

Write each skill learnt and used in performing those tasks.

For self assessment a person may pose following questions:

Who am I? What are my skills? It is a journey to know oneself. Better knowledge and awareness about oneself helps in taking right career decision.

Where do I want to go? It is comparatively easy to identify what one does not or may not want to do but it is hard finding exactly what one can do. Once it is identified, a person can easily target his/her choice of industry, organizations or companies.

How do I get there? The first step is to set the goal, assess oneself and then plan how to attain that goal. It may require adding few more skills.

Further to this, below questions can also be considered while Self Assessment:

What skills do I have and am ready to learn?

Where do I want to be next 2, 5 or 10 years?

Whether my whole potential will be utilized for the job?

Is relocation feasible for me?

How many hours am I ready to work?

Do I want to travel? How many times a years? etc.

To correctly identify one's career path, one has to know his/ her skills. A person can take various career tests such a Personality Type Test, Interest and Career Choices Test etc. It will help a person to identify not only his/her skills but also his/her personality, interest that make it easier to identify the career and job choices.

One of the challenges with self assessment is that a person may feel discouraged by the result of self evaluation. Resultantly he loses his Self esteem. One should take self assessment test only to self verify and use the information for self enhancement.

Other challenge is wrong assessment of oneself. Which will lead to wrong assessment of all others things? While taking self assessment test one should be patient and take time to assess oneself.

Since its inception, within a year IT Pathshala is grown to the significant level and we extend are gratitude to all candidates, users and associates who helped us to achieve the desired goal. Few of the accomplishments are mentioned below that we have achieved in the year 2012.

1.Launched Online Employability & Technology Skill Test

2.Conducted Online Employability Tests for more than 12,000 Engineering Students

3.Training Intake Increased by 79%

4.Placement Increased by 93%

5.Launched Job Oriented Training Courses in PHP, .NET, Android, iOS, Software Testing, Java

6.Sponsored Technical Events / Fests in Engineering Colleges

7.Launched Campus Placement Partnership Program for Colleges & Companies

8.Campus Drive in Engineering Colleges Initiated in Other States of India

9.Initiated Seminars and Workshops in Engineering Colleges