Tips for your Interview…

Tips for you to attend interview,
After clearing the written test, companies usually interview the candidates to gauge his\her capabilities and personality. Basically there are two kinds of interviews, the technical one, where stress is laid on checking you’re fundamental in your core subjects and the HR one, where your communication skills and personality is put to the test.

Technical Section

As most of the companies coming to the campuses are from the IT industry hence you may accept them to probe your computer skills regardless of your stream. Knowledge of C is always an added advantage.

Some Commonly Asked Questions in computer base,

•    Usage of pointers and their fundamentals in C?
•    What is the difference between structures and unions in C?
•    Basic concepts about data structures like trees, linked lists, circular lists, queues, arrays.
•    Sorting Methodology (you may be asked to make an algorithm/program to implement a sort method.)
•    What is a finite algorithm?
•    Basic concepts of operating systems such as multitasking, multithreading, real time systems, CPU scheduling algorithms, dead locks , memory management etc.
•    Difference between one pass and multipass compilers and interpreters, parsing etc.

The important subjects in electronics & communication field are,

•    Digital Circuits and Logic Design
•    Microprocessor Architecture of 8085
•    Electronic Design and Circuits
•    Digital Signal Processing

Some Commonly Asked Questions in electronics base,

•    Difference between a latch and a flip flop?
•    What is sampling theorem and why is it needed?
•    Internal architecture of 8085?
•    Comparison between Op-Amps and transistor?
•    Modulation techniques (AM, FM, PAM etc.,)
•    Transistor biasing methods (fixed bias, emitter bias etc.,)
•    Working of transistor as an amplifier?
•    Need for modulation?
HR SECTION

In your HR interview ie human resources interview the main effort on the part of the interviewer will be to bring forth your true personality. They may ask you some routine questions , few of which have been mentioned below , but be expecting questions of varied type regarding music , authors etc. ; anything to get to know what you really are.

Some Commonly Asked Questions,

•    Describe yourself?
•    Why are you better than the next person?
•    Your strengths and weakness and what you are doing to rectify your    weakness?
•    Information regarding what kind of work your parents do?
•    The magazines and newspapers you read their cost and at times their editors; and that day’s headline?
•    You prefer a team sport to an individual sport?
•    Why you want to join this particular company and not some other one?
•    What are you career objectives? ( long term and short term )
•    Why you plan to switch over to software field? ( for those who are from streams besides computers )

At the end of the interview they ask whether you have any questions to ask them. It is better to stick to one or two questions regarding the company and not twelve into how you performed or the pay package or any personal questions to the interviewer.

General Tips for the Interview

The Essentials

•    Fundamental principles pertaining to his academies (most important )
•    In depth knowledge in your project &papers
•    General awareness of world around him
•    In depth knowledge of your extra curricular activities

Apart from these in general keep the following in mind,

•    Always remember it’s a sort of occasion and never get too informal , like accepting interviewers offer for bicuit or tea
•    Smart and clean turnout. Neat cloths and polished shoes with tidy hair.
•    Be cool and don’t get nervous. Try to be pleasant, alert and mantain eye contact. If you can’t hold your own in technical questions try to remain composed; your confidence may do the trick.
•    Try to maintain a good rapport with the interviewer and get him to ask questions regarding the subjects you are strong in.
•    Maintain eye contact from the beginning and dont act in a manner so that the interviewer distracted which for example can be caused by flashy dresses, exaggerated arm movements or you shifting in your chair.
•    Give them the impression that you are going to stay with company for atleast 3 to 5 years. Never mention anything concerning GRE or CAT.
•    Never try to bluff your way through an interview. The interviewers would be able catch on to it fast.

Best wishes to all…