Business Communication

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VALUATION
1.
Anyone who wants to be successful in life must make a good self-evaluation. Knowledge of
one’s strengths and weaknesses is very useful in gaining self confidence.
2.
It takes time and should be done carefully and patiently by candidates.
3.
Parents and close friends can help in pointing out faults or limitation and in correcting them
and also in finding out strong points and strengthening them.
4.
Coming to terms with oneself, knowing how to deal with one’s faults, and how to make good
use of one’s talents and skills is excellent preparation for an interview. It adds a great deal of
self confidence and poise to the personality.
3.5.3
Interviewer Preparation
1.
Preparation for the interview has to be made well in advance. The received application are
sorted and scrutinized and qualified candidates are selected for interviewing.
2.
A panel of interviewers is selected on the basis of requirements of the job and the assessment
which has to be made at interview.
3.
A date for the interview is fixed, and the interviewers as well as his selected candidates are
sent letters informing them of the date, time and place of the interview.
4.
On the day of the interview, the room in which the interview is to be conducted is suitably
arranged. Another room near the interview room is also arranged for the candidates to be
seating while waiting to be interviewed.
5.
A senior office staff and a peon attend to the needs of the waiting candidates. Each panel
member has to examine the bio-data of candidates and prepare questions based on the
bio-data for each candidate.
6.
Develop rapport to encourage the candidate to be involved. A candidate is more willing to
speak openly if the interview show respect and understanding of his/her needs.

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