How to Succeed in Placement Interviews

Communication Skills   Possessing good communication skills will help you stay ahead of your bootstrap if you have a penchant to get placed at the best company/organization during campus placement. Here we don’t just mean your verbal and written skills instead, this also covers how you listen to and react to certain situations, your body language, your voice, modulation, gesture, posture, usage of words while communicating, and much more.

Team Player   This is another critical quality requisite to improve your chances of grabbing a job during campus placement, be it for graduate jobs or experienced positions. Recruiters always seek candidates who can work well in teams and they test it with group discussion rounds or group tasks. So, be honest during such sessions and make sure to perform great.

Mastery in Your Domain   Skills and Knowledge are the important elements recruiters consider while interviewing a candidate. During campus placements, your domain knowledge is tested through technical and personal rounds. Hence, make yourself prepared to face such questions by enhancing your knowledge inch-by-inch and day-by-day so that you can be quick with answering all the queries asked during an interview.

Problem-Solving Skills  Students seeking to get placed during campus placement must possess the ability to effectively manage difficult situations. Recruiters prefer to hire aspirants who are great problem solvers relative to those who look for others to come up with solutions regarding work-related defies.

Stick with a Positive Attitude  During campus placements, recruiters are looking for students who carry a positive attitude and are always open to learning new things. Apart from that, they too check whether a candidate can work in a stressful environment or not. Consequently, remain calm and genuine during your interview and yet perform well.

Great communication skills  Communication skills are the no. 1 quality that recruiters look for in students during campus placements. Today, many graduate jobs are client facing and students are expected to know good English and ability to understand and drive conversations. This quality is not gained overnight and you need to prepare for it over a long time.

Stress-handling  Campus placements can be stressful and many recruiters like to put on additional stress during interviews. In fact, many companies are notorious for conducting stress interviews. This is because they want to know if you can function in high-stress and high-risk environments. They want students who are cool and know how to remain calm and yet perform well.

Ability to work in teams  whether they are recruiting for graduate jobs or experienced roles. MNCs operate with a diversity of people in different cities and in different roles. It becomes important that the freshman will fit well in such teams and hence recruiters look for students who work well in teams. In campus placements, this quality is tested during group discussions and group tasks.

Be prepared for the conclusion -  When the interview is over, don’t turn your back and silently go out. This shows disrespect. Whether the interview went well or not, get up and thank the interviewer for his or her time and emphasize your enthusiasm about the result of the interview and about the possibility of you working for the organization.

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