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TweetHere are some articles that will help you to understand public speaking better, would improve your public speaking skills and also help in personality development.

• How to Start a Conversation
• How to close a Conversation
• How to improve your Spoken English Skills
• Examples of Raining a Toast
• How to Face Interviews
• Qualities of a leader
• Tips for Effective Public Speaking
• Gain confidence by public speaking
•  Time management

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GOAL SETTING-- "A goal properly set is halfway reached." -Abraham Lincoln

LEADERSHIP-- "If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully."-Thomas Fuller

PUBLIC SPEAKING-- "Be who you are And say what you feel, Because those who mind Don't matter, And those who matter Don't mind." Dr. Seuss

TweetPublic speaking means to speak before a group of people in a structured manner with the purpose of entertaining or informing the audience.

In public speaking, as in any form of communication, there are five basic elements, often expressed as “who is saying what to whom using what medium with what effects?” The purpose of public speaking can range from simply transmitting information, to motivating people to act, to simply telling a story. Good speakers should be able to change the emotions of their listeners and not just inform them.

In public speaking, it is very important to note that who says what to whom.

If used effectively, it can be a very important tool for the purpose of leadership, motivation, influence or simply entertainment.

 Public speaking is an art and it can be learned through practicing. Here are some tips for public speaking:

1. Be familiar with the place where you have to deliver a speech.
2. Know your audience well before whom you have to speak.
3. Prepare your speech or any material to be delivered.
4. Practice your speech well (before the mirror).
5. Be sure that you present your speech in such a way so that your speech sounds informative and entertaining so that the audience maintains interest.
6. Relax yourself before the speech begins.
7. Never point out your mistakes. You are the expert on this topic during the time        your speech is made.
8. Look for a creative angle on your topic and capture the audience’s attention this way.
9. Finish your speech before your audience does. Don’t overstay on the podium. An audience appreciates a short organized speech over a long rambling effort.
10. Maintain an eye contact with a number of people in the audience and glance at the whole audience every now and then.
11. Give some time to the audience and yourself to think and respond. Give pauses in your speech from time to time rather than racing through it.
12.  Do not read from the notes. You may just glance at your notes at times.

These are just a few tips but there is much more to be learned. If you are not confident, it is very important to become one by joining some groups or societies where you can get opportunities to speak before small and large groups. Where you can learn about public speaking and also you get opportunities to show your talent.

One such institute in Delhi which offers public speaking and personality development course is ANURAG AGGARWAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. Here you can learn to become confident, prepare speeches, laptop presentations, impromptu speeches, debates and much more. This course helps you in presentation skills, marketing skills, personality development, public speaking, motivational talks and English improvement.

The courses are held inDelhi(north, south, west, east, central), Gurgaon, Gaziabad and Noida.

For more details, visit www.anuragaggarwal.com or call Shivangi Seth: 91-9999996242.

TweetPersonality actually means the qualities or traits of an individual.

It’s your personality that leaves an impression on the stranger and as it is “first impression is the last impression”. Therefore it is very important to have a strong personality. Personality is depicted not only by your way of dressing but also by your way of speaking. Many people don’t feel confident to speak before huge gathering and thus they prove to have a weak personality. A person having a good personality has good command over his language and is confident speaking before the public.

If you want to give a good impression to others, personality development is of utmost importance.

Here are some tips on personality development: 

1. Read more as this would help you in gaining knowledge and would also expand the areas of your interest.
2. Be a good listener because this will make people feel comfortable while interacting with you. There is nothing more appealing than having someone listen to you intently making you feel like you’re the only person in the world.
3. Be a good communicator and talk what people want to hear. People love to talk about themselves, about their interests and so go ahead talk about all these. Show interest in their talks.
4. Meet new people. This will help you in developing confidence and will broaden your horizon.
5. Have a positive attitude because nobody wants to be in company of negative people or those who keep complaining. So be a person who can light up the room with his energy. Keep a smile on your face and the world will smile with you.
6. Be humorous because people want to be with someone who would make them laugh, who is chirpy and can find out fun in all situations.
7. Give respect to others as this is the most important thing for every person on this earth. If you will respect others, they will certainly respect you in return.

These are just few tips that will help you in developing your personality. Not only this, but for developing your personality it is very important to be a good speaker also. You must get a platform where you can speak before the public. Join some institute or a group that gives you this opportunity.

ANURAG AGGARWAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING offers public speaking and personality development course which helps you in GDs, power point presentations, debates, roles plays, speeches and much more which helps to build up your confidence. It is located inDelhi (north, south, west, east, central), Noida, and Gurgaon.

So to have a good personality, become a good speaker and feel confident by joining the course. For more details, visit http://www.anuragaggarwal.com or call Shivangi: 91-9999996242. We would be happy to help you.

TweetCan you recall to have listened to a presentation in which you had no difficulty paying attention? How often your mind got distracted? Was it because of the topic of the presentation or because of the way the public speaker presented it?  

Audience plays a vital role in public speaking. In public speaking, we often have to give presentations before a large audience but many times we do not realize if the audience is even listening to us or not. The presentation may be about something interesting but due to certain mistakes made by the public speaker or the presenter, the audience may divert their mind. And certainly, the biggest mistake made by the speakers is that they do not realize how the audience listen.

It must be noted that the attention span of the audience behaviour is very short. The attendees of a presentation may be willing to listen to you, but they are the ones who also get easily distracted. If they start disliking your speech they will be deviated from the topic and will start talking to the other person or in some other way would not pay attention to your speech.  Give them the topic of their interest. Give them what they want to listen, what they would be interested in. Or even if you select a topic of your choice, present it in such a way that they would want to hear.

Almost everyone listens in the beginning of a presentation, but by the time it reaches half, the attention may drop to around 10-20% of what it was at the start. Again at the end, many people start to listen again, particularly if you announce your conclusions, because they want to take something from the presentation. They also may try to bring out some conclusion from your talk too early when they disagree to your point or something. At this time they would want to reject you. Do not say anything which may bring out some conclusion to the audience by themselves.

Since the audience is most attentive in the beginning of the presentation, you must make sure to give the most important point in the beginning. If you want to get your message to get through the audience, you should state it loud and clear in the beginning and also repeat it at the end.

Do not make too much movement or do not use too many colours in your presentation as they are also a cause of distraction of mind.

It is also noted that most people do not have their opinion; rather they do what others want them to do or what others are doing. For instance, a person may not understand a joke but he would laugh aloud just because others are laughing.

Do not keep beating your own trumpet; the audience would not be eager enough to listen to you in this case. On the contrary, if you tell some negatives about you, they would surely listen to you.

There are also some people in the audience who want to show off their intelligence. Tactics must be learned to handle such people for continuing public speaking.

All in all, the best approach could be to divide your presentation in several parts, each ending by an intermediate conclusion. This would help the audience who got distracted to catch up with you, particularly if you outline the structure of your talk in the beginning.

Understanding this behaviour of the audience would surely be of great use to people in public speaking. This would help them to improve their public speaking skills.

You can also consider joining Anurag Aggarwal Institute of Public Speaking that offers public speaking course. These public speaking training classes are held in Delhi and NCR. For more details, visit www.anuragaggarwal.com

TweetA positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action. It is very difficult to have a positive attitude in today’s time where a person’s life is full of tensions and worries. And often the more you try to be positive, the more you see the negative energy around yourself. But you shall keep trying as it is utmost important for personality development to have a positive attitude and faith in yourself. So here are some ways to be positive and work towards a healthier lifestyle.

Do Not Wait for Happiness.
Try to find happiness in everything that is happening around you rather than waiting for good things to happen. You need to work towards happiness. You need to create a happy environment around you today to remain happy tomorrow.

Clarify and Prioritize
Learn to know what you want. If you know what you expect from yourself, your future becomes clear and your goals become attainable
• Clarify your purpose: A purpose is something you fulfill each moment when you are in balance with your life. (A purpose is a simple, positive statement of why you are here). A purpose isn’t a goal statement, which one can achieve.
• Discover your purpose: by identifying & prioritizing your most important roles in life (at home, at work, community etc) List the positive qualities that you aspire to possess: Honesty, Philanthropic, Accommodating, Tolerant etc.
• Visualize your future, with a clear picture in your mind of what you want to accomplish in your lifetime (you can become what you think you are and what you see). You should learn to control your mind for visualizing. One of the most powerful techniques for achieving life goals is visualization (creating a mental image of something happening in future). Believing in and visualizing your dreams can motivate you to become what you want to be.
• Set goals for yourself .To help your dreams for the future become a reality, you need to set short & long term goals.
To provide steady fuel for your energy, create a list of long term goals to be accomplished in life time & break them into several interim short term goals to help you chart your progress everyday. As you would see yourself progressing, you would be motivated towards your goals even more.

Be a Resilient
Resilient people are those who face setbacks but ultimately, with perseverance, recover from them. Try to be strong and face life’s difficulties as challenges and not as problems; respond accordingly with action, rather than with fear, self-pity, inferiority or blame. Replace the word ‘PROBLEM’ in your dictionary with the word ‘CHALLENGE’. Don’t be scared of failures. Failures are also a part of life and if you do not have any failure at any time in life, that may be because you missed out trying something. If you have seen failure, you would find success to be sweeter. While life can be very challenging, an important step in becoming more resilient is to develop the habit of talking positive about yourself and to remind yourself that you are strong and can grow stronger and wiser.

Self Pep Talk
One’s inner dialogue is one’s biggest strength and critic. Listen to your inner self and talk to it. Motivate yourself rather than getting motivated by others. Once you yourself are motivated, then you will be able motivate others also. It is the inner voice that makes us critical of ourselves. Rule your inner voice!

Laughter is the best medicine
Make laughter a part of your day. When feeling low, read funny stories or go through a joke book. Allow yourself to open up. See the funny side of things and you will realize, life is complex, yet funny game.

Seize the day
Always enjoy the moment. Do not worry about your past or future. Live for the day. What has happened is irreversible and what will happen is unknown, so try and enjoy what you have. Like someone has rightly said:
“The past is history, the future is mystery.
Today is a Gift, That is why we call it the Present”

Be an Optimist
This is the golden rule to maintaining a positive attitude. This is also the key to personality development. Always believe in yourself. Being an optimist does not only mean to see the brighter side of life. View the surroundings wherein you maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.

It is difficult to change yourself in a day But at least give it a try.” Romewas not built in a day”. Whatever the mind expects, it finds. A positive attitude in life will help you go places.
Remember, I CAN and I WILL.

Having positive attitude in life gives you confidence. It reflects in your personality. So if you are willing to have personality development, then your positive attitude will help in the same.  Positive attitude rules must be remembered and recalled again and again. Some such rule are reminded in the public speaking and personality development course offered by Anurag Aggarwal Institute of Public Speaking.

For course details, visit http://www.anuragaggarwal.com

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1.      Always do what you are afraid to do. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

2.      If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.–St. Clement of Alexandra

3.      Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need. –Voltaire

4.      Men’s best successes come after their disappointments. –Henry Ward Beecher

5.      Fortune favors the brave. –Publius Terence

6.      He who hesitates is lost. –Proverb

7.      When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are. –Richard Hooker

8.      Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. –Albert Einstein

9.      Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

10.  Every artist was first an amateur. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every gesture we make, it tells something or the other about our personality. A handshake is also one of these gestures that depict your personality and attitude. Thus, it is important for our personality development that we should choose the right kind of hand shake. There are many opinions on what a hand shake can tell you about someone.

Some people are of the opinion that handshakes are done only the way we learn it and thus they do not give the true picture of the personality of a person. But then, if this is so, then why do we learn about the body language?

The point here is that handshakes do help in knowing the characteristics of a person.

Handshake forms the most important part of greeting a new person. People can judge a lot from handshakes. A handshake conveys power, confidence and professionalism. This little gesture provides major clues that can help you to identify the person whom you are communicating with. If you are unable to perform a perfect handshake, it may create undesirable impressions on the other person. Thus, it is very necessary to put the best hand forward and follow the etiquette of handshaking to be in the good books of the other person. 

Here are some basic types of handshakes understanding which will help you to depict a good personality to others:

The Standard Hand Shake In this, hands are engaged and people maintain eye contact, exchange smiles and shake hands two to four times.

Palm Up This type of hand shake means “I am here to serve you”.

Palm Down This type of hand shake is an authoritative one. It shows an authoritative, superior or controlling personality of the person. It says that you are there to take the lead, to take care of things, to get the job done.

Arrogant Shake It is made intentionally to demoralize your sense of security. In this the person offers a flat hand with the palm facing down to indicate that he is the boss. The best way to answer such a hand shake is by giving a hand with palm facing upwards.

Hand in Hand The greeter will offer a hand with the palm facing up and before you both start shaking your hands, he would sandwich your hand with his other hand. This is sometimes done to show care or concern or familiarity or to empathize for the loss of a closed one. If this type of hand shake is done even when the two of you are not good friends, then this is a form of false sincerity.

Palm Vertical The person extends his hand forward with his palm exactly vertical to the ground. It sends a message of equality and greetings.

Finger Vice When somebody grabs just your fingers and not the entire hand it means he wants to maintain a distance. These people are often insecure.

Bone-Crushing Shake A person making a hard, stiff handshake pretends to break your fingers and tries to prove that he is stronger than you and wants to control you. The message of squeezing your hand clearly indicates that the person is trying to intimidate you. People who make such a handshake are confident, but they also have a tinge of aggressiveness in them. So just remember that while facing such people, smile broadly and offer a firm-handed shake.

Condolence Handshake The person will pretend to be too familiar to you by clasping your right hand or arm with an attempt to hug you. This behavior may be accepted during a funeral, but it comes out as a inappropriate act otherwise.

Using Good Form

1. Raise your hand and extend until webs of both hands meet. Grasp across the palm wrapping fingers around the opposite side from the thumb.
2. Hold firmly.
3. Shake a few times or for about three or four seconds.
4. If your hands are full then give a polite nod rather than dropping everything. If the other person’s hands are full, be understanding and don’t offer a hand shake. Your gesture would be appreciated.
5. If wearing gloves, remove them.
6. Maintain eye contact while engaging in yourself in a handshake. This will surely communicate self confidence and sincerity.
7. The pressure applied in a handshake is relative to the culture you are in. For example, in North America, a firm hand shake is appropriate. Making it stronger or weaker than a basic firm grasp will only leave a negative impression.

 Choose the most appropriate handshake and remember these tips to prove your good personality. help yourself in personality development. Anurag Aggarwal Institute of Public Speaking offers you a public speaking and personality development course which would enhance your personality. For details on the public speaking and personality development course, visit http://www.anuragaggarwal.com

TweetAnna Hazare raised his voice against corruption in India and the whole country followed this old yet strong man. He did not have an axe to grind but he actually wanted to open people’s eyes.

Alka Saxena (AAIPSian) also gives her views on corruption in India. Lets see and hear her speech in Hindi.

Training of such and many more is given in the public speaking and personality development course offered by Anurag Aggarwal Institute of Public Speaking. This course will certainly give you the best to develop your public speaking and presentation skills. For more details, visit http://www.anuragaggarwal.com

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Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Men are respectable only as they respect”.

To be respected, you should first respect others. Treat others, as you want them to treat you. Respect for others comes only when you also respect yourself. Calling a person by his/her name or Sir or Madam does not mean you respect or disrespect a person. Saying few words like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ doesn’t mean that you are being respectful. Respect for others comes naturally from heart and in no circumstances be forced. Respecting others helps in building up relationships. Respect comes when you try to empathize with others, when you keep yourself in their shoes. Although respect is hard to earn, but once earned people makes the life well lived.

Tips on how to show respect to others:

1. Be a good listener. We love people who listen to us and so assume the same for others. Though it is not always important to agree with what others say but at the same time it is very important to listen to them carefully and then give your reason for agreement or disagreement. You should show interest in what the other person is talking about. Not showing attention makes the other person feel that you are not taking him or her seriously.
2. Make an eye contact. This is possibly the best way to show your interest while listening to others and showing them that you respect what they are saying.
3. Understand the likes and dislikes of other people. Respect their choice. Don’t pressurize anyone to do something which he or she is not willing to do. When you give priority to someone’s right to choose, you show him or her respect.
4. Never make fun of others on the basis of their background, appearance, religion, status and other similar issues. This shows disrespect for others.
5. Preserve dignity. When wronged, mistreated, or otherwise upset in some way handle the dispute by approaching the person in such a way as to preserve their dignity. The best way to handle it is via a calm and private conversation.
6. Keep your promise. By keeping your promise to someone, you not only establish yourself as a person of integrity, but make the other person feel that you value them.
7. Put other person’s need before yours. This would show that you consider them before yourself.
8. Give the other person time to speak. Interrupting the other person while he still hasn’t completed is the worst thing you can do to disrespect the other person. Let the other person complete before you start giving you views.
9. Do not indulge yourself into mocking, teasing or backbiting others. Once you are out of all this, you will find yourself respecting everyone.
10. Apologize for your mistake. When you apologize for a mistake, it conveys your sincere regret and the person will appreciate your sense of love and respect for him or her.
11. Encourage others. Boost up the confidence of others by whatever means you can. This gesture will show your respect towards them.

There are dozens of other ways to show respect to others. However, the key to showing someone respect is to make them feel that they are valuable.

“Treat others as you want them to treat you because what goes around comes around”

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The word ‘Eulogy’ literally means a laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died. It is a high praise or commendation.

‘Eulogy’ sounds to be a somber topic to me, as I believe the person whom we love, respect should never depart, but it is one of the vagaries of Mother Nature that all who have lived must die some day and leave for the final destination. Before I go any further I would like to share a poem with you, ‘The Dash’ by Linda Ellis which has inspired millions of lives including mine.

 I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
from the beginning…to the end.

So when your eulogy is being read
with your life’s actions to rehash,
would you be proud of the things they say
about how you spent your dash?

I am neither an author nor an orator, just a few things on what I feel the way eulogy should be, as we intend to commemorate a loved one who is no more with us. One must be full of respect for the departed soul, it is that deepest and the profound respect which is going to reflect in our speech, as mentioned, in the poem. If we speak about our special and cherished moments with the deceased, it will make a special difference. The need of the hour even demands that we speak about that persons accomplishments and talk how greatly he touched if not many, but a few human lives.

Thus, a eulogy may contain:

• a condensed life history of the person who has died
• details about family, friends, work/career, interests, and achievements
• special memories of the deceased
• favorite poems, songs, quotes, or religious writings

To be given the task of delivering a eulogy is really an honor hence the responsibility of providing a clear and positive picture of the person you will be talking about is in order.

A typical eulogy is arranged into three parts, namely:

Beginning: Establishes the theme for the speech, starts with the quote, a story or a quote or it can be the departed soul’s mission statement too.

Middle: This makes up the bulk of the eulogy. For this, you need to organize all the information you have gathered about the deceased person.

End: Final thoughts, favorite reading, poem, verse, religious text passages, song or any other memorable ending.

Some quick tips for writing a eulogy:

1.  Gather the information: Collect the facts like age, marriage date, birth date, places lived, children, special achievements, interests and so on. Now think about the stories you remember, or the turn of phrase or typical behavior of your loved one’s character. Talk with other survivors, so as to include their ideas as well.

2. Come up with a theme: A theme gives unity to the eulogy, helping your listeners to see the rich patterns of this life.

3.  Organize your information: Group the information on similar topics together and then sort each group into a logical order.

4.  Draft your speech: Now with all the information by your disposal, draft your speech and keep polishing it. Keep the words “celebration” and “thanksgiving” in your mind.

5.  Practice your speech: keep practicing your speech in front of the mirror and others also. This would refine your speech every time.

Friends, with this I would like to wind up, I pray to God for every one’s well-being.

- By Tushar Deshpande (AAIPSian,YMCA Batch)

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1. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. -Henry Ford

2. It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

3. In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. -Author Unknown

4. There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second. -Logan Pearsall Smith

5. Goals are dreams with deadlines. - Diana Scharf Hunt

6. The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. - Goethe

7. All our dreams can come true –if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney

8. Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. -Viktor Frankl

9. If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else. -Yogi Berra

10. The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain. -Kahlil Gibran

TweetMany Job Seekers are concerned with what to wear to a job interview and how to make a professional first impression. Does it really make a difference how you dress for an interview? In many cases, it does. Being called for an interview can prove to be a turning point in your life. But for this turning point you must be well prepared beforehand. This preparation includes thorough knowledge for the company and about yourself. This first that leaves an impression on the mind of the interviewer is your looks. You must pay attention on your dressing so as to be in the good books of the interviewer. It does make sense to dress your best for the interview, regardless of the dress code at the organization (although, if you are aware of the dress code of the organization, then dress as per the norms).

Here are some tips on how to dress up for an interview:

GENERAL:

Basic hygiene is not something anyone should have to justify but when preparing for a job interview you must pay attention on the same.

• Your nails are trimmed and neatly manicured.
• Your hands should also be washed and unmarked.
• Hair should be pulled back neatly.
• If your hair is cut in a short style, get them trimmed (if need be) before going for the interview.
• Put some good deodorant or perfume so as to smell good but do not overdo it. Someone may be allergic to it.
• Keep your pockets empty. No bulges of wallet or mobile or tinkling coins.
• Do not have any gum, candy or cigarettes.
• Wear neat and clean, polished conservative shoes.
• Do not show off your body piercing (nose rings, eyebrow rings, etc.).
• Do not wear anything too tight that it makes you uncomfortable.

   INTERVIEW DRESS FOR MEN

• Wear dark coloured polished shoes, preferably black shoes with laces.
• Socks should also be dark coloured, again preferably black or matching with the trousers.
• Belt should also be matching with the trousers.
• Solid color, conservative suit.
• Bottom of the trousers should be 17.5″ to 18″
• Wear silk tie with conservative pattern
• White full sleeves shirt which must be well ironed.
• Avoid having a moustache and beard while going for an interview and if it is a must then it should be neatly trimmed.
•  Neat professional hair cut (should be short).
• Use a good fragrance aftershave.
•  Jewelry should be bare minimum or no jewelry at all if possible.
• Carry a brief case or a portfolio.

INTERVIEW DRESS FOR WOMEN

• Wear a solid color suit with jacket. Do not wear a dress for an interview.
• Wear limited jewelry. Too much of it may be a negative point.
• Make-up and perfume should be used but keep them minimum.
• Wear shoes with moderate heels of 1” to 2”. No platform heels.
• Wear only one pair of earrings.
• Do not wear more than one ring in your hands.
• Wear a sober colored nail polish.
• Carry a brief case or portfolio instead of carrying a purse.
• Have a neat professional hair style.

This video on Dress Code for an Interview will also give you some similar ideas.

The dress you wear reflects your personality and thus it becomes a very important part of your personality. You may seek guidance from others for your personality development.

Anurag Aggarwal Institute of Public Speaking offers you public speaking and personlity development training. This public speaking and personality developmnet course is held in Delhi (North, South, East, West and Cental), Gurgaon and Noida. For more details, visit http://anuragaggarwal.com/courses.php 

TweetWhen you come out of your college, the big corporate world is waiting for you. You want to become a part of that world, but before becoming a part of that world you have to clear many stages in the form of written test, group discussion and PERSONAL INTERVIEW to finally reach that level.

It has been seen that many people do not crack interview even after cracking written test and GD. Although they are able to answer technical questions but they fail to answer non-technical ones. It has been seen that 60% of the total interview rejections are due to the non-answering of the non-technical questions and also because of your awkward body language. So before attending any interview you should know some tips on how to crack interview.

First of all, since first impression is last impression, you should be very well formally dressed up with a full sleeves shirt, trousers (non lining), socks matching your trousers color and a tie. If you are comfortable with suit then you can wear one. Make sure that you wear only black or brown leather shoes. No sports shoes or shoes of any other type or color.

Secondly as you are noticed from the time you enter the room till the time you leave it, so you should be very particular about the way of entering and leaving the room. Before entering the interview room, knock the door once and then enter the room by saying “May I come in Sir?” If on the other hand, a peon is being sent to call you then you should knock the door twice and then enter the room without saying “May I come in Sir”.

After entering the room, greet the interviewers with good morning or good evening as the case may be and don’t sit unless they ask you to sit. After you take your seat make sure that you sit straight. Put your file on your lap only even if there is table in front of you. If you carry a bag then put it on the right side of the chair. Through out the interview, have a pleasing smile on your face and don’t be nervous. Answer each and every question with confidence and speak fluently and don’t fumble. Look into their eyes while speaking as doing it shows your confidence level.

The very first question which is asked is “Tell some thing about yourself”, and most of the interviewees fail to answer it. Your answer to this question should contain details about your name, your academic carrier and your family background. Then you should know about each and every detail in depth about your CV particularly your hobbies. Your objective should be very clear.

Think twice before speaking as interviewers are in the habit of asking question from the answer you have given them of previous question. If you don’t know the answer of any question then just say without taking much time that “sorry sir I don’t know the answer” instead of looking here and there. If you need some time to answer question then instead of taking time you can use transitional phase.

If they ask about your weaknesses then just disclose one weakness and that to a minor one like fast driving. If they ask about your strength then support your strengths with examples.

Finally when your interview gets over then just says ‘thank you’, pick up all your belongings and leave the room gracefully. Also make sure that you push the chair a little bit before leaving the room.

 Just remember that in an interview, your public speaking skills, communication skills, presenation skills and your personality, everything counts. If you will follow these rules then no one can reject you and you can make your way clear to the corporate world.

- By Anshul Gupta (AMDA, Sahibabad Batch)