INTERVIEW SKILLS & WORKPLACE ETIQUETTES COURSE
“The perfect career starts with the perfect interview “
Interview Skills & Workplace Etiquettes Course is a 2-month certification program which uses a comprehensive approach to prepare and equip professionals and fresh graduates with skills needed to ace even the toughest of interviews and smoothly adjust in the professional world.
The decision of whether you will be hired or not is usually taken in just the first 5 minutes! Translating whatever that you have learnt over the years into a language that the interviewer wants to listen to – is one crucial skill for successful interviews. The program is designed keeping in mind the powerful techniques used to create a successful impact to ensure that the candidate stands among the 5% people who are short-listed in the first minute itself. This program is to make you the first choice of the interviewer& admired in any workplace.
Myths & Facts
OBJECTIVE & OUTCOMES
To understand about the screening process and the psychology of the interviewer, so that you move ahead of competition.
To empower professionals and fresh graduates with effective means to prepare for interviews and upskill them to carry out proper research about the organization before the interview.
To assist individuals to create a strong impression through right body language, clothing, communication of the right attitude through voice etc.
To enable individuals to understand the difference between and scale through the different kinds of interviews – telephonic interview, video interview, one-on-one interview.
To understand the major reasons for rejection during an interview, avoid those reasons & align individual skills and experience with effective communication and proper etiquettes to leave a strong mark
To assist professionals and fresh graduates build an impressive and professional resume that displays their skills, experience and core beliefs, so that their resume stands out from the rest.
To empower individuals to smartly answer commonly asked questions and tricky questions in a manner that demonstrates the individual’s critical and creative thinking abilities.
To understand the overall do’s and don’ts of interviews and how to reflect desirable skills like logical thinking, decision making, diligence, innovation etc. through your interview.
To learn about the do’s of before the interview, during the interview and after the interview; and understand the never-to-be-asked questions
CURRICULUM AT A GLANCE
Preparation, Research& Professional Attire
Preparation is the key! Right from the directed & result oriented research to the understanding of relevant questions, how you dress to the interview is a key aspect of your first impression. Learn about the guidelines to dress professionally, the different colour options that you can choose from, the do’s and don’ts of professional power dressing, being prepared and in-depth research makes all the difference.
Communication
Communication is a very important aspect of the interview. The manner of your verbal communication in terms of how you respond to questions, how you phrase your responses says a lot about how you think. Your non-verbal communication (body language, facial expression etc.) says a lot about your mindset and attitude, because words reflecting in your behavior is a negative sign. Engage in feedback & need analysis sessions with experts & learn how to align verbal and non-verbal communication to leave a powerful impact.
Resume Building
Your resume speaks, but what aspects of your resume does a professional look at, how do you get your foot in the door using your resume is a skill. Learn how to build a professional resume displaying the right elements such that it stands out from the multitude of other resumes.
Competency & Behavioral Questions
The questions asked by an interviewer can be broadly classified into competency and behavioral evaluation questions. Competence questions are meant to evaluate your skill level and thought process, while behavioral questions are meant to evaluate your attitude and your behavior under certain circumstances. Learn how to smartly answer questions in both of these categories and display your ability to think out of the box.
What’s your USP?
Answer one question and convince yourself – ‘Why should they hire you?’ If your answer convinces you, it convinces them. During an interview, your responses demonstrate a lot of skills. Learn how to reflect your creativity, logical reasoning, observation skills, leadership skills etc. through your responses, body language and behavior. Learn the right things to observe, listen beyond words and answer according to the interviewer’s expectations. Understand the purpose of the different questions put across, and the specific techniques and method to answer behavioral skills questions.
Crack different types of interviews& Post Interview Etiquettes
The global pandemic has led to the rise of telephonic and video interviews. In addition to learning about the conventional one-on-one interview do’s and don’ts, you will be upskilled about how to convey the right attitude and emotions through your voice during a telephonic interview; your background, dressing and how to go about video interviews etc.
Do’s and Don’ts + Practice Sessions
No matter the type of interview you are attending, learn about the must do’s and the must never do’s, their impact on your selection chances and how to make an impact on the interviewer during one-on-one interview, telephonic interview & video interview.
Mock interviews
No matter how much you think you think you can swim, your skills are tested only when you are thrown into the water. Going through rigorous rounds of practice and feedback sessions and tangible action plans devised by mentors helps you ace any interview.
IS & WEC: Summary
Interview Skills & Workplace Etiquettes Course is a unique combination of video lessons, LIVE sessions, Discussion forums, Feedback sessions & guided action plan to work on your areas of improvement, Engaging assignments, opportunity to create and deliver presentations, address large LIVE audience , participate in interviews, receive innumerable resource suggestions, templates and interact with strangers and leave a long lasting impression on a large community
10 weeks Certification program in Interview skills & workplace etiquettes
The curriculum consists of 36 sessions in all.
1.5 Hours LIVE session with chief mentor/ experts per week, 10 sessions in all.
16 lessons of around 20 minutes each (self paced, ideally 2 per week)
Following every video lesson would be a practical assignment that will prepare you for every challenge you will face in the workplace
Free resources will be provided along with the training.
1 hour per week with Success leaders, 10 sessions in all.
The curriculum consists of 36 Sessions broadly divided as follows
