Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Confidence an important trait for interview

Do you know the most important trait which recruiters or HRs look for in a candidate during the interview process is their level of confidence with which they face the interview and impress the panel.

Now let’s see a few attributes which can enhance your confidence.

Dress Well

It’s always better to attend interviews in formal attire as you may never go wrong with it. Off late I have seen semi formal also being in trend that is also fine. Pay special attention to your footwear. Reason, I have seen candidates usually going wrong here, which affects their level of confidence. If you are well dressed, you are more confident to face people effortlessly than being embarrassed in front of others.

Rehearse your resume

I have seen people attending interviews without going through the content written in their resume, which is a disaster. So, it’s better to read your resume and try to anticipate questions based on it and be prepared with the answers. When you are well prepared you won’t panic in the interview that will have an impact on the interviewers.

Respond Carefully

Interviewers may ask questions from anywhere so you should be prepared for such uncertainty too. When you come across such situations, you should take a while before answering them. Reason it will give you the breather time to frame your answer well and present it in an organized manner. The moment you do that, the interviewer will easily gauge your level of confidence.

Eye Contact

Always maintain eye contact with your interviewer but it must be subtle not contact staring type. Try to keep the process of eye contact as natural as possible, that’s enough for the interviewer to understand how confident you are in yourself.


Why are employees reluctant to work from office?

 Now that we have bid adieu to Covid and offices want their employees to work from the office rather than from the comforts of their home. And this has led to a tussle as employees are reluctant to work from the office. When forced to return to office, employees tendered their resignation which shocked the companies.

Now let’s see the reasons WHY employees don’t want to work from office

Rental issues

During covid times To - let boards were very common and landlords incurred huge loss as tenants were leaving the city. Now when companies have forced employee to come to work, landlords have raised the rentals to cover up for the loss incurred during the pandemic. Employees are unable to find decent accommodation at an affordable price.

Work life balance

While working from home, people were saving a lot of time commuting, especially in a city like Bangalore, which got global attention for its traffic situation. Employees are away from home for 10 -12 hours daily, 2 -3 hours of it is in traffic. While working from home employees can spend those hours with their family members. Because family is always there to support them whether they are with a job or laid off.

Managing household chores

While working from the office, employees used to get only weekends to take care of the issues at home like grocery, technician, and visiting shops before making purchases. By the time these activities were done, their weekend was over.

While working from home employees can handle these things along with work. Like Groceries can be bought during weekdays after office hours, technicians can visit house any day of the week. Such practices gave employees ample amount of time for their weekend to go out on weekend getaways with family.

Healthy lifestyle

Covid taught us to lead a healthy lifestyle as well as to boost our immune system. While working from home people had a lot of time so they utilized it by taking care of their health.

When I was in Kerala, I used to walk daily for over an hour, which boosted my body's metabolism rate too. As I was sweating profusely.

In the work from office scenario people will be back to square one when they will have no time to take care of their health.