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 people go blank while speaking in English?

I always say English is a beautiful language and if you love the language, it will love you back.

We all want to speak fluent English but some of us fumble or go blank either while taking to someone or during a presentation. There are multiple reasons for it, in some cases people know what they can do to enhance their communication skills but they don’t want to work on it

First reason - People are still not well versed with English words, which are joined together to form a sentence, secondly  the grammatical portion of English, hence people commit blunder while taking especially with tenses. The fear of not knowing the language take control on people, which in turn takes control on their mind and people start hating the language or avoid it all together.

Second reason -  People refrain from speaking in English else speak only when required or with a set people whom you are comfortable with. So, when you are speaking in front of people who are at par with you, they may not be correct your mistake and you will continue with it.

Some people don’t speak in English at all unless the situation arises and when they are asked to speak in English, they run out of words as well as their confidence as they haven’t used the language for long.

Third reason – People don’t put any effort to learn the language or to  speak in English language. This is done by 90% of the people, hence they lag behind.

Let’s see how we can overcome this problem

Firstly, brush your school’s grammar once again, this will help you to  commit less mistake while speaking and you will be able to learn new words also.

Secondly, try to speak in English with your friends and encourage them also speak in English only especially with you. When group of people is large then, they may come forward to correct each other mistakes and the initial inhibition of talking to someone in English will vanish over period of time. It will make you more confident to speak in English

English can’t be taught overnight, one to really work hard towards learning it. Daily try to spend 30 minutes to learn the language so that you can enhance your skills. 15 mins to read English newspaper, read slowly and carefully. Spend the next 15 minutes in listening to English news, sit down and listen to the news carefully. The benefit of both listening and reading is you will learn about sentence formation as well correct use of grammar in a sentence, how to pronounce certain words as well as get introduced to new words.

Because to speak fluent English people will need all these things.

The only reason people run of words is because their vocabulary in not strong and they don’t practice of the language. Reading and listening are the two ways through with you can enhance your vocabulary and try speak in English to people with your newly learned word. Before using any new word, pls cross check its meaning once, don’t use a word if you are unsure of its meaning.

So, when you start talking to people in English with confidence they might ignore your silly mistake and appreciate your effort in learning the language. But that doesn’t mean you stop learning English, the more you listen, read and speak, more fluent you will become in English.

Even I practice the same technique and spend an hour of my time in this exercise.  I speak to most of my friends in English only, baring a few. Sometimes when I make mistake, they correct me immediately.

I would request all of you to try the tips suggested by me to overcome your reluctance to talk in English. Pls share your thoughts in the comment section.