Pics taken by me ::

I kept myself bzy cooking in Phili, US.....

Behind Neckar River...

Konstanz at dusk....

Koln Cathedral...

Koln ...

Aquarium at Manheim.....

Beautiful Heidelburg.......

A Evening in Constanz . Crusification of Jusus..

This is where Hitler Surrendered.... Black Forest

Black Forest ...

Photo Shoot :: PARIS

If you guy's have read Vinchi Code then you should be knowing this :)

The Famous lover's spot.

Taming a lion.

Pics Taken By Me:) :: BHADRA

Glimpses of Bhadra, Karnataka :: A place worth visiting.

Pics Taken by Me :: Tripura

Beautiful scenic of Udaipur Tripura.

MATABARI: Udaipur, Tripura. ( Famous temple of Maa Kaali )

Effective Interviewing Skills

How do we go for a company? How do we analyze if a company is worth working for? The probable answers are.. ‘Heard a good deal about it’, ‘My friend recommends’. Oh yes but what if instead of all positive feedback your first interview with them sucks? That poor note on your mind is a real decider. Whatsoever the credit of that Impression goes to the interviewers!!

So we know how important is a interview process for a company, not only in terms of selecting right resource but also in spreading the brand image of that organization.

There are various and lengthy process and tricks for successful interview taking. I would try to cover some of the important aspects and methods while taking interviews.
Below is the famous interviewing funnel:~

Before taking interview the best practice is to follow a standard practice and master in it thus a unique practice is followed across the organization. Always remember that the interview process for a candidate starts when he enters in to your premises, so be welcoming and make him comfortable. Below are some dos and don’ts.

Some Guidelines:
1) Stick to Roles.

2) Do not interrupt.

3) In case of panel interview do not cross talk.

4) Do not help the Candidate.

5) Select Lead Interviewer.

6) The others listen, take notes, and ask questions on the area which is not covered but relevant.

7) Prepare well and create co-ordination among the interviewers.

8) Follow up at end of the section.

9) Always brief about the length of interview and etc. before you start.

Below are some techniques noted down:Questioning Techniques.

1) Situation.

2) Task.

3) Achievement.

4) Review.

Questioning Pattern:

A complete interview should try to cover most of the below points:

1) Achievement.

2) Personality.

3) Attitude.

4) IQ.

5) Interest.

6) Aptitude. (Technical)

Depending upon the role and job description appropriate stress has to be given on the above points.
Remember the beauty of the interviewing skill lies with the interviewer. He should drive the candidate the way he wants.

All six points’ (Achievement, Personality, Attitude, IQ, Interest, Aptitude (Technical)) needs to be covered and questions should be prepared before the interview starts. For each point questioning pattern should be followed.

The main aim is to see the consistency of the answers through all steps. If any of the answer is not convincing do not leave the candidate or assume that candidate does not know further, it is advised to probe probe and probe further. This would narrow down relevant information which an interviewer wants from the candidate.

While doing the interview using the questioning pattern we should try to find the facts by pointing out the points of Questioning Techniques.

Even if we follow the Questioning Pattern and we see that any of ‘Situations’, ‘Task’, ‘Achievement, ‘Review’ is missing than most probably than not the candidate is not giving correct facts. A strong interview should know that questioning pattern is a flow questioning technique is a tool for validation by which we validate human qualities like ‘Attitude’, ‘Technical Skills’ etc. One should know that emotional quotient is the main driving factor for most of us even if there are some areas where the candidate is not strong enough still if the motivation is right and emotional quotient is correct the candidate may be the best candidate in the world.
Many of us may question why we should follow the above technique.This helps better co-ordination. This technique assures even if the interviewer is taking interview of a candidate with different skill sets still he could be actively involved and take a fantastic interview.

Grading:

Let’s call the execution of a full questioning pattern as a flow. While executing a flow we should see whether we can get all points of questioning techniques in this flow. If answer is yes than candidate should be awarded a highest grade.

For each different areas like ‘Achievement’, ‘Technical skill’, ‘Team Work’ etc one or more flow should be executed.

At the end please remember, that if the interview is not fruitful that we need to ponder and ask ourselves that if we have asked right question!!!

Today's Words

Yegg: A robber who robbs safe, safe cracker.

Lollygag: Spend time idly.

Tocsin: Alarm bell, or sound of it.

Frigorific: Chilling, causing cold.

WORD OF THE DAY !

XERIC: requiring a small amount of water.
YOKEL: Native of small village.
WITHAL: Nevertheless, ,In addition.
ZANY: Foolish, a subordinate joker.

Parallel Movie Industry

“All Characters (including me) in this article are fictitious. Resembling to any living or dead is only coincidental”

Early Morning time: 9:00 AM, first day first show of Movie ‘Hum Saap Ke Bil mein Rehte hain’ (I live in Serpent’s burrow). Mr. Ramalingam Ramesh Muthupati was rushing to make sure that he does not miss the first show. I was waiting till the evening for the review of the movie to come from the dedicated movie buffs. I rang up Mr Ramalingam in the evening to get his comments on the same.
Feedback on the movie was good and also according to Ram the movie was an excellent mixture of comedy and romance!!! Impressive: till I heard the following from him “but the picture quality was not that great”. Surprise!! And then I realized why the picture quality of the FIRST DAY FIRST HOME SHOW was not perfect.
I indeed made sure that my laptop is completely piracy free but I see a point here. It’s a dual movie shooting (mostly) , the camera man in the sets shoots for the first time during the make and the last and final time the First Day First Show people shoots from the Multiplex’s Movie Screen.
I was in argument with myself why should we not discourage pirated movie cd? You are forced to watch all the songs (even if you don’t like to) in the screens where as those CD gives you a flexibility to fast forward the movie, so you save time; by approximately half an hour. You save transport cost, expensive multiplex ticket cost and above all the cost of the special (WARNING: Special in terms of cost only) snacks you buy in those multiplexes. So you save close to 1000 bucks in any big Indian cities per movie per person. Now if we consider time is money you save 30 minutes that means, for average multiplex goers 30 minutes means another 200 Rs.
Adding all those you save 1200 bucksJ. Now you buy a DVD for 30 Rs, you get 4 movies in it which would have cost you a handsome 1200 X 4 = 4800, a hopping savings rite? This was savings per person. If you are watching a movie with your family you just multiply 4800 with number of family members watching and you would get a rough estimate. One of friend also raised an interesting fact when he said, by buying Pirated CD he is contributing towards a parallel industry as big as 2 billion! OHH..
I am not able to decide what was right and what am I loosing by going with Rama’s ploy. I wanted to know what our friends in other part of world has to say about this and then I discovered the below facts.

(Source : http://www.aic.gov.au/ )
This clearly indicates that there are more Rams there on the other sides of the border!!!! (We are nowhere close to them)
All those who think there is something unethical: OK I know I know….. it. :)