HOW TO BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL

HOW TO BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL

In any interview one of the most important aspects that a interviewer looks for in a candidate is his confidence level. Though the confidence level of a person cannot be described in a very objective way but perhaps it is not entirely subjective too. So let me give you some simple tips to boost up your confidence and face the interview in a better way.

The following simple to do rules will help you get over your low confidence level. The three things that you ‘need to know’ or may be ‘have to know’ in order to have a high level of confidence are:

1. Knowing what to answer

2. Knowing how to speak

3. Knowing when to stop

Let me elaborate on the aforesaid points now.

1. Knowing what to answer  -  It means how much you are aware/knowledgeable in the subject in which you are quizzed upon. So in order to pass in this part you must be knowledgeable or well read in your subject content. There is no short cut to success. If you do not know your subject then nobody wants you in his organisation. Nobody will ever select such  a loser to his organisation who is dumb and does not know his subjects in which he has finished his graduation or even post graduation sometimes. So knowing what to answer becomes the basic part of your confidence building. If you are well read and knowledgeable you are half way through. So I suggest that you guys go well read and prepared for your interview, both in aspects of professional subjects and general knowledge (which covers a vast spectrum like facts and figure to day-to-day events or news).

2. Knowing how to speak  -  This is the easiest part of your interview process because most of the interviewers do not care about. But most of the time we confuse this to be the most important part of any interview process and put ourselves under tremendous pressure and inevitably land ourselves in thick soup. Let me explain to you, How to speak involves grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, body language and finally but not the least style. These are things which can not be changed  overnight. The interviewers are fully aware of this and they donot expect you to be masters at this. But any thing that is good in any of the aforesaid qualities is a definite bonus. Now let me tell you how to improve on these qualities. Reading newspapers, magazines, novels, watching English movies, speaking with someone for a mock interview or any discussion, writing down some most frequently used words in a note book and maintaining a register in which you write down 5 new words that you have learnt every day(very simple words but you did not know it), learning new verbs, adverbs, adjectives everyday( learning new nouns may not be of much help) and learning the usage of pronouns…these can be achieved b using a wren and martin English grammar book effectively. So stop worrying about how to speak and start preparing in the way that i have told you.

3. Know when to Stop  -  Yes this is a very important aspect which we do not know how to use it. I have seen even very educated and well read people suffering from this disorder. We get carried away sometimes on being asked something which we know very well. Always try to answer the question to the point and avoid elaborating more and more. And sometimes telling with guts that you do not know an answer is good. Do not try this stunt with all the question though, for you will be definitely and eventually be kicked out. So maintain your calm and do not beat around the bush. But if you are confused then tell the interviewer that you are confused and not sure if the answer would be correct or not and then if he wishes to know then tell him the answer.