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Becoming the Perfect Candidate for your ‘Dream Job’

Becoming the Perfect Candidate for your ‘Dream Job’

When the placement season comes around, it can only mean one thing for students- Time to gear up. All that study, preparation, and project submissions (courtesy of sleepless nights) finally come full circle. With hopes and aspirations, candidates get ready to enter a shared space with the recruiters seeking to crack the code and grab that ‘dream job.’

However, the digital transformation in the last decade and the onset of the pandemic have drastically influenced the way industries work. Functions that did not exist until a few years ago (example: Data Scientist, Business Intelligence Analyst, etc.) are now becoming in-demand roles.

As market trends continue to evolve, the learning experience has to grow beyond the classroom walls. Students need to be provided with training that develops their business acumen and enables them to stay abreast of market trends.

So, how do aspirants become head turners and catch the attention of the recruiters?

Grooming Talents for New-Age Roles

Getting a plum job by the end of the final year is at the top of the bucket list of every MBA aspirant. Students enroll in colleges with the goal to secure the best ‘in-market’ roles. For that, they need to be equipped with the latest industry trends and demands. With trends such as Web 4.0 knocking around the corner, recruiters’ preferences have changed over the years. Companies now look for tech-savvy individuals who possess an aptitude for digital adoption. Jaipuria’s current placement season was steered by many new-age profiles such as Spend Analytics, Product Management, Business Analyst, Data Science Trainee, Solution Advisor, and more. Jaipuria continues to redefine its placement journey towards new milestones.

Consulting Jobs Hold the Lion’s Share

It is no secret that if one wants to get a high-paying and fancy job, consulting jobs are the way to go. Leading consulting companies visit the top B-Schools to find and recruit the best suitable candidates. In the 2022 placements, over 35 percent of the hiring in Jaipuria came from consulting which includes key market leaders such as Genpact, Accenture, Nielsen IQ, Hackett Group, HCL, etc. Moreover, over 150 Jaipurians were selected for roles in the Big 4 Accounting firms- EY, Deloitte, and KPMG.

This success is influenced by Jaipuria’s pedagogy which focuses on developing the learner’s listening skills (thereby knowing what to ask) and open-mindedness (to challenge their assumptions). Through a holistic teaching mode, students learn to execute interpersonal skills to build and strengthen relationships, giving way to efficient collaboration.

Becoming a Recruiter’s Choice

Whether one wants to believe it or not, this is the age of analytics jobs. Leading companies are continuously on the lookout for subject-matter experts in this domain. Recruiters seek candidates who possess a strong business understanding knowing how to apply analytics for a business solution.

Jaipuria’s experiential learning approach, ‘Workshop Mode,’ focuses on strengthening the business acumen in individuals by exposing them to real-life industry situations. By blending holistic aptitudes with a corporate touch, talents at Jaipuria become assets across various verticals, with Jaipuria becoming a hub for talent acquisition. With a continuous learning approach, Jaipurians have repeatedly scripted success stories, recording a spectacular performance in the 2022 placement season.

What Are You Waiting For?

When an MBA aspirant searches for the best B-Schools online, bagging a dream role at a dream company is probably at the top of their bucket list. Jaipuria Institute of Management continually strives to help students realize and live that dream job, achieving new milestones year after year. A record package of INR 27 LPA and 375+ recruiters across industries in this year’s placements is a testament to that.

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Master the STAR Technique to Ace any Interview

Tips and tricks to face and ace the behavioral interview

It is totally fine to feel butterflies in the stomach when interviewing for a job, especially when you are still a college student. You have limited experience, and it is probably the first time you are facing a panel of big wigs. However, the interviewers are well aware of candidates’ emotions at this stage. Remember, they are here to select, not reject.

Basic Preparation Goes a Long Way

Besides being punctual, greeting interviewers with a smile, and following social etiquettes to the T, take a measured and careful approach while giving an interview. Experienced interviewers often pose hypothetical questions like ‘How will you handle a situation when one of your future teammates is non-cooperative?

These kinds of questions are known as situational interview questions. You can crack them easily if you master the STAR approach, an acronym for Situation, Task, Action, and Result.

STAR Technique – The Key to Unlocking Behavioural Questions

The STAR technique would stand you in good stead even when behavioral interview questions are posed. Behavioral interview questions place you in scenarios that you would have been in the past. These questions usually seek answers to how you got yourself out of a tricky situation. Besides answering situational and behavioural questions, the STAR also gives you valuable tips on keeping your answers brief and direct.

Well Prepared is Half the Job Done

Before facing the interview:

  1. Remind yourself of the activities you fared well in, particularly those that relate to the job description.
  2. Always ensure that the answers portray you in a positive light.
  3. Remember to explain one event thoroughly without mixing up several incidents.

There will likely be specific questions around the competencies for the position you are being interviewed for, so it’s best to prepare for such questions by noting down a suitable event in advance. Remember to answer in the context of all four parameters of STAR. Talk about the Situation, the Task to be resolved, what Actions you took, and the Results when answering the questions. Later, describe it in detail, highlight the most challenging part, and tell them the actions you took at that time and how you arrived at a solution. Once you have answered, pause and wait for the next question.

Honesty is the Best Policy

Even if you failed, tell them the truth, and explain how you got close to resolving it by taking the right approach. Interviewers usually want to see how you would approach a particular situation. Do also understand that when an interviewer poses a behavioral question, they look at how you positively portray failures.

However, it would be best if you never resorted to exaggeration. Do not show your team or teammates in a negative light. Job interviewers always prefer to hire honest and positive people.

Finally, practice answering hypothetical questions by putting yourself in an interviewer’s shoes. Do not rest until you are happy with the result.

Conclusion

Successful candidates have testified to the efficacy of the STAR technique, making it decidedly the best strategy for facing an interview. Moreover, it creates a system that candidates can easily remember when they respond to interviewers. This method makes you feel prepared and cautions you to be brief while answering.

So go ahead and rock that upcoming interview—no more butterflies in the stomach.

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