A Webinar on- How to face interview for Newbies
Interviewing may be the most important skill in the newbies’ job search. Hiring managers decide whom to hire based on the interviews. The students’ resume helps them to get an interview, and reference checks and assessment tests are used to validate the conclusions of the interviews. It is a face to face interaction, where students have an opportunity to talk directly to the hiring manager, which will help the student push him as a prominent candidate. Despite the importance of interviewing, very few people practice their interview skills. Most people do three things to prepare for an interview. They start by developing a list of questions that they think will be asked. They then prepare answers to those questions and finally, they search the company to apply. These three steps are important, but they’re just a starting point. No matter how much students prepare, it will never be the same as interviewing. Guessing what is important to a hiring manager will uncover some of the questions students will be asked, but students can’t prepare for every possible question. Therefore, students are afraid of the first interview process.
Keeping this problem into consideration. Department of Electrical Engineering conducted a webinar on How to face interviews for Newbies on Saturday 27th June 2020 for Electrical department students. The webinar started with the welcome and introduction of the speaker by Prof. M. N. Tagare. This webinar was delivered by Ms. Divya Parmeswaran, Release QA Engineer, RDT, Kent, United Kingdom. She had completed her BE in Electrical Engineering from FAMT, Ratnagiri in 2006, and various certification courses like Diploma in software technology, Oracle certification, CompTIA A+ certification, ISEB foundation, web driving, ISQTB advance level, etc. She has worked in different organizations like General Electrical Engineering UK, British SKY Broadcasting UK.
During her valuable guidance, she explained steps to prepare for face to face interviews, various types of questions which are competency-based, behavioral, situational, and technical questions. She further explained different simple keys for answering various commonly asked questions during the interview. During the question-answer session, the students asked various difficulties regarding the interview process and got benefitted by her expertise in the field.
A total of 46 students from the Electrical Engineering department participated in this webinar. Prof. S. H. Mhabadi, HOD Electrical expressed vote of thanks. This webinar was organized by Prof. M. N. Tagare. Prof. M. S. Modak, Prof. S. S. Wamane, Prof. V. A. Sansare, and Mr. Sandeep Kulkarni (Student Coordinator) coordinated webinar successfully.
