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Job Interview Tips .. Continue Reading..

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Wheather you are a Fresher from college or an experienced professional, one thing which always helps is to be Prepared in advance for the next change. For Freshers its more important as they dont have any previous experience of handling interviews.

One thing is for sure more than 60% of the Interview is won by the Confidence you show. Its important to feel comfortable before entering the Interview. What is important is that no one knows everything and that every individual learns from his/her experience.

Most of the time the Companies are looking for individual who have the capability to take up new chalenges.

Its not just important to have thorough knowledge of the subject but also to have the capability of adjusting quickly and getting hold of things at hand. It should be like if given an opportuinity you can do anything.

If that is the attitude you have then chances are any good company will take you because they also know that things keep changing and only the people who change with time can survive and help the company.

Few Tips to help you do some preparation before going for an interview are:

1. Try and be confident while giving interview. Be Soft Spoken and take time before Responding to interviewers question. This grows there confidence in you.

2. Have some knowledge about the company who will take your Interview. Most of the times the Requirements laid by the company provide you a clear picture of what they are looking for.

3. Prepare your subject well. Especially for freshers you should work hard on your technical skills. Even if you answer few technical questions correctly then its a good one.

4. No one expects you to know everything. Its not neccessary for you to answer everything. Try to be honest but at the same time do pretend as if you are thinking a little. You can say for instance : “To be honest I havent worked in this area but yes I did read about this somewhere and if given an opportuinity I can work on this”. This gives a very good impression.

5. At the end of the interview do ask some question if they let you. Something like ”Can you tell me soimething about the work culture of the company”.

6. Dont forget to pray to God. If things go fine then he also has some role to play .. :)

So next time you appear for some interview do keep these things in mind. All the Best.

Power Point Tips and Shortcuts

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Few Tips to help you work faster using Powerpoint

Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V = Cut, Copy and Paste the selected object (respectively). Once you learn them, you’ll find you never go to the Edit menu anymore.

Ctrl+Z = Undo. Everyone’s favorite “oops” command.

Ctrl+B = Apply Bold. Select text then type Ctrl+B and magically your text is bold.

Ctrl+I = Apply Italic. Same idea as adding bold, except it adds italic instead.

Shft+F3 = Toggles case. You do NOT want all uppercase text in almost any presentation, so switch it to something else. You use Shift+F3 to switch case from UPPER, lower, and Initial Caps.

Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End = In Outline view, move to the top and bottom of the presentation, respectively. Within a slide, move to the top or bottom of the placeholder text.

Ctrl+S = Save a presentation. Do this before the power failure.

Ctrl+M = Insert a new slide. Okay, it’s not very mnemonic, but it’s easier then the menu.

Ctrl+D = Make a duplicate of the selected slide (or selected object). This command is much faster than a copy and paste.

F7 = Check spelling. Prevent embarrassment — learn to love the F7 key.

Esc = Select an object (not the contents). Sometimes clicking an object to select it without highlighting the contents is tricky. When in doubt, try hitting the Esc key.

Tab or Shift+Tab = Press until the desired object is selected. If slide objects are layered on top of one another, it can be tricky sometimes to select what you want.

F5 = Run a slide show.

Page Down = In a slide show, move to the next slide.

Page Up = In a slide show, move to the previous slide.

Esc = In a slide show, press Esc to end the slide show.