CAMPUS TO CORPORATE

………….BRIDGING THE GAPS BETWEEN INDUSTRY & ACADEMIA

 INDIA …..

• India’s higher education system produces more than 7 lakhs Engineers every year
• More than 30 lakhs University Graduates pass out every year
• MNC s find only 25 % Engineers & Graduates employable (McKinsey Global 2013 )
INDIA IS THE NATION OF THE MOST UNEMPLOYED IN THE
WORLD: LABOUR BUREAU STATISTICS
SELF-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE DECLINING IN THE COUNTRY AND JOBS ARE
CONTINUOUSLY DECREASING.

The situation seems to be grim, considering

the number of people applying for government
jobs.
• Over 28 million applicants appear for 90,000
jobs offered by the Indian Railways this
year, The Times of India reported…

• More than 200,000 candidates were

competing for 1,137 police
constable vacancies in Mumbai,

• There are around 31 Million unemployed

Indians seeking jobs now—the highest since
October 2016, by the Centre for Monitoring
Indian Economy (CMIE)
 EXPECTATION OF THE INDUSTRY

• THE SURVEY FOUND THAT THE

INDUSTRY HAS THE HIGHEST
EXPECTATIONS FROM THE NEWLY
HIRED MBA OR ENGINEERS IN THE
AREA OF …..
• ATTITUDE
• SKILL
• KNOWLEDGE
• PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR
 BEYOND THE KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS….
• During your hiring process, be prepared
for Personality interview questions
• To test candidates' soft skills, including teamwork,
flexibility and creativity.

• These sample Personality interview questions will

help you identify potential hires who'll fit in the
company culture culture.
• What are some of your hobbies?
• When you were a child, what did you want to be when you
grew up?
• Who is your favourite Leader and why?
• What is your favourite Sports and why?
• Where you want to see yourself in 5 years time
 SOME MORE QUESTIONS….

• TELL ME ABOUT YOUR PROUDEST NON-WORK ACHIEVEMENT.

• IF YOU RETIRED TOMORROW AND WANTED TO START A WILDLY DIFFERENT SECOND CAREER,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
• WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?
• WHICH IS WORSE TO REGRET: A MISTAKE YOU MADE OR NOT HAVING TRIED SOMETHING?
• DO YOU ENJOY TRAVEL?
• WHERE IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO VISIT?
• WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS ? CAN YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT ?
• ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A NIGHT OWL?
HOW YOUR PERSONALITY SHINE AT A JOB INTERVIEW
SO, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SHOWCASE YOUR PERSONALITY DURING AN
INTERVIEW? BASICALLY, RELAX AND BE YOURSELF.
• COME PREPARED AND RELAXED. BY COMING INTO THE INTERVIEW FEELING CALM
AND COLLECTED,
• PRACTICE ANSWERING THE COMMON QUESTIONS BEFOREHAND
• ALSO EMPLOY SOME RELAXATION TECHNIQUES (LIKE DEEP BREATHING OR
MEDITATION) RIGHT BEFORE THE INTERVIEW.
• GREET EACH PERSON YOU MEET , FRIENDLY HANDSHAKE AND WARM SMILE.
• FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, SO DEMONSTRATE CONFIDENCE
RIGHT AWAY.
• STAND TALL, MAKE EYE CONTACT, AND GIVE A FIRM HANDSHAKE AND A SMILE
WHEN YOU MEET THE INTERVIEWER.
• MANAGERS WANT TO HIRE PEOPLE THEY'LL ENJOY WORKING WITH, SO SHOW
YOU ARE APPROACHABLE AND HAVE A POSITIVE DISPOSITION.
 BODY LANGUAGE
• BE AWARE OF YOUR BODY LANGUAGE - AFTER THE INITIAL GREETING, YOU
WANT TO CONTINUE TO APPEAR CONFIDENT.
• POSTURE IS IMPORTANT SO DON’T SLOUCH. STAND OR SIT UP STRAIGHT.
• DON'T GO INTO THE MEETING LOOKING TO DELIVER A STAND UP, ROUTINE,
JUST BE FRIENDLY, WITTY, AND PERSONABLE,

• GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FROM YOUR PAST EXPERIENCES WHEN

ANSWERING QUESTIONS. AVOID NEGATIVITY. WHEN ANSWERING
QUESTIONS, DON’T DWELL ON YOUR NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES.
• KEEP IN MIND THAT INTERVIEWERS WANT TO SEE THE REAL YOU AND HOW
YOU REACT UNDER PRESSURE.
• BE HONEST BUT POLITE, AND BY APPEARING COMPOSED DURING THE
MEETING, YOU'LL HIGHLIGHT YOUR STRENGTHS AND ABILITY TO WORK WELL
AS PART OF A TEAM, EVEN IN TRYING SITUATIONS.
 FEW BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES TO LOOK FOR
• PLANNING & ORGANISING SKILL
• TAKING INITIATIVE
• WORK ETHICS
• RESULT ORIENTATION
• ADAPTABILITY
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• LEARNING AGILITY
• TEAM WORK
• CUSTOMER ORIENTATION
• COMMUNICATION
• ANALYTICAL THINKING
 DURING INTERVIEW
• ANSWER PRECISELY AND TO THE POINT
• USE PROPER GRAMMAR AND GOOD CHOICE OF
LANGUAGE
• AVOID CANNED ANSWERS.. LIKE TOO UTOPIAN AND
BOOKISH RESPONSE
• GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR PART ACTIONS.. NEVER TALK
ABOUT EXCUSES
• ANSWER WITH EVIDENCE AND TRUTHFULNESS
• NEVER BAD MOUTH EMPLOYER, BOSS, COLLEAGUES – PAST
OR PRESENT
• HAVE POISED BODY LANGUAGE AND PROPER EYE CONTACT
THRU OUT
 EXPECTATION FROM YOU…..
• LEARNABILITY: THE FLUID INDUSTRY TRENDS IN TODAY’S WORLD FORCE ENGINEERS & MBA TO BE LIFE-
LONG LEARNERS! LEARNABILITY IS THE ABILITY TO GENERALIZE A SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPLY IN
VARIOUS CONTEXTS. INDUSTRIES EXPECT YOU TO HAVE THE ZEST AND ZEAL ALONG WITH THE ABILITY
TO LEARN NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES.
• ABILITY TO WORK IN TEAMS: INDIVIDUALISM IS OUT AND COLLABORATION IS IN. CONSIDERING THE
OPTIONS WE HAVE IN TODAY’S GLOBAL VILLAGE, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE TO MASTER ALL THE
SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR AN INDUSTRY. ONE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY ONE’S CORE
SKILLS, TEAM UP WITH MEMBERS WITH COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS, COLLABORATE AND CONTRIBUTE.

• COMMUNICATION SKILLS: AN ORGANIZATION EXPECTS ALL THE EMPLOYEES TO COMMUNICATE

EFFECTIVELY. ONE SHOULD HAVE GOOD VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS. THIS IS A
SKILL THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY WHEN WORKING IN TEAMS WHERE INAPPROPRIATE
COMMUNICATION COULD BE DISASTROUS.
• POSITIVE ATTITUDE: THE IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE ATTITUDE FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER CANNOT BE
OVEREMPHASIZED. WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG, ONE CAN EITHER BLAME ONE’S
CIRCUMSTANCES OR LOOK AT WAYS OF MAKING THE SITUATION BETTER. INDUSTRY WANTS THE
LATTER CATEGORY WHO CONSIDERS SUCH A SITUATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN.
 EXPECTATION FROM YOU
• FLEXIBILITY: MANY ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY, GIVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY
TO THE EMPLOYEES. AT THE SAME TIME THOSE INDUSTRIES EXPECT THE EMPLOYEES ALSO TO BE FLEXIBLE IN TERMS
OF WORKING LOCATION, NATURE OF PROJECTS OR IN SOME CASES, WORKING HOURS.
• ADAPTABILITY: AN ENGINEER / MBA SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO ANY SITUATION. 100% OF THE
TASKS ASSIGNED TO YOU MAY NOT BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH HIS OR HER INTEREST. IF 70% OF THE TASKS ARE
INTERESTING, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO THE REST 30%. IF ONE COULD NOT FIND INTEREST EVEN IN
70% OF THE TASKS ALLOCATED, CHANCES ARE THAT ONE HAS CHOSEN A WRONG CAREER!

• SELF-MOTIVATION: EVEN THOUGH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CAREER, THE INDUSTRY EXPECTS YOU TO BE
CLEAR ABOUT THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM CAREER PLANS. ONE CAN MAKE A REMARKABLE DIFFERENCE BY
CHALKING OUT ONE’S CAREER PLANS. HAVING A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT ONE WANTS KEEPS ONE MOTIVATED.
• OWNERSHIP: YOU SHOULD OWN A TASK THAT IS ASSIGNED TO HIM OR HER. TRY TO LEAVE YOUR MARK IN
EVERY WORK THAT YOU DO. THE SENSE OF OWNERSHIP RESULTS IN COMPLETION OF TASKS WITH MAXIMUM
QUALITY.
 FROM NOW ONWARDS TRY TO BUILD…

• FOCUS ON THE APPLICATION OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE

• LEARN MORE ABOUT INDUSTRIES (WHAT & HOW)
• DO MORE PROJECTS, SUMMER INTERNSHIP
• NURTURE FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE WORKING STYLE
• PARTICIPATE IN COLLEGE EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• BE ACTIVE ON LINKED-IN
• BUILD NETWORK
• MIND SET OF PROACTIVE NESS AND TAKING INITIATIVE
 WATCH OUT FOR THE NEGATIVE FACTORS
• ARRIVING LATE FOR THE INTERVIEW
• LACK OF AWARENESS ABOUT THE COMPANY OR POSITION
• NO VISIBLE INTEREST OR ENTHUSIASM
• POOR COMMUNICATION SKILL AND MOST CRITICALLY
LISTENING
• TOO MUCH MONEY ORIENTED
• ARROGANT AND CAREFREE KIND OF ATTITUDE
• UNCLEAR GOALS OR OBJECTIVES
• NO SUPPORT FOR THE ANSWERS
• DISRESPECTING THE RECRUITER
• NOT SMILING , BEING RUDE
WORKPLACE ETIQUETTE
 PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL
BOUNDARIES

• Refrain from using office supplies

for personal use
• Refrain from using swear words
• Avoid emotional outbursts
• Don’t groom yourself in public
• Respect others’ cubicle/office space
 OFFICE ETIQUETTE
• Be self-aware-use common sense
• Mind your own business
• Avoid strong cologne/ perfume

• Never ever go over your supervisor’s head

• Obey your company’s business dress attire

• Treat every employee with the same

respect
• Do not post things of an offensive nature

• No matter your job or your title, always

hold yourself to a higher standard
 MEETING ETIQUETTE
• Always have your calendar, notebook & pen
• Never bring up personal problems/issues
in aprofessional situation

• Avoid “you” talk

• Stay on schedule

• In conference rooms hang back until power

playershave taken seats:
• Ends and middle sides of table are power seats
 OFFICE ROMANCE
• Dating a supervisor or subordinate is absolutely a
no-no

• Any behavior of non professional / very personal nature

in the companypremises, gives the company grounds
for legalaction
 OFFICE ROMANCE
(WHEN IT HAPPENS ANYWAY)

• Risk loss of credibility

• Difficulty focusing on work
• Don’t use work email orvoicemail
systems
• Remember when it ends you will still have to
work with this person
 EXPECTATION OF THE INDUSTRY
• THE SURVEY FOUND THAT THE
INDUSTRY HAS THE HIGHEST
EXPECTATIONS FROM THE NEWLY
HIRED MBA OR ENGINEERS IN THE
AREA OF …..
• ATTITUDE
• SKILL
• KNOWLEDGE
• PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR