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How To Get Through Stress Interviews?

Dec 23, 2020 | 5 minutes |

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Preparing for an interview, may it be for the B-School selection process, summer internship, or final placements, needs subject matter expertise for sure, but also there is now a strong emphasis on evaluating a candidate’s attitude. Unlike the time when we only witnessed stress interviews on our television sets for a reality show, where everyone who appeared for the auditions claimed their love for bikes! Stress Interviews have now become the norm in most places. This helps the evaluators measure your level of conviction and identify your ability to thrive under difficult circumstances.  In this article, you will learn what stress interviews are, types of stress interviews, how to perform well in such situations, and will find some FAQs to prepare and practice. Stress interviews are designed to deliberately put the candidate (interviewee) into an awkward and unexpected situation. It is done to test how a candidate performs out of his/her comfort zone. They also additionally test your real intentions & ability to -    Sometimes these interviews can feel a little personal & emotion-provoking. This is deliberately done to assess your physical and psychological responses to stressful stimuli because the truth is that a complete business professional should possess a rock-solid base to face the corporate jungle. Types of Stress Interviews Tips On How To Perform  

No matter how difficult your interviews and group discussions get, the insights you bring to the table will always steer all your troubles away. The power word here is “insights”, it differentiates a candidate who knows about an event from someone who has a developed understanding of the subject and can express his/her own views about the topic. Stay close to the stories that matter with The Economist, read by prominent international figures such as Bill Gates and Hillary ClintonThe Economist reports on diverse subjects, from politics to business and finance; from science and technology to culture and the arts with 50% off on annual digital subscription.
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  FAQs
  1. What makes you think you’re qualified & ready for something like this?
  2. Do you think you are performing well in this interview?
  3. You have lost me completely. Could you start again and get to the point this time?
  4. Why are you nervous? Please be loud and clear.
  5. What is that one thing which you want to change about yourself?
  6. I don’t think you are a good fit for this, why should I consider you?
  7. Your team members have not done the project accurately, one of them has not even turned up yet. You are leading that assignment and the deadline is just an hour later. What will you do?
  8. Why us? Where else have you applied to?
  9. The format of your CV is just confusing, why did you choose it to be this way?
  10. What is your plan B? What if you don’t get selected?