New job interview experience

A new experience in a job interview

A new experience in a job interview. Pay attention to some small details during a job interview. No matter what you do, you must have a good sense of proportion. It is inevitable to encounter colleagues you don’t like. Yes, you should try to relax when you are under too much pressure. This is a new experience for job interviews. Have you learned it?

New experience of job interview 1

Not long ago, I was asked this question: "How many beans can be packed in an airplane?" The person I talked to Not a precocious 5-year-old, but a middle-aged man in his 40s who worked for a leading global company where I was interviewing for an attractive position.

In the same interview, I was also asked: "What is the cube of 36?", "What do you think the interest rate will be on February 17, 20xx? Please answer the exact interest rate figure. , accurate to the bottom two percentile points. "Every MBA student will tell you that we are in recruiting season.

Interestingly, this interview was not with an investment bank or financial services institution, as my classmates at Insead had originally suspected. In fact, this recruitment is for a position in the sales and marketing department. Although the interview process may seem casual for sales and marketing positions—at least compared to those of my classmates applying for investment banking positions, this particular organization adds a "stress interview" to their finale.

In a stress interview, the interviewer will quickly throw a bunch of questions to the candidate, which are usually quite complex and require a very tight response time. The purpose is to observe the subjects facing How to deal with "stress". There are other variations of this type of interview, such as the employer lining up a group of interviewers, allowing one or all of them to appear at a time, with each interviewer's sole task being to put pressure on the candidate. In stark contrast to stress interviews, behavioral interviews are in which candidates are asked to describe past work experiences to demonstrate leadership, teamwork or creativity. In this type of interview, any answer is acceptable; what matters is how you describe the situation.

In addition, there are other types of interviews, such as information-based interviews, structured interviews and semi-structured interviews. Here in Singapore, sometimes the companies interviewing us often only have a recruitment area at the Fontainebleau campus in France, so there are also video conference interviews, campus interviews and on-site interviews. These types of interviews actually form a different axis on which all other types of interviews can unfold. Preparing for the nuances of each interview takes a lot of time. The best advice I've ever received about interviewing, though, is this: relax and remember that you're interviewing them just as much as they're interviewing you. This advice helped me eliminate an employer because he chuckled when I talked about my desire to be in a job in the next five years where I would experience joy in my career. He replied that in his 20-year career, he had never felt happy one day. This is the essence of "work". Therefore, I decided this company was not the right fit for me. This advice also helped me eliminate another would-be boss when he invited me for a final round of interviews, only to reveal that the position was not actually in Singapore - I had been led to believe the position was in Singapore. . This advice also helped me get rid of the idea of ??going into consulting, which many of my MBA classmates hated.

On the contrary, I have decided to stay true to my strengths and passions and not to be fooled by some lucrative contracts. I will continue to grow in sales and marketing and work on shaping consumer behavior. It amazes me how many MBA students seem to be looking to change careers, whether they choose a change in location, role, or industry. I may not be considered typical. Former strategy consultants are now looking for management jobs in the industry. Some business developers try their hand at investment banking. Some entrepreneurs are instead vying for senior consultant jobs. There are also people who are tired of working and try to start their own businesses. Everyone is coveting everyone else's job. Why not create some kind of internal market for these jobs? This is quite similar to the "double-coincidence" problem we learn in macroeconomics.

In the past, people traded bread for eggs, or eggs for bread. But in order to do this, the baker must find just the right person who is willing to accept his bread in exchange for eggs. And when the baker wanted milk, he had to find another person willing to exchange milk for bread. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the currency unit was born. In this way, the baker can earn money by selling the bread and then use the money to buy anything else he needs. Likewise, we should create a system for the work of those students prior to their studies at INSEAD. A surprising number of INSEAD alumni worry about finding a job. Some people who have consistently excelled, received numerous accolades and large year-end bonuses, admit that they worry they are not good enough. Regardless of any job changes, we all mastered many new MBA skills. Even I am impressed by my recently honed Excel skills and my ability to create macros and pivot tables. Just a year ago, I was one of those people who could only use the down arrow to scroll down a 30,000-row spreadsheet.

Now I can also look at marketing campaigns from a different perspective and be (almost) eager to tell anyone who will listen how they might be improved. I found that I was able to think within frameworks and wanted people to express their points in a more organized and concise way. I thought about new businesses and products that might thrive in Singapore, and noted organizations that were either underinvesting in their sales force, or in need of significant management changes.

As we enter the last of five semesters, I think we are almost ready to enter the real world again. Up in the air is who is willing to take on those of us with all the fresh MBA knowledge. The company was out there, and when I found it, I felt confident that the interview would be smooth sailing. Now I know that "36 cubed is 6 raised to the 6th power" and "No matter what, the interest rates on February 17, 20xx will be printed on the front page of the Financial Times" are not clever enough responses. New Experience in Job Interviews Part 2

As I am about to graduate, standing at the juncture of making a choice in my life, I can’t help but think of Qian Zhongshu’s popular saying in “The Besieged City”: “People who live in the besieged city want to Come out, and the people outside the besieged city are desperately trying to get in." I feel this kind of philosophy of life especially profoundly today.

When I first went to college, I always heard from adults how hard it is for college students to find a job now, how stressful it is to find a job; if you don’t study hard, it will be difficult to find a job in the future, etc. kind of speech. At that time, I didn't pay much attention to these things, and I even had some disdain for them. Having just passed the "bloody storm" of the college entrance examination, I am full of many beautiful ideas and longings for my future life. Although I am not without a little worry about what I will face in four years, after all, I am young and frivolous, and I believe that no matter how difficult it is, I can break through and surpass it with my own ability and persistence. After I moved away from my parents and hometown, I thought I could truly be independent, but this was not the case. College campuses are still full of exams and restrictions, and most of the expenses still depend on family support. Therefore, I often think about how happy it would be if one day I could get out of campus and break out of my own little world!

In the blink of an eye, four years of college life are coming to an end inadvertently. In the second semester of my junior year, I was not determined to take the postgraduate entrance examination. It was only when I saw with my own eyes how unsatisfactory my senior brothers and sisters were in finding jobs that I realized what I had planned. My passion was really fragile, so maybe staying on campus would be a stopgap measure, so I joined the postgraduate entrance examination. After going through the postgraduate entrance examination, although I tried my best, I had to admit that I failed (although the results have not been announced yet).

For me, the job hunting life really started after I took the postgraduate entrance examination, so job hunting was also a brand new first experience for me. Since this is my first experience, it is inevitable that I will have different feelings and thoughts from the past. I will record all these details one by one. There may be some personal color in them, but they are all what I have truly experienced. I think there will be some. A place to share.

1. Initial experience of job search preparation

Before entering the job search team, there are several necessary tasks that need to be done.

The biggest difference between students and people entering the workplace is first reflected in their appearance. It is very important to purchase a set of professional attire. So, I spent nearly an afternoon looking for a business attire that suited me.

Although I have never bought anything as formal as business attire, I still chose and determined a few principles:

1. The price must be appropriate. The reason is simple. It is parents' money that is being spent now, and we should not put a burden on them.

2. The style should be more formal and mature. Formal business attire is used in serious interviews to show your respect for the employer and to fit the atmosphere of the interview, allowing you to get into the mood as quickly as possible and become calm and confident. The more mature style is because I feel younger than the actual age and a bit naive. However, employers generally want more mature employees, because mature people will appear more stable and reliable. In the end I settled on an affordable gray set.

In the past, I often heard that makeup was a compulsory course for professional women, so whether or not they wear makeup also shows how seriously they take their work. Knowing this, for me, a layman who usually only puts on makeup on certain "important occasions" and usually has others do it for me, makeup has really become a big problem. I still remember that the first time I put makeup on myself, I saw such a scary look in the mirror. It really scared me! However, after scaring myself a few times, the old saying practice makes perfect has come true. My makeup skills have gradually improved, and I can now appear naturally in front of others.

Resume is the cornerstone of a successful job search. Our teacher told us this in the job search and career selection class when we were in our junior year. At that time, we were also asked to simulate making a resume, but I didn’t take it too seriously. I just randomly downloaded a resume template online and filled in some basic information. Nearly a year later, when I was faced with the pressure of job hunting and had to write my resume seriously, I discovered that a good resume takes a lot of energy and time. After spending an afternoon making the first draft of my Chinese resume, I carefully checked and asked my classmates for their opinions and found that there were still many shortcomings. So after several days of constant revision, I finally completed a passable resume. What's even more troublesome is the English resume. Don't think it's just a Chinese translation. There are many translations of words and sentences in Chinese resumes, which either cannot be translated at all, or the meaning seems to have changed when translated. I think my English proficiency is not bad (I have passed CET-6), but when I rack my brains to try to avoid changing the original meaning of the Chinese resume without making the translation too rigid, I really feel that translators are the greatest geniuses in the world. .

2. First experience of the seminar

The first seminar I attended was held by Ernst & Young. Although the number of participants at the venue was expected, when I actually participated, I was still surprised by how crowded it was. It seems that such high-paying positions and units with development potential represent the value orientation of a large part of today's college students. The briefing session consisted of corporate culture, recruitment process, etc. What impressed me most was the free question period. When answering a question from a classmate, the head of Ernst & Young (a Hong Kong native who seems to speak English better than Mandarin) recalled his own experiences when he was young. From a young apprentice with no knowledge or background, he used the money he earned from part-time work to study in the UK, obtained a British accountant certificate, and then entered the industry and slowly achieved today's achievements. As young people, no matter where we are, our refusal to admit defeat and the courage to break through and surpass ourselves may be the most admirable quality.

3. The first experience of the job fair

I have long heard from senior teachers and sisters that most of the resumes submitted at the job fair will be lost. Despite these warnings, I still participated in a job fair with the mentality of giving it a try. The job fair was crowded with people, and I finally squeezed into the booth of a company. When I asked, I was only looking for people with two years of work experience. This was true for one company, and it was true for several companies in succession. I walked around for more than two hours at the job fair, submitted several resumes, and then left in a hurry. I was left with the impression that job fairs are not suitable for college graduates.

4. Initial experience of the interview

The interview location was in an office building in a certain building, and there were six people who came for the interview. In the conference room, after watching a video about the company's introduction, we entered the individual interview stage.

Before the interview started, I heard two candidates who were interviewed before me discussing the same question asked by the interviewer: "Which is more important, experience or youth?" One of them answered that they were young, and the other answered that they had experience, but no matter which answer they answered All were questioned by the interviewer. So, I entered the interview with trepidation, fearing that I would be asked difficult questions, but the whole process went much smoother than I thought. Except when I was asked the question "Are you not motivated because your grades in school are not good?", I really couldn't find a suitable answer for a while, so I just answered randomly.

As a college graduate who is about to step out of the "siege" of campus and enter the society, and experience the hardships of job hunting for the first time, I often miss the "simple and beautiful little happiness" on campus in the past. Maybe people are really strange animals. While constantly pursuing some things, they have to leave other things behind. However, just like that time when I got lost while traveling, an old man told me that I would be able to find my way back as long as I followed the trend of the mountain. The choices in life are probably the same! When you are confused, follow your heart's wishes and go on bravely, and tomorrow will be truly beautiful and brilliant.