Showing posts with label knowing yourself. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knowing yourself. Show all posts

Thursday, March 5, 2009

New Style of Interview and how you should prepare


I was called in for an interview about a month ago; it was a surprise because I stopped submitting my CV and decided to concentrate on my start-up.
Well I went for the interview and did not think much of the process since I was not hedging my future on the particular position.
Well on Monday they called me (to my surprise) and asked me to attend a session for psychometric and aptitude test.
I went for the testing today and it was very easy but that is because I was well prepared for it. While working as a fund manager, I used to recruit many financial advisors and part of the interview process was psychometric and aptitude testing. My objective in providing these tests to the potential employees was to see how they reason and if their persona fits well with the position.

Many people do not know what to expect during such testing. Below is a link to a few tests that you can download (for free). These are good examples of what to expect during such testing.
It is important for you to understand yourself and how you would react in given situations, it is also important for you to keep your brain sharp with crossword puzzles, reading, scrabble, jigsaw puzzles, simple arithmetic etc. These are some of the things that psychometric and aptitude test measure.
http://www.psychometric-success.com/

all the best; I would like your feedback on such testing if you have ever administered or gone through one.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Understand your potential..n start living


"Wealth, notoriety, place, and power are no measures of success whatsoever." H.G. Wells
The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have been and what we have become. "Success comes as the results of growing to our potential." John C. Maxwell.

We can do anything, but we cannot do everything; so understanding our potential is critical towards success. "Many people let everyone around them decide their agenda in life. As a result, they never really dedicate themselves to their purpose in life." John C. Maxwell

It is good to get a job description from your employer. This will help you know what your responsibilities are and you will also avoid being a "do this, do that puppet". Once you know what you are good at, you are able to pursue it full-heartedly.
The same advise is relevant in life. If you are always available to others to the extent of not accomplishing anything of your own, then you will be known as the good friend without personal convictions.

Once you know your potential, you will not stay in a job that you dont like. Majority of people have not tapped 75% of the potential. It is easier to go through life doing the simple things, but I can assure you that you will never achieve success with that kind of mentality.

Remember: the worst a potential employer can do to you is refuse to employ you; and you would walk away knowing that you tried. So go out there prepare yourself for your dream job, apply for that dream job and go to that interview confidently, knowing very well that you are qualified and you are the right person for that position.

My advise is: Tap into your tremendous potential and start living!