If the candidate is not sure it will show up in the interview.

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If the candidate is not sure it will show up in the interview.

Having strong technical skills alone won’t suffice as you are usually expected to work as part of a team.Behavioral skills form an important part of work culture of any company and hence this section is usually taken very seriously by recruiters.Performing great in this section with poor technical skills may not fetch candidate a job but performing bad in this section can cost candidate a job.If you don’t remember it, remove it from your resume.If you don’t know answer to a question, it’s better to say Sorry, I don’t know this, rather than trying to build a wrong story.What Leaders look for while Interviewing Candidates ?One of the most important part for acing and cracking any interview is to know what interviewers look for while hiring a candidate.We spoke to few industry leaders to understand their thought process and decode an interview from a recruiter’s perspective.So brace yourselves, and enjoy reading candid views of few industry leaders on What do they look for while Interviewing candidates and how do they usually arrive at a decision if a candidate should be hired?Do spend some time going through this section as it would give you a very good overview on what skill sets and behaviors are quintessential.Since the candidate at this level may not have any major experience to show the focus is on the aptitude and attitude.The person should gel with the team he is going to join and also be able to learn and apply his knowledge independently.The above for beginner is the basic requirement for Junior.On top of it we focus mainly on how well they understood the projects they have worked on in the last year or so.They need to be clear on what the project was, what their contributions were, how they see themselves contributing to the previous Organization and also how inquisitive are they to learn adjacent areas.The candidate should be able to convince the interviewer on all the achievements listed in the resume as the selection is based on resume.We require Validation experience for a junior.In the interview we also assess the debug capability and scripting ability.Software experience is a plus.The candidate can narrate situations where he/she has demonstrated sound technical problem solving.At this stage in the career we will consider the candidate for a Lead position.Should have planning and execution as a strength.It is good for a candidate to be aware of Project Management at this stage.Stakeholder Management also becomes important at this stage.Can narrate examples of how well he/she was able to plan, execute, and manage stakeholders.This involves identifying risks and finding ways to mitigate them.The candidate should be able to deliver cleanly on any challenge/problem in validation.At this stage of the career the candidate is expected to have significant impact on projects, timelines, design, validation or even architecture.The candidate should start identifying the problems in validation domain and propose ways to address this via design, validation collateral, process, tool, methodology or resources.Innovation, Stakeholder Management, Influencing and Negotiation become very important.The candidate may be expected to manage or lead a team so Team building is also critical.How do you evaluate technical skills?For seniors there may be multiple interviews with multiple levels of Management.The focus on Soft Skills and leadership questions increase with the seniority.How do you evaluate behavioral skills?There are multiple aspects of behavioral skills which are evaluated.Some of them are Integrity, Honesty, Team orientation, Conflict resolution,

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