Career Guidance Tips:How To Prepare For Panel Interviews

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Career Guidance TipsHow To Prepare For Panel
Interviews Nowadays attending a panel interview
is of huge concern among various candidates. Let
us see some career guidance tips for the
candidates to face the interview sessions boldly.

• Understand the Purpose of a Panel Interview
• With the help of this, the candidate's ability to
  communicate effectively with multiple
  individuals about specific topics can be well
  assessed in a short period of time.
• A collective decision to choose the right
  employee.
• This can be more stress oriented and will take a
  long time to assess each and every ability of
  the candidate.
• Just keep in mind panel interview process is not
  the same as group interview process.

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• Research about Panel Members
• Gather information about the company and your job
  profile. Use networks, LinkedIn, organizational
  chart and HR contact number to know about the
  panel members.
• Get to know how your job profile will impact your
  senior panel member's job. You can also put
  yourself in your senior's position and imagine
  how will you perform better.
• Have an analogy to explain various issues about
  functional areas with a good focus on a
  particular department.
• Career Guidance tips on how to Respond in the
  interview
• As said earlier relate or justify with a story or
  a challenge you took up and how you accomplished
  it.
• First of all Greet everyone as soon as you enter
  the room and it is good to make eye contact with
  the person who shoots up the first question and
  scan eye contact with as well while answering the
  question.
• You can also answer the questions by referring to
  the person's name which will honor the person
  who asked you the question. Answer as per the
  area of interest of the panel member and affirm
  it with confidence.
• You can also take reference from your previous
  answers with other panel members. For example (I
  would like to overview in detail which has
  already been answered for Mark's question on 'so
  and so' ). This shows your presence of mind.
• Always have good control over your tongue and
  remember what you have because you may be cross
  verified in a different way by another panel
  member.
• Prepare like a personal interview
• Have a story Make the interview interesting
• Research quite important
• Listen carefully Good Presence of Mind

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• Inquisitive questions exhibits your interests
• Queries regarding job for good clarity
• Follow the above career guidance and perform well
  in the panel interviews. You can also try a mock
  interview session before attending a panel
  interview. This will boost your confidence to
  face the panel.
• All the best!