I have a 4th/final interview with a company and they would like me to do a presentation 'selling myself' to them -- telling them why they should hire me -- ugh! any ideas out there that are catchy ? Should I use Power Point or just speak?
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http://www.ehow.com/how_107717_sell-yourself-job.html
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Sorry, but yes, I think you messed it.... don't tell your plans to any interviewer if they don't benefit the company, it's like showing your cards in a poker game.\n\nGood luck for the next time.
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Convince interviewers that you can do it!
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I've interviewed many many people for jobs, so I can talk about what I'm looking for.\n\nFor your best quality, talk about things that are work-oriented. Some examples:\n   -you are good at working with people\n   -you are able to organize a group of people to work on projects\n   -you are able to focus on your projects and assignments. \n   -you have great attention to detail\n\nThe key is, you have to be believable. It's best if you have specific examples to back this up. If you tell me that you are a great people person but you seem really shy and can't put a sentence together, I might not believe you.\n\nThe greatest weakness question is trickier. You do want to put a positive spin on it, but you also don't want to sound like you're just trying to make yourself look good. I usually look for someone who has a clear awareness of their weakness and has a plan or goal of overcoming it. For example, if you are a shy person, say so, but talk about what you are doing to help overcome your shyness. I like to hear when a person is taking active steps to address their areas of weakness.\n\nFinally, if they ask you if you have any questions, ask questions that really show that you have done some research about the company and the position you're applying for. Ask specific questions about the work environment, the type of work you'd be doing, or what direction the company is heading. It's best to show that you know something about the company. And if you can't think of anything else, ask the interviewer what they like and dislike about working there.\n\nRemember, be comfortable and be yourself. I can usually tell when someone is faking it.\n\nGood luck!
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I had to do this and was terrified. This worked, and I actually relaxed enough to enjoy doing the presentation! Got compliments. So:\n\nKnow your subject inside and out. Develop a passion for it. Start really wanting to get this info you are presenting out to others--feel a need for them to know and understand it.\n\nPractice, practice, practice! To a mirror for a little while, then to everyone you know. Over and over. Eventually, you'll be so familiar with your presentation you won't feel totally dependent on your notes, you'll just roll. Take the criticisms offered by those you practice to, and use them.\n\nAfter you know your stuff inside and out, you can start concentrating on the audience, as in making eye contact, smiling, what words to emphasize. Practice all of that too. Over and over.\n\nTime each trial run if that's at issue. After a while, know within 30sec. of how long you need. That erases worries during the actual presentation of watching a clock.\n\nKnow your audience. Will there be someone there whom you know well? Who might have been one of your practice audience and knows the drill? Who might give you nods and smiles during?\n\nThat day, wear a favorite outfit that you know looks great and is comfortable. Look your best. Get there incredibly earlier than need be. Walk around the room, know where things are, begin to feel at home. If there's chitchat in the room before things start, mingle. If you're talking to a stranger about the day, if it feels right you might mention that you are a presenter, and a little new at this. Any sympathy drummed up ahead of time from the audience helps, as they sort of send warm vibes to you while you're speaking. And it helps you to feel that they are more understanding of your position. (Just don't whine.)\n\nWhen you know it all inside and out, go practice about 25 more times! Be able to do it in your sleep! Be so bored with the whole thing by the time you get there that you just want to do it, get your warm fuzzies, and move on. Just don't, after awhile, let monotony creep into your voice.\n\nGood luck! Have fun with this, it's actually an amazing growth and confidence-building exercise.I hope my suggestions help a little.
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If what you need is unusual presentation ideas, check out the 100 Creative Presentation Ideas on this link: http://www.best100ideas.com/ideas01.shtml . You may also contact me for more info and ideas.\nGood luck with your presentation!
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Make sure you project your voice, and make your voice interesting and expressive.  Speak clearly, and slower than you would if you were just chatting with friends.  Don't move around while speaking - try to stand in one spot, which makes it easier for those listening.  Don't fidget.  Try to use some humor.  Use an ice breaker for the beginning of your presentation.  One good one is to get everyone to tell something they have done that they think no one else in the room has done. You find out lots of interesting stuff about the group.  Start on time and finish on time.  Get their attention - don't try to talk over a lot of noise.  Find ways to involve them - try to plan some activity that will teach them something and that will fit well in your time frame.  Dress in a manner that suits your topic.
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for personal interview\nbe ready with answers for the questions like:\n1>tell us something about yourself\nans--your educations,interests,family back ground,your significant achievments etc\n\n2>why you want to do this course\nans-discuss advantageous career oppourtinities and your interest in the course\n\n3>what other alternatives have you considered?\nans-name one or two alternatives and speak strongly for the choice you have made. sound positive.\n\n4>what are your spare time activities /hobbies?\nans-give interest or hobbies other than routine activity.\nsomething that reveals your personality.\ntalk of any activity you have taken leadership in.\n\n5>tell us some of your achievments\nans-highlight prizes/credit obtained in other activities-extracurricular,academic,social.\n\n6>what are your major strengths>\nans>that is how do you sell yourself.\ngive your 3 or 4 strong points.give examples if possible\n\n7>what are your weaknesses?\nans>this is a trick question. do not say 'no weaknesses'\ngive a positive weakness example-my weakness is i love to read books so much that sometimes i stay awake at night till 3 or 4 in the morning and have trouble in getting up for collage the next day\n\n8>how do you make your major decisions?\nans>give basis on which major decisions in your life were taken whose guidence you resorted to. but finally stress that the decision was taken by you.\n\n9>can you tell us something about ___(any current topic)?\nans-testing your general awareness\ndo not talk for more than 1 amd 1/2 to 2 minutes.\ndo not lie or exagerate. remember the interviwerer knows more about it than you.\n\nfinnaly for group discussion:-\nas you know it is held between a group of people.\nthey are testing you performance in a group.\nskill such as leadership qualities,diplomacy and communications skills are observed.\nso also your general knowledge is tested.\nfor this you have to read well be well informed atleast about current media topics. times of india news paper is a good source of knowledege about current topics.\ntry to be quick to start but be accurate.\nif you are not sure of your stand take sometime to build on it.\nput in relevant facts and statics.\nplan and organise your thoughts within the given time frame\nkeep the others point of view in mind.\nbe goal oriented,if you think the discussion has drifted from the topic try to bring the discussion on track\ntry not to step on others toes.\navoid conflicts and never take anything personal(keep self control)\nfinnaly keep a cool head and you will get through\n\nhope this helped you out
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Speaking from personal experience as someone who regularly both gives powerpoint presentations and is on the recieving end of a lot as well my main tips can be summarised like this;\nAvoid "Death by Powerpoint" where every single thing you are oing to say has a slide\nKeep to bullet points\nUse custom animation sparingly- while it is ok to have something spin to emphasise it, don't over do it\nMake sure your points don't show up until you are ready for them- otherwise people will just read the slide and be away ahead of you.\nUse powerpoint as an aid, not the focus of your presentation- basically plan with the idea in mind that if technological problems raise their head, you should still be able to do your presentation without it\nPrint out copies of slideshow for the audience, but think about when to give them out- they may want them to write notes beside when you ae talking, but they can also be a distraction with people reading on ahead again and not listen to what you say\nKeep the slides easy to read and with as little information as possible on them-again to emphasise Powerpoint is an aid to the presentation, not the presentation itself.\nGood luck
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hi! you can try searching the net for a pattern. \n\nYou can also try writing your own. Are you sending a document about your powerpoint presentation? If so:\n\nI. state first why you sent them that document\nII. tell them what your presentation is all about \nIII. make a stiking conclusion \n\nThis is your form. If you want a better pattern (since I just made this one up) you can search the net. \n\nAs for your style, you can never find a pre-formatted style in the net. Why? Because different people have different writing styles. You have to discover it on your own. How? by writing, & writing, & writing! Once you find your style, your document is halfway to success!\n\ngood luck!
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Two weeks ago I went to a health recovery center and met half a dozen people with different forms of disabilities.  For each person I needed to figure out how they went about communicating.  \n\nOne person had a flat keypad that looked like a typewriter and she touched one letter at a time. On the back of the pad was a short note explaining who she was and how she communicated.\n\nPerhaps you could design a nice cartoon figure of a woman holding a hand to her ear shouting, "Whaaaat?  I can't hear you!"  Something that is fun and understandable quickly.  \n\nThink of it this way.  There are plenty of times in life when somebody needs to see identification from you before they will talk.  A bouncer, for instance, can't put two words together without seeing an i.d. first.  A human resources person is incapicitated without your resume as a security blanket.  A doctor's office won't even say hello until you've filled out the waivers.\n\nAlso, people wear uniforms in all kinds of different endeavors to show "who they are".  I'm not suggesting a uniform for you, of course, I'm just trying to show that people "announce themselves".\n\nThat's why I think that a fun cartoon picture could help announce you and make your situation understandable to somebody else in about 1/2 a second.  I think that an announcement card of some sort would cause somebody to feel, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand what's up, that's cool."\n\nGood luck.  I sincerely hope you get success on this question.
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I've been for many interview before and interviewed before, and basically they just want to know if you would be good for the job they're offering. Whatever do you, don't just say what they want to hear, its so obvious and leaves a bad impression. Be honest and answer the questions positively, happily and confidently. You're allowed to be nervous, everyone is, and I can tell you now that the person interviewing you is more nervous than you are! Honest truth! They ask questions about your history, why do you want to be here, why did you leave there, what do you plan for your future, what are you good at, what do you like and enjoy doing. It varies from interviewer to interviewer. What is the most essential key, is having a good CV, that gets your foot in the door. First impressions always last - remember that. If needs be, get a graphic designer to set up your CV on CD in .pdf format, looks super professional!! Let your CV stand out from the crowd and you'll be a sure winner!  Good luck sweedie!
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Most of us have a hard bragging about ourselves and that is what a good self-eval. is all about. Start by listing things that you think that someone who had watched your work all year would say about you. Use one-word comments to start with. Put down both good and bad. Use paper if you just set and think it does not mean anything. Then once you have a list turn it into sentences both good and bad. For example if you had put efficient. Write down I make good use of company time by doing my work in the most effective manner. If you wrote down do not understand part of my job write down I need more instruction in ______ the web sites that I have found all seem to be looking for you to buy a book. You can do this yourself. Just think about what you would say about yourself if you were another person. Relax and use your imagination. Try to make yourself look good but always include some things you need to work on. In those areas, include a plan for how you are going to fix them. For example: I am not good at using MS Excel but I have gotten a book that I am studding to improve my skills.
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"What's your weakness?" : Something like, "I'm a bit of a control freak, I like to make sure that eveything is going smoothly, and the only way I can do that is to be in total control. I need to learn to delegate more". Makes you sound like you're a workaholic, they love that sort of sh*t.\n\n"Where do you see yourself in five years?" : Not sure, I'd probably plump for something like "I'd like to develop the skills I have now, and be in a position to be able to pass the knowledge and experience I've gained to the other members of my team, hopefully in the form of a managerial position".\n\nIt's all about playing the game, as I'm sure you know.\n\nGood luck!!!!!!!!!!
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Hire a consultant & printing company. Tell the first what you believe & he tells the second what to do so you look great. If you're going on the cheap, find past examples from other issues/candidates & use them as an example (would recommend you not copy them to closely as that tends to get around).
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Don't go into it thinking you have to be a car salesman.  Simply put, be confident, tell the interviewer why you would be an asset to the company and whenever possible turn on the charm, make small talk.  Smile a lot and radiate the positive vibes.  The most important thing, which does sound somewhat cliche but is so true, just be yourself.
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These are very hard questions to answer because all of our lives we've been taught to never bragg or speak about ourselves too much.  But that is exactly what they are trying to get you to do.  They want to know what qualities you have that someone else doesn't.  Discuss your work habits/ethic, how you are willing to come in early and stay late, just to make sure the job is done and done right.  As far as your education, before you go to the interview think of a class you've taken or a project that could someway, anyway relate to the business.  I was an Ag major and was interviewing with my current company that manufactures printed boxes, and they asked that question.  I had taken a forestry class in college(thought it was rediculous), but I just raved about how intersted I was after that class and just spouted off some random things that I had learned that could pertain to paper board.  It's fine to make a stretch just don't out right lie.  And never say I don't know.