5 Ways A Fresher Can Crack Blue Collar Job Interview

By Author: Amit Singh
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More than 80% of the blue collar sector job seekers suffer from intense anxiety, nervousness and fear, generally termed as ‘Interview Phobia’ before appearing for interview. Sleepless Nights, Loss of Appetite, Anxiety and a lot more - these are only a few signs that you are suffering from the fear of your first Job Interview. In this state of intense pressure those candidates who are able to overcome this fear are the clear cut winners, but those who cannot, happen to get frequent rejections. Let’s have a look at some smart tricks that can pull you out of the interview phobia for your entry - level job interview:

Communication Skills

Appearing for the first interview may be very difficult for you, but its is very important to understand what can possibly go wrong when you have less impressive communication skills. But yes! Having fluency in whatever you speak helps you much to crack that much awaited interview. Here are 3 key elements to overcome poor communication skills in your entry level job interview:

LISTEN: Active Listeners are always admired in any organization and if you let your recruiter ...
... know this, you are already one step ahead from the rest of the candidates. So listen it first very carefully and don’t ever try to interrupt or answer before the question is complete.

ABSORB: Try to understand the meaning of question to the fullest in that fraction of seconds time period. Asking the meaning and elaboration of that question will never prove you stupid in front of your recruiter.

BE CONFIDENT: If you answer with confident, even a wrong answer may be acceptable when otherwise if you are aware of the answer but murmur it under your breath, it frustrates the recruiter.

Learnability:
An entry level job seeker may not excel in every skill but if you are able to convince the interviewer that you are a good learner, you can enjoy the brownie points. Candidate need not to stick to just academics or technology that shows your learnability, he/she can tell the example of this skill for a new culture or lifestyle or anything that is remarkable.

Be Honest with your Resume:

Never flood your resume with skills and expertise you don’t have, this will raise the expectation of the recruiter. But what if you are not able to meet the expectations? You will have to suffer the loss as your chances for getting that job just got down. Instead, stick to your well earned skills and potential that you can vouch for.

Compatibility with the Company:

Like having the right skills is not the only necessity that gets you a job in blue collar sector, sharing the passion of your employer is also a necessity to ensure your long term stability in the organisation. You can map the skills with company’s vision and do complete research of that organization before appearing for your entry-level job interview.

Salary:

Being a fresher in an Informal job sector, you lack the power of negotiating salary. Here the focus of the recruiter will be on how eager you are to learn and grow with their organization. Candidate should be reasonable here keeping in concern the value of money they are giving to that company.

For any given vacancy where thousands of Informal job sector job seekers apply, it is very important to succinctly project your career objective, work experience, interpersonal skills etc. If you got your first impression right, things will start working for you. Follow the above mentioned tips & kick-start your career with a bang.