There are some incidents in life that make you learn the things, which might seem very obvious to many, but a good life lesson to a few.
One can discover such things anytime, irrespective of, at what stage of life they are, what's their age or profession.
A few days back my cousin was telling me about a telephonic interview she faced for an internship.
Telephonic interview!
How come on this Earth one can judge an unknown person without even looking at her gesture, body language, facial expressions and all, mere by a 10 minute conversation over phone.
Well! Thanks to this pandemic situation, this is the second talent one needs to acquire. The first one? Of course you need to learn the great skill of washing your hands.
Let's go back to the telephonic conversation.
So, the HR of a reputed organization called my cousin for an internship she applied for.
A very formal, polite and calm voice first described her about the job profile. It was basically a client dealing work. You engage with the client about the requirements, and work with a team on that proposal. And since the company deals with foreign clients only, so have to keep in mind their likes and dislikes while building up the project.
Just like you, even my cousin was overwhelmed and found that interesting and challenging. An internship that might prove to be a milestone in her career growth.
After the description, the HR then asked her to give details of her CV.
And without any thoughts, she just promptly replied by saying, "you should be having one with you. Isn't it?"
The HR, again in a very formal and calm manner, told her that obviously he has her resume with him. But he wanted to know about that from her.
And she then blindly, or may be not blindly but more of like a parrot, recited her CV to him.
The calm and professional voice then answered, "you have a really well profile. But this is not inclined to the profile that we are looking for. How do you fit in there?"
My cousin then put up her skills that were relevant to the internship.
The HR again answered in a very polite manner, "I'm glad that you have the will and the desired skills for the job. I can keep your resume with the company for any future opportunities. Thank you for your precious time."
And that was such a polite rejection.
And just when I was sympathising with her about her internship, she replied so cheerfully that this was the best interview she had faced until now.
I was a little perplexed to hear that and enquired the reason.
She said that she learnt an important interview rule that day.
Here is what she learnt from that conversation.
When you are facing an individual or an interview panel for any job or internship or maybe for anything else, the interviewer(s) already have your CV with them.
When they ask to describe yourself, or your resume, this simply means to focus on those skills that are relevant to the job. You might not have mentioned some of your hobbies, traits, interests, or skills that are of use for that particular profile.
The interview panel is literate enough to go through your CV. They just wanna know your attitude about the particular role they are hiring for.
So, no matter how alluring your resume is, it might not lend you a job. And doesn't matter how dull your career profile on paper seems, a right approach could do wonders for you.
I was amazed to look at such positivity in her voice. She is really gonna do well in her life someday. By always learning from every situation.
It may be a very obvious point to many, but I hope it could be a good realisation to some and learn something from her experience.