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    How To Be Successful At Interviews
    How To Be Successful At Interviews
    How To Be Successful At Interviews
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    How To Be Successful At Interviews

    By AL Ameer

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    The Author is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Arbitrator and Certified Construction Auditor with over 40 years of experience in the construction field. He had the habit of working in the Middle East for a year, take a vacation for one year to rest with the family and then take another job. This cycle continued for about 20 years till he finally settled down in a prestigious Government establishment. This resulted in many interviews and some of the successful interview experiences, which are real, unique and first hand are given in this book.

    In addition to his interview experiences, owing to the wide exposure to the construction industry, he is fully aware of the requirements that the Employers look in order to have a perfect or good fix. The Employers concerns such as

    Why should we hire you?

    What can you do for us that other candidates can t?

    What are your key strength and weakness?

    are addressed in this book.

    Facing Interview/s is a present day necessity to secure a job. Therefore this book should be in every home. The book can also serve as an ideal gift.

    Other books by the author include:

    How To Win and Manage Construction Projects
    Irregularities, Frauds and The Necessity of Technical Auditing in Construction Industry
    Published by Authorhouse

    Website: www.almameer.com
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNotion Press
    Release dateJun 5, 2015
    ISBN9789948180234
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      I am a Quantity Surveyor by profession in the mid sixties and has worked on and off in the Middle East (Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Dubai) for a total of about 20 years. I have the habit of working for one year, 13 or 14 months at a stretch in one place, then ask for 4-6 months vacation, which is usually not possible, so resign and, if there is a problem of non acceptance of the resignation (which was the case in many instances) then go on usual one month vacation, take rest for another 6-8 months, go for interviews and join another job. This was my practice until I passed 50, where the age factor came into play and finally settled down in a prestigious organization for the last 10 years. Thus it implies that I have had to face many interviews and most of them very successful interviews. While my Professional integrity was never been questioned, I always worked without God fathers and with a stand for which, I‘ll fight to the end.

      In my long and illustrious career, I always saw to it that if and when I attend a professional meeting, my presence is felt professionally and if possible otherwise also. In the Interviews too, by making another point of view, another school of thought, the interview panel learn a thing or two from me. I’ll quote a case where how two Salesmen reacted to the same situation. Two Slipper salesmen visited a village (about 90 years ago) and following were their comments:

      Salesman one: These people are not wearing slippers, therefore can’t market Slippers. Delete this town from sales promotion activities.

      Salesman Two: These people are not wearing slippers and therefore there is a huge Market. Sales promotion activities to commence immediately.

      The salesman one is technically correct as one cannot sell slippers to those who do not wear them. The second presented another view; people with say free or 25% of price during the promotional activities shall start wearing slippers as the same will give a good look, healthy and comfort. After some time their feet shall become soft that they will not be able to go out without wearing slippers. The next generation will start wearing without any promotion. This salesman Two happened to be Bata, who later established his slipper empire. (To such an extent that their genetic name was lost as people were telling buy Bata whenever they want slippers). Employers are certainly eager and willing to employ people like Bata.

      In this competitive time, with countries recording very high levels of unemployment, securing a job is becoming all the more important. My experience suggest that in most cases, the candidates in spite of having the necessary skills are failing to secure a position owing to the lack of preparation and proper presentation of their skills at the required time.

      In the good olden days, a University Degree carried lot of respect as one has to follow a 3 or 4 year full-time difficult course. Now Degrees are available on line, some just within one year with a production of few assignments, for which all required information are available in the internet. Further, such Degree awarding Institutions see to it that the same are recognized, so at the end of the day all degrees are the same and hence these unlike old days do not produce jobs, but shall bring one to the interview. The chances in the foreseeable future is getting Degrees shall come easier, securing a job becoming more difficult. The good aspect is remuneration levels have gone up.

      The book is a production of my experience namely preparation, facing and six of my successful interviews. I have met lot of Employers in the Construction field to get feedback regarding the practical requirements that they basically expect from their candidates. This interaction helped me in the preparation of tips for other positions in the construction industry.

      After careful preparation and good presentation there is always a possibility for failure. Failure specially after spending time and money can be frustrating to say the least. Failure is in built everywhere. However, one has to take these in our strides and use those as experience and a learning exercise. The situation where materialism and spiritualism boils down to the same is in the aspect of trying. If someone tries hard and very hard materialistically speaking he will achieve that. Even spiritually at one point God or nature whatever you call it grants it. In my case, this book was originally published as "How to Be Successful at Competitive Interviews and the Publishing company was dissolved. The company never informed me. I lost lot of money both by meeting part of the cost of printing and not receiving any Royalty which was promised to be much higher than the normal. That is certainly frustrating to say the least. That didn’t stop me. I now expanded the contents more than fivefold as it is now related all Professionals in the Construction industry rather than the initial which was only related to my profession of Quantity Surveyor.

      One should always remember and take note of what Winston Churchill said about the pessimist and an optimist. It is reproduced here.

      Every Employer generally expects the following at the interview as he wants his buy to be good one.

      Why should we hire you?

      What can you do for us that other candidates can’t?

      What are your key strength and weakness?

      I feel that I have reasonably addressed these concerns in my book starting from the preparation along with some subject matter to compliment, to facing with some real experiences.

      There is one aspect which is missing in most if not in all higher Educational Institutions is the preparation of students for employment. This is particularly important now, as getting Degrees becoming easier owing to the advancement of Technology with several on line Courses and we are forced to live in a competitive atmosphere owing to the prevailing economic conditions. Normally educational Instructions are full of Academics who are more than competent in the educational knowledge but very few have the industry experience. One cannot be a good Foot ball coach unless he played Foot ball on the ground that too at high level. Education at the learning Institution is a confined comfort zone where the students are given all facilities in the form of tutors, libraries, laboratories etc with less than the average requirement for passing,where as the employment field is a wild situation where one has to face elements on his or her own with the

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