I018 Interview Preparation: What are your hobbies outside work?

Interview Preparation: What are your hobbies outside work?

The Interviewer: 

He wants to elicit 

• Your character traits  

• Your soft skills

• If you think outside the box

• Where to fit you in

• What is outstanding in your hobbies that separates you from the pack.

The Applicant:

• You have to have real hobbies 

• Impress interviewer with your hobbies - curiosity, respect, maturity, selflessness

• Notice the difference:

Watching cricket Vs Playing cricket Vs Teaching cricket to poor kids

Traveller Vs Traveller who writes Vs Traveller who writes about places of cultural significance

• Show change or growth in hobbies as you grew up

• Relate hobby to soft skill in Job Description

• Learn to articulate multiple benefits in multiple places of one hobby