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Permalink Reply by Siddhartha Shankar Ray on November 13, 2011 at 21:27

 

 

Dear Sri Ashok Kumar Das,

 

Thanks for your post. I understand the context of your query and it speaks of several other co-professionals. However, as I believe, there is no specific sets of questions for any interview. Never-the-less, questions differs according to variety of candidates in the same interview. Of course, certain common questions are quite expected for interviews. They essentially address immediate requirements pertaining to the particular post. For example, for the post of an Assistant Librarian in a University Library for periodical section,  interview should ideally be aimed at periodical maintenance, both hard and soft copies, Consortia related issues, payment methodology and chase up process, Binding requirements, copyright issues and fair use concept, IP encryption and password-Login systems and issues related to proxy servers, budget and financial management, Staff maintenance, Systems requirements, database searching etc. etc. etc. previous experience of the incumbent in related area also springs up quite valuable discussion in the interview. In case  a candidate has some credible publications or has any dissertation paper in the related field, it is likely that s/he can be asked questions on those issues. In case a candidate has previous experience to an entirely different set up or subject field, streams of questions are inevitable to explain how s/he can cope with the new position. So you can see that in the same interview different questions can be asked to different candidates. Talking of my personal experience, my interview at my present place of employment lasted for over an hour!! and I worked as Library-in-charge in Medical Libraries for more than a decade and a half.while the present place is a Social Science Research Institute  and I expected that I may be asked to explain what do I mean as Social Sciences? and my anticipation turned to be true! Indeed I was asked the same question!!  Now you can well understand that the candidates should have a clear perception about his/her own profile and an assumption of the expected requirement. In any interview two things are evaluated: (a) whether the candidate can serve the purpose and (b) to to what extent s/he is ahead of the fellow contestants. Of course certain other underlying issues are no less important. First is the body language of the candidate, his/her level of confidence in replying questions, his/her visionary aptitudes and attitudes, his/her sense and levels of perception, his knowledge of the present job profile, his/her ways of clarifying the issues, abilities of explaining and analyzing the real life issues and taking decisions ; abilities to work independently as well as in a team, etc.

 

So you see, that there is no copy book procedures for conduction of interview nor there is any sure shot hand book to pass out any interview. Each interview, is, by and large, a separate phenomena and the prospective candidate should be aware of it. s/he should however, prepare with some inherent questions and issues according to his/her personal profile and also should should keep him/her abreast with the institutional profile. The later, as I believe, has become quite easy with the advent cyber information.

 

I hope I could explain your query adequately.

 

With Regards.

 

 

Siddhartha S. Ray, Calcutta

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Ashok kumar Das on November 14, 2011 at 7:26

THank you sir

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Permalink Reply by Shivu Koti on November 17, 2011 at 19:53

very comprehensive and good information sir...

 

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