Do's and Don't of Interviews

Do's and Don't of Interviews

What to do:                                                       

1. Dress smartly, look bright and attentive, and speak clearly and confidently. Don't forget that in the first few minutes only 7% of the interviewer's opinion of you is formed by what you say - the rest is judged on how you look, act and sound
2. Find out where the venue is beforehand, how to get there and how long it takes
3. Get your dress ready the night before
4.  Find out what kind of interview it will be so you can prepare (oral, practical, questionnaire, role plays etc)
5. Examine the person specification and your CV/application form, and think about what type of questions they will ask you
6. Prepare answers for the main questions - for example, tell me about yourself, why do you want the job, what are your strengths and weaknesses, what are the main tasks in this job?
7. Make about three or four points in each answer
8. Quote real examples of when you've used certain skills - just saying you've got a skill isn't enough
9. Take your time when answering the questions: make sure you understand the question and take your time if you need to think
10. Sell yourself: no one else is going to! Be positive about yourself and your experiences
11. Prepare some questions to ask at the end of the interview - use it as an opportunity to find out more about the role and the company. (Don't ask about money or perks just yet!)
12. When discussing salary, know your market worth and start by quoting a little higher than this
13. Get feedback on your performance, whether you were successful or not
14. Turn off your mobile phone: treat the interviewers with respect and give them your undivided attention
15. Keep your answers focused on what you can do for the employer, not what they can do for you

What not to do:

1. Don't be late
2. Don't swear or use slang words
3. Don't slouch in your seat or do anything that makes you look uninterested
4. Don't smoke
5. Don’t lie: the interviewer may see through you. Even if you get the job, your employer can dismiss you if they find out that you have not been honest
6.  Don’t let your nerves show too much; a few nerves are normal but extreme nerves will affect your performance. Use breathing techniques and try to remember that it's not a life and death situation - there are plenty of jobs out there!
7. Don’t be arrogant and assume you've got the job. Nothing turns off employers more than someone who is disrespectful and over-confident
8. Don't discuss controversial topics such as religion, politics and gender relations
9. Don't read from notes or your CV — you should be familiar enough with your own history to be able to talk about it unprompted
10. Don’t criticize former employers or colleagues. Interviewers may mark you down as a troublemaker and a gossip
11. Don’t argue with the interviewer, no matter what. Remember to keep things positive!

Love / Danish

MY WISHES ON NEW YEAR & A TRAINING ACTIVITY FOR YOU ON NEW #YEAR #RESOLUTION

#Happy #New #Year to my #CATD family, fans, friends, critics, family members, Teachers, Mentors, to all those struggles, failures, tough time, rejections, my aloofness which gave me time to look inside my soul & discover my “KHUDI” which is now leading me toward success. Best wishes to my best friend Azizullah Bangash who was always there to give me motivational punch whenever I needed, to my mentor Hassaan Azhar he is the most remarkable change agent & have bundle of respect he realized me that I can do wonders. People like Liaqat ali Mudasir are the change agent for our society special thanks to you people for facilitating our youth. I cannot write all the names of Team CATD but you people are amazingly amazing, you are my love, pride, passion, and my backbone. I always consider you as my family. Well, for me 2015 was the most successful year of my entire life. 50 plus trainings, 6K youth got mentored by me along with many success stories. Let me put words around girls, Sabahat Javid is the most amazing friend I have. Whenever I got stuck in anything I always share with her. If I do not mention Syeda Anam sana here that would be not fair, you are like my sister, as you know I never make sister but I am proudly saying that you are my sister. I have great respect for your social work & I mean it really.

My Father and Mother are the greatest people on this living planet for me, because I have done a lot of blunders in my life but they were the people who stood farm with me when everybody left me alone. And yes my mother my dharti my world “Maa” can’t say much here because am short of words here to match my feelings but want to say one line here “Esa na ho kabe k me hon or tu na hon, hamesha esa ho tu rahaay or me na rahon” Ameen, Sum Ameen.

I am dedicating my 2015 to my family and country, because you both are my identity. And yes who can forget APS flowers at least I cannot, so a lot of prayers for them at the start of year, their family and those who get affected. Do pray, recites Quran Pak, Do 2 Rakat Nafal for having this year great for us. I want you to dedicate your 2015 to someone, to any purpose or to anything which is important and close to your heart.  

We all are Muslims Alhamdulillah! but we are incomplete without Islamic practices, I am praying and trying to become a good Muslim but every time i tries I get failed but I know my “Allah” is Rehman and Rahim he will guide all of us but we need to keep trying hard & show sincerity to become a good Muslim. May Allah give us the strength to follow Islam in real sense. Do pray Pray for all Ummat, specially Kashmir, Palestine, Afghanistan, Sham and no doubt Pakistan as well & all those Muslim places which is occupied.  

One great believe that I carry always with me is that Allah can forgive his “Haqooq” but he will not of mankind. So if you are a weak Muslim that you can work on that but the most important thing for me is to help people, spread smile, remove negativity and do anything which can allow people to smile & live haply. One sentence is more than anything for me in this word “Beta jeety raho” “Beta kush raho” “Beta Allah tume Kamyaab kary tumari mushkely asaan kary”. I can do anything for these words it means a lot to me.  Believe me, you should always try to get these words don’t go for only money or anything which is only just worldly. Help people, friends, class fellows, teachers, family members & mankind. Say Salam first always and make this your habit of 2015 it can have huge impact on people even on your enemies too. I tried it & worked wonderfully, and now I want you to make it your habit in 2015. And make another habit of giving at least 100 rupees per month from your pocket money to people who deserve. Make these two of your habit then just see the satisfaction level will be at peak and Allah will help you to make you ways open.

As I am not with you people but I wish I would have been there standing in front of you and celebrating this year with wisdom, commitment, realization and making your new year resolution with you. But it’s ok I am not that kind of person who come with excuses let me make your New Year Resolution here right now, what you can going to do is take a paper and pen get ready to plan your year. Be honest & thoughtful it can really change your 2015. I have done it myself now it’s your turn.

#NEW #YEAR #RESOLUTION #ACTIVITY

 Now let’s have little commitment activity:

1.       Name at least three things which you wanted to achieve in 2014 but you didn’t?

2.       Write where you went wrong in achieving you goals in 2014 (Relating to point one)?

3.       Your three habits which you want to change in 2015 desperately?

4.       Name any three things which you want to achieve till December, 2015?

5.       Write one thing which you will do for your country in 2015? (It has to be impactful)

6.       Do one commitment with yourself within five minute after reading this Blog (Write it down on paper)

7.       Finally, three things you need to do in January which can help you to get your commitment fulfill (Related to point Six)

After doing it place it inside your room where you can see it daily. Daily it will give you motivation which obviously will make 2015 a great year for you as 2014 was for me.

May Allah give you success and happy life along with your family and all mankind. Please do not forget to remember me in your prayers.

Love / Danish

Army Public School Peshawar Attack

Let’s Do it NOW..

Army Public School Peshawar Attack, 16 December, 2014

Today is the day of darkness, if I say it’s not even day because day means lightning things and showing the way. Light has been stopped, rays blocked and even finished. Well it was a 24 hours night in real sense. My Peshawar has burned by terrorist and I was unable to do anything for which I found myself the weakest person on this planet. My Heart is crying, my soul is burning & my mind is not working properly, therefore it may be impossible for me to find the right words to write my feelings. The was 16 December, 2014 morning, same sun rising from same side, same office timing, same morning shows on the TV, same all over Pakistan but this was not the same day for ARMY Public school Peshawar. This cruel day was waiting to kill many children’s and the light spreader teachers. No one knew what is going to happen on this DARK day, all the children were preparing for school, again same timing, same lunch box which was supposed to be eaten by them but the time didn’t allow them to do so, carrying my words the same morning assembly which they didn’t know going to be the last gathering of their life, further to this, same smile, same words, same 1^st class period for everyone but they didn’t knew that some people are on their way to kill them and take the life out of their body for no reason. For me it was the same day as well, I was at office in my routine work suddenly I heard the news of School is attacked by terrorist in Peshawar. Further listening to the news I came to know many school children are killed brutally & this was Army public School Peshawar.Well as I am an activist & I motivated many people around the country but now at this point of time I need huge motivation to wrote these words, I don’t know why but my hands are crumbling while writing these words and my mind is not supporting my hand this is something which people say you get mentally paralyze “SAKTA”.

Well back to my words when I first hear the news by one of my office colleague it was a normal news at that point of time as you know we Pakistanis are used to such breaking news which is very sad I know, but the matter of fact is that’s how we are. After few hours I came to know about the whole story which was “30 – 40 killed” at that point of time which really caught my attention I ran after the news on my friend's laptop when I turned on Tv channel they were showing the horrible seen. This was something I never saw in my life, I am that unlucky guy who saw coverage of PC Peshawar attack, FIA building Lahore, Marriott Peshawar, Air port incident Peshawar and Karachi and Mehran base attack but it was very painful for more because their target were the children’s, flowers, future of our nation, who didn’t knew who were they? Why they got attacked? I am sure that they didn’t even knew about terrorism, Bomb blast, they also didn’t knew about Sunni, Shia and any other sect, Not event about America, Raw, TTP, DAESH or any other network. They were the people who only know that 7 periods which they have to take on that day as their routine, the lunch box menu, Break timing, morning cartoon show and the off timing activities. When they were leaving I am sure their mom was like “Beta jaldi karo dair horahe hy” (Dear do it fast you are getting late) but she didn’t knew that she is sending her heart to death and asking him/her to be quick your death is waiting for you. When I get back to my flat I turned on my laptop for news when I saw the pictures they were heartbreaking they death count reached to 120 plus and when the operation ended I came to know the actual death count is 142 in which 132 were the kids students & others were staff members. Well the actual number of death is more than 500 by local sources of mine.

This time I got badly hit by the pictures shared on TV & Social Media. I saw children’s were lying did on each other; the blood were all over the chairs on which they were used to set to get educated. News said the terrorist were running after the children and after finding them they asked them to recite the KALMA, how stupid is this, a terrorist is asking to recite KALMA, a well plan strategy against ISLAM. Teachers were burn in front of students. Army family related students were pin pointed by terrorists and gun downed directly. A principle that was standing in front of these bloody terrorist like a wall such an amazing lady she was. After escaping from school she decided to go back to save the children and indeed she saved them she saved the pride of being Pakistani in front of well armed terrorists, she saved everything except her own life. Such a great battle, a mother a teacher standing for their students by knowing that she will be killed, waoww… I have no words to describe such patriotism. Further to my words, a kid standing in front of well armed terrorist, a kid having just school bag in his and terrorist with his huge Gun, a kid with scary eyes and that coward terrorist with his Un-human act I wish he could stand in front of a Pakistani army soldier like this. I am thinking now what would be the last thing came to those children’s mind when that terrorist had pointed his gun towards the children’s, I can just predict that children were crying & shouting “MAMA and PAPA help me, bachao…” I can think when they were gun down they were laying on floor and crying due to pain till last breath escape their lips. Oh.. Horrible. 

There is a lot to share but as I said earlier my mind is not supporting my hand so I am unable to generate that feeling behind it. All done, the biggest school killing in the history of world on the land of hospitality. Who did? Everybody knows about it but our so leaders are the puppets they don’t care who lives and who dies until and unless the issue is related to their interest and you know what this issue was not of their interest. It recall me a quote by Shakespeare which is “never expect anything from any one because expectation always hurts” and yes we always get disappointed by our leaders & government. Well let’s stop blaming them anymore, now talk about our nation what we are doing? I believe we are just face book oriented and driven people. We are best at posting status, making selfie and doing all the stupid stuff which a free minded nation can do best. Great people says that don’t criticize until you are doing something about it, dear I know this and I am here writing these words because I did play my part and doing it right now as well, even am setting in Karachi, raising my voice and doing the required actions along. But the problem is not with government. they will do nothing as usual, we all are responsible for this act we are the people of being OK with everything, you will see within 3 days these BLACK DP's will be turned into color again, media will start their morning shows, government will start doing their regular stuff.. NO CHANGE just me and you will be killed in DRONE attacks Target killing and bomb blasts. Honestly speaking that we are FB nation as I said earlier, we only know how to do Facebook "Protest" we never took & take action, let’s really hope this time around we take some action not just sticking to these Facebook campaigns, yes these are important no doubt about that but what if someone is not going beyond this? What if someone post on FB and in second minute start doing normal stuff than it becomes only stupid words nothing else. If we want change WE NEED TO BE ABNORMAL and MAD about it. One cannot be in normal routine who wants change. 

 Dear readers it has to be enough now because it’s been 67 years for GOD sake come alive we all are dead because we cannot think we are not feeling it. Every such incident happened, as we are master of condemning things, we do the same and next day everything gone. If there will be any award of best condemnation award that will surely go to Pakistani leaders & our nation will win the best OK people award because we don’t give a shit to it and we don’t give a shoot to it. It’s time to wake up & start doing something for our country and for coming generation what we are leaving for our upcoming generation? A bomb blasted Pakistan? A Corrupt government? From my side it’s a big No because I am ready to give 110% for my country & nation. As a Pakistani It’s my little efforts to write my words and sharing it with you people and also interacting with people conveying the message to create positive minds who will one day take everything in their hand. This is best what I can do & am doing it, the same you can do to contribute.

Further to my efforts, I decided to dedicate CATD's upcoming event "Youth Peace Festival" to the flowers of Army Public School & Pakistan. In the event we will highlight all the issue related to this incident and will discuss overall peace in the country as well. We will come with a "Resolution of PEACE" which we will be discussing in the event with youth which is the future & parents of those children who went to Paradise, with government. who is the responsible of every happening & the media who is very important pillar of this country. Because I believe doing something is far better than only condemning things and my Team CATD is ready to mark it on for the "PAKISTAN and for APS FLOWERS".

My message for the people specially youth is simple one, look guys you have to rise to the occasion you can change this, you are the future and you have to handle everything. So start spreading positive words form right now in your surroundings & everywhere. Discuss about these issues in your class, community, home & everywhere to create awareness about what is happening and what we have to do as nation. If not now than remember one thing folks, mark this date and my words soon the next target will be you or me. I am playing my part & I will do till my last breath but I alone cannot do many things you all need to contribute your drops too. Let’s do whatever a single Pakistani can & not wait for someone else. Please no more protest no words No Black DP's no walk etc only and only action.

May Allah give us the strength, wisdom and courage to do something for our people and for this motherland PAKISATN. 

Love you APS Flowers

Danish Khan Yousafzai

(A Pakistani)