GRE Vs Novice

A NORMAL PERSON : People who live in glass houses
should not throw stones.
GRE STUDENT : Individuals who make their abodes in
vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from
catapulting perilous projectiles.
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NORMAL PERSON : Twinkle, twinkle, little star
GRE STUDENT : Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid
minim.
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NORMAL PERSON : All that glitters is not gold.
GRE STUDENT: All articles that coruscate with
resplendence are not truly auriferous.
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NORMAL PERSON : Beggars are not choosers
GRE STUDENT : Sorting on the part of mendicants must
be interdicted.
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NORMAL PERSON : Dead men tell no tales
GRE STUDENT : Male cadavers are incapable of rendering
any testimony.
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NORMAL PERSON : Beginner's luck
GRE STUDENT : Neophyte's serendipity.
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NORMAL PERSON : A rolling stone gathers no moss
GRE STUDENT : A revolving lithic conglomerate
accumulates no congeries of small, green, biophytic
plant.
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NORMAL PERSON : Birds of a feather flock together
GRE STUDENT: Members of an avian species of identical
plumage tend to congregate.
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NORMAL PERSON : Beauty is only skin deep
GRE STUDENT : Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous
profundity.
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NORMAL PERSON : Cleanliness is godliness
GRE STUDENT : Freedom from incrustations of grime is
contiguous to rectitude.
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NORMAL PERSON : There's no use crying over spilt milk
GRE STUDENT : It is fruitless to become lachrymose of
precipitately departed lactile fluid.
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NORMAL PERSON : You can't try to teach an old dog new
tricks
GRE STUDENT : It is fruitless to attempt to
indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative
maneuvers.
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NORMAL PERSON : Look before you leap
GRE STUDENT : Surveillance should precede saltation.
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NORMAL PERSON : He who laughs last, laughs best
GRE STUDENT : The person presenting the ultimate
cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal
cachinnation.
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NORMAL PERSON : All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy.
GRE STUDENT : Exclusive dedication to necessitous
chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion
renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.
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NORMAL PERSON : Where there's smoke, there's fire!
GRE STUDENT : Where there are visible vapours having
their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials,
there is conflagration

Emotional Intelligence

it started in 1990s when in america it was found that people
scoring high in SAT and having high IQ were not actually
successful in life. The research began with and then it was found
that there is something that it is an indication of persond
soft skills.

EI:
"emotional INtelliugence is the sum total of your reactions to the
external world and the humans therein, it emasures your sympathty,
empathy, compassion and other basic human values."


IQ = Mental age/ Physical age

A people with high IQ may not psess a lot of soft skills.

Five elements of EI:
Self Awareness
Self Regulation
Motivation
Empathy
Social Skills




eqi.org.......
"Emotional intelligence is the innate potential to feel, use, communicate, recognize, remember, learn from, manage and understand emotions."

Test: http://ei.haygroup.com/resources/default_ieitest.htm

The Basics of Emotional Intelligence Include

* Knowing your feelings and using them to make life decisions you can live with.
* Being able to manage your emotional life without being hijacked by it -- not being paralyzed by depression or worry, or swept away by anger.
* Persisting in the face of setbacks and channeling your impulses in order to pursue your goals.
* Empathy -- reading other people's emotions without their having to tell you what they are feeling.
* Handling feelings in relationships with skill and harmony -- being able to articulate the unspoken pulse of a group, for example.

TEst2: http://www.queendom.com/cgi-bin/tests/transfer.cgi

GD Insights

General insights
~ Remain calm and confident
Don't let anyone dominate you. This does not mean you try to hog all the airtime; that will work against you. Assurance, not arrogance, is the mantra.
~ Body language
Seem interested in the discussion, without intruding into others' space. Never point fingers at anyone, or stare at the moderators. Sit with your back erect and face alert. There are limits, however, to how much you can do it without seeming artificial. When in doubt, be yourself.

~ Starting the GD
This usually conveys a positive impression, but make sure you do it only if you have understood the topic properly. If you start the GD despite having only a fuzzy idea of the topic, you risk taking the whole discussion along an incoherent or irrelevant path. This will be seen negatively by the selection panel.
It's usually safe to be the second or third speaker. The key benefit of starting is low competition, since usually upto two or three people attempt to start the GD.
In later stages, when everyone wants to put forth their points, you have to fight to be listened to. It generally works well to define the topic first, before starting to interpret it.

Analyse the topic
Analyse it from various angles. Some mnemonics that help in getting creative ideas:
~ SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
This applies especially for case studies.
~ STEP: Social, Technical, Economic, Political
~ W5H: What, Why, When, Where, Who, How
Who is the protagonist?
Why did she or he do whatever has occurred?
Could it have happened at some other time?
Why exactly this moment?
Such questions will get you thinking and generate a lot of ideas.

Time and space
Usually people tend to place the events only in the current socio-economic milieu. Break out of that mould.
Think five years back, 50 years, medieval times or even antiquity. Don't stick to a particular country (such as India). Think in terms of what would be the case had we been in the US, or Africa, or the Middle East, or South East Asia. Good historical examples, if coherently related to the topic, guarantee visibility and airtime.
I know a person who recited a Gita Shloka in a GD and got selected in an elite B-School. In the interview, the panel would be more interested in a person who made a memorable point in the GD, as compared to somebody who stayed silent.
For example, if the topic is 'The role of media in our daily lives,' don't just talk of the Page 3 culture or the trivialisation of news channels.
Think in terms of other countries: The Truman Show, the current controversy over Prophet Mohammed's cartoons published in a Danish newspaper or the impact the Tiananmen Square massacre photographs had in galvanising world opinion against China.
Talk about how the first Gulf War's coverage on CNN made the American public treat it almost like a video game, and the effect powerful images such as those of the Vietnam War, or the Iraq prisoner-of-war abuse can have on the home citizens' psyche.
Think of the very definition of 'media' itself.
It's the plural of medium, the means of exchanging information. Media is not just newspapers, magazines or television. Think of emerging media, like blogs, online radios and PodCasts.
Even a T-Shirt with a catchy slogan is media, since it gets you noticed, evokes certain emotions in the mind of the reader and affects the way she or he relates to you, behaves with you.
Classic advertisements and their jingles that were part of our childhood are media, since they too evoke specific emotions in a large section of society.
Countries like Malaysia have built positive auras around themselves through the effective use of the advertising media.
In offline media, even a neighbourhood chaiwala is a medium, since through him you get to learn about local happenings and rumours.
Wikipedia (a free encyclopedia) is a powerful and democratic emerging medium of information.

Marry imagination with knowledge
As evident in the media example above, the main thing is to let your imagination flow freely in the one or two minutes you get for thinking about the topic. Jot down ideas as they crowd your brain.
In the last few seconds of the above time, form a coherent opening line in your mind, which would get attention and start directing the discussion. This opener is usually a definition, or a quote ('Perception is reality,' for example). However, you can't just leave a quote hanging in the air, so talk about how media is the most critical source of information, through which our perceptions form.
If you know a bit of history, you can talk about Hearst, who is considered the father of yellow journalism (sensationalising news reporting) and the first person to trivialise newspapers.
Having a good knowledge of history and current affairs undoubtedly helps in GDs, interviews and, for that matter, in any social interactio

11 REASONS FOR REJECTION IN THE INTERVIEW

11 REASONS FOR REJECTION IN THE INTERVIEW

1. Poor attitude. Many candidates come across as arrogant. While employers can afford to be self-centered, candidates cannot.

2. Appearance. Many candidates do not consider their appearance as much as they should. First impressions are quickly made in the first three to five minutes.

3. Lack of research. It's obvious when candidates haven't learned about the job, company or industry prior to the interview. Visit the library or use the Internet to research the company, then talk with friends, peers and other professionals about the opportunity before each meeting.

4. Not having questions to ask. Asking questions shows your interest in the company and the position. Prepare a list of intelligent questions in advance.

5. Not readily knowing the answers to interviewers' questions. Anticipate and rehearse answers to tough questions about your background, such as recent termination or an employment gap. Practicing with your spouse or a friend before the interview will help you to frame intelligent responses.


6. Relying too much on resumes. Employees hire people, not paper. Although a resume can list qualifications and skills, it's the interview dialogue that will portray you as a committed, responsive team player.

7. Too much humility. Being conditioned not to brag, candidates are sometimes reluctant to describe their accomplishments.


8. Not relating skills to employers' needs. A list of sterling accomplishments means little if you can't relate them to a company's requirements. Reiterate your skills and convince the employer that you can "do the same for them".

9. Handling salary issues ineptly. Candidates often ask about salary and benefit packages too early. If they believe an employer is interested, they may demand inappropriate amounts and price themselves out of the jobs. Candidates who ask for too little undervalue themselves or appear desperate.

10. Lack of career direction. Job hunters who aren't clear about their career goals often can't spot or commit to appropriate opportunities. Not knowing what you want wastes everybody's time.

11. Job shopping. Some applicants, particularly those in certain high-tech, sales and marketing fields, will admit they're just "shopping" for opportunities and have little intention of changing jobs. This wastes time and leaves a bad impression with employers they may need to contact in the future.