The importance of guidance and mentorship in cracking interviews

Interview is a one-to-one conversation regarding a topic, issue, situation, or generally to exchange and assess knowledge and talents. Cracking the corporate interview nowadays is a big task for graduates. The interview is the corporate companies’ go-to assessment besides knowledge and talent tests where the academics are put to the test.

Acing any interview can be done after a lot of mental and psychological refining or, in simple words; a lot of mentorship is required. Preparing for an interview always comes handy in preparing for the forthcoming job, and develops one’s social and communication skills. The right guidance can land one in the best position one can hold, and it all starts with preparing for the interview.

21st century employers seek more smart working employees than hard working ones. They want to get the work done in the best way in the least possible time, also, honesty of the candidate is scrutinized by asking some hypothetical decision making questions.

A lot of things change when an aspirant goes to a mentor for training. The individual develops their skills in different work areas, enhances their thinking abilities, works synchronously with the organisation, has lesser work stress and has a better work-life balance. One can get the most out of someone with the right mentorship to perform better at the work front.

“What a mentor really does?” might be a question to some aspirants. Well, a mentor helps you learn to simplify complex situations at work, listens to you and lets you know who you really are as an employee. They share their experiences and knowledge about such interviews and helps one crack it easily. Oprah Winfrey put some words to use to describe what a mentor really is - “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the higher part of yourself when sometimes it becomes hidden to your own view.”

So, to see our own hidden higher part, and make use of it in an interview it is imperative to get good guidance and mentorship before attending an interview for a profession.