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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS Q1. Introduce your self? Hello sir, I am Tribhu1 Kumar Gautam, graduate in BSC computer application, currently I have done MCA degree from MITS Gwalior. As far as my education is concerned I have done schooling from Govt MMHS School Balaghat from where I have learnt lesson of morality, discipline and hardworking. In my MCA at SCS DAVV, I have learnt leadership, team management, self study and much more. As far as my family background is concerned, I belong to a family which believes in respect, gives importance to values and ethics of life and education is our first priority in life. My father is working as an operator with MPEB, my mother is a home manager and I am having two younger sister. I am person with string interpersonal skills and an ability to get along well with people. I enjoy challenges and looking for creative solutions to problems. In organization I would like a role which enables me to make a difference. Q2. Sale your self? Q3. What will you choose from fame, authority and money? Allot preferences to them. 1. Authority

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Q4. How would you be able to judge a person? By these three things 1. Authority 2. Fame 3. Money By seeing the willingness of a person about these three things, we can judge his/her desire and make him/her more towards the job you want by aiming the perspective. Like 1. Authority Promotions 2. Fame Awards 3. Money Benefits, Allowances Q5. Why you don’t want to be an entrepreneur? As, I think it needs • Ability • Initiative • Risk taking ability And, right now I don’t posses these skills but as an employee. I can learn dreaming.

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Q6. Why you don’t want to start a business? My education could be justified during working with organization. And I don’t have a interest to start a company. Q7. Who is your ideal person? My father is my ideal person in my life. Q8. Who is your ideal person in your technical profession? Or who is celebrity in your life? As human mind is dynamic. I have some ideal qualities in mind. I do have some favorite people: • Mr. Narayan murty for entrepreneurship and mentorship • Mr. Ajim premji for resource management • Mr. Amithabh bacchan for down to earth • Shri Vivekananda ji for his initiator Q9. Which is your dream/favorite company? Dream/favorite Company: INFOSYS • Mr. Narayanmurthi (Chief Mentor) • Founder team was: 1. Mr. Raghwan 2. Mr. Narayanmurthi 3. Mr. Nandaneel kedi 4. Mr. Shibulal 5. Mr. K. Dinesh 6. Mr. Gopalkrishnan 7. Mr. Ashok Mehta (Dropped later) • • •

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Started in 1981 in pune in 120 sq. feet flat. These all six people come from PCS (Patni Consultancy Services). Mr. Narayanmurthi was selected for B.Tech program in IIT but due to lack of funds he didn’t joined that and did B.E. from Mysure University. Later he joined IIT Bombay for M.Tech program. Then he went for an research work in IIM Ahemadabad, leaving all the other prestigious jobs. Mr. Narayanmurthi was rejected by Mr. Ajim Premji in an interview of WIPRO by saying that he doesn’t have leadership skills. Mrs. Narayanmurthi left her highly paid job in TATA for sake of supporting Mr. Murthi when he was struggling for his company. (sacrifice example)

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Mr. Shibulal was the eldest person in the group and voted for C.E.O. but had given chance to Mr. Raghwan telling that he is young enough to hold and serve the post of C.E.O. (sacrifice example)

Q10. Why you don’t stress on money or why money factor in not important for you? As, I think profession is a way of living not earning. Q11. Do you believe in god? Or are you superstitious? Yes, I believe in him but don’t rely on him. Q12. Do you believe in luck? Or what is luck? Yes, I believe in luck. And according to me, luck is being at a right place at a right time, luck is nothing but a combination of preparation and opportunity. Q13. Why do you want to join our company? Sir, as I think good company requires good people. Q14. Do you think you are a good person? Sir, I think you are in a good company. Q15. Which is your favorite color? Sir, as the color shows once nature and I am a cool, calm and natural person hence I like the color blue. Q16. Why should we take you? What you need, what I have. I have all the qualities which are matching with the profile. Or There are some parameters on which company can evaluate the person they are: • Intelligent quotient  Analytical skill  Cognitive  Logical reasoning  Decision making  Creativity  Memory  Processing skill  Programming skill  Interpretation, inference skill

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Emotional quotient  Leadership  Team building  Empathy  Customer relationship management skill  Interpersonal skill  Motivational skill

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Spiritual quotient  Integrity  Organization belongingness  Ability to solve ethical dilemmas  Ethics  Moral

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Confidence quotient  Selling skill  Public speaking  Entrepreneurship  Initiator  Risk taking skill  Presentation skill  Motivating skill  Determination skill  Authority

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Passion quotient  Energy level  Eagerness  Willingness to learn  Persistence  Companionship (feel good)  Happy worker (that’s why he is productive worker)  Spontaneity (humor)

I score fairly well in all the quotients. Or As, I am having some personal and professional quality set because of that I believe I will be selected. • Personal quality  Internally motivated  Integrity (honesty + character + value)  Ability and willingness to learn

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Ability to get along with people (leadership + team management + good follower ship) Communication skill Confidence, Positive attitude, Rationality

Professional quality  Knowledge (Degree)  Skill (Project, Training, Seminar)  Intellect (When, Where, Why)

Q17. What is the difference between the Indian and other world companies? Q18. How will you describe yourself in just one word? Or Define your self in one word? Sincere Q19. How will you describe yourself in one sentence? Or Define your self in one sentence? Passionate for work which I want to do. Q20. How will your friend, teacher, x-boss, mother, father, brother and sister describe yourself? Or if I ask your friend, parent, teacher or x-boss to describe you what he would say? Friend: He is a professional person and he will be a successful person in life. Parent: Hard working, honest and always try to achieve high and high. Teacher: Good student, he gives respect to teaches and good in study. Q21. How were you feeling outside the room? It was feeling of expectations & over expectations. Or It was like on positive restlessness, as I was anxious to get into the room. Or It was just same as that is before an examination. Q22. What type of boss do you want to be? Sir, a mentor, because mentor is a friend, a philosopher and a guide. Q23. What type of character do you think of? Sir, I think of a pessimist for crises management, optimist for general management. Q24. What would you say if the word is not recognized?

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6 Am I allowed to use a coined word? Q25. Tell me a reason to reject you? Sir, my inability to answer this question. Q26. Tell me a toughest question which would I ask? This question is toughest for me. Or You have just asked that. Q27. Tell me other question which is toughest for you? A question that would ask me about my future. Or A question that would ask me about my future 20 years down the line. Or Sir, a question that would ask me of my future 20 years down the line, as I am convicted about my future of just 2 to 3 years, but a long prediction is not possible for me to predict. Q28. What do you think you will be selected or not? I believe in recruitment a person can not be valued alone. Recruitment is a competitive process in which all performances are compared. And best among available is selected. Or Sir, I believe recruitment is a process of evaluation of performances of the entire candidate. If you provide me a chance to interview all the candidates I would certainly tell you the answer. It he asks for exact answer then. I should be considered to be selected. Q29. Where do you place yourself two years down the line? I am a person who believes in hardworking and learning. After 2 years I would like to see my self trying to be a project manager in the software company. Or I would be grooming my self for becoming a project manager in the organization. Q30. Where do you place yourself five years down the line? Sir, I am a person who believes in learning at each stage, if circumstances allows me I would like to see my self at an upper middle managerial level started learning the plans for strategies for my organization. Or I would be self grooming my self for achieving an upper middle management level. Or

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7 I believe that in today’s era change is the only constant think. And I can not predicate exactly where I would be but after 5 years I would like to see my self working as a middle level manager in a organization as reputable as yours. Q31. Where do you place yourself ten years down the line? And after 10 years I would like to see my self working as a upper side of middle level manager in a organization. Q32. Where do you place yourself 20 years down the line? According to me 20s is a childhood, 30s is a teen age and 40s is a youth of professional life. And after 20 years I would like to see my self working as an upper level manager which is youth of professional life. Q33. What is ultimate goal of your life? To become a successful man and after becoming a successful man I would like to serve my nation in IT field. According to me definition of successful man is a man who has fame, money and authority. Or The ultimate goal of my life is to achieve personal and professional objective. And my personal objective is “To meet all expectations of my parents and to be remembered as a good family person”. And my professional objective is “Per day enrichment in my managerial skills and to become a most valuable asset for the organization”. Q34. Will you join Intel when you are in TCS? After marriage if I see beautiful girl then I can not diverse my wife. Q35. Would you like tea? I don’t mind if I get a chance to accompany with you. Or I am not feeling it right now. Q36. Did you join some place for interview? I did preparation by interacting with my seniors. Q37. Did you join some class? No, I am having a friend, who joined some class. I concerned with him. And I talked to some professionals. Q38. What motivates you?

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8 1. Authority 2. Fame 3. Money Q39. How do you motivate other? For motivating other at first I will observe, for which he/she is giving more importance either authority, fame or money. If he/she gives more importance to authority then I motivate him/her for promotions. If he/she gives more importance to fame then I motivate him/her for awards. If he/she gives more importance to money then I motivate him/her for profit and benefit. Q40. What is professionalism? According to me professionalism means doing the thing what is needed to be done not what is wanted to be done. Q41. Does it mean that professionalism means ignoring family and personal life? No, professionalism is setting your priority at particular time. Q42. How are you feeling now? Positive restlessness. Q43. Which is your favorite car? Sir, I am a person who gives importance to family and profession also. That’s why SCARPIO is my favorite car. Q44. What do you lack? Q45. If you could change something about your self what would it be? I don’t want to make any change in my personality however I would prefer to loose some wait. Q46. If you could change something about past what would it be? I would prefer to see by grand father. If he ask “Tell me any decision that you take” then Decisions are being made on particular circumstances. If circumstances changes it does not mean that decision was wrong but it is misplace. Q47. If you have three wishes to ask what would be?

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First is personal success Second is professional success Third is three more wishes

Q48. Tell us an incident there you have shown leadership, managerial skill, motivation skill, communication skill, selling skill, stress management skill etc? •

Leadership: As, I as a president of ON-LINE club. And in my two projects that I have done I was the leader that shows my leadership. In graduation I was the class representative and in class 6th, 7th and 8th I was the class representative.

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Manager: I was the member of organization team of GENESIS’04, EUPHORIA’04, and New Year greeting of 2005. I was caption of cricket team in school and college. And when we are working in a team we have to manage many things and situations.

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Adaptable: I have completed schooling from four schools two from INDORE and two from KHANDWA. And graduation from MANDI BAHUDESIA KHALSA College and post graduation from School of Computer Science. In all the institutes environment is changing and I adjusted my self very well in all the institutes.

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Initiator: When we were in the IV semester, no one was ready to initiate for making New Year greeting, placement brochure and software competition. And I initiated for them and completed successfully.

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Decision making skill: After 10th my father told to me to take agriculture however I had scored good marks in mathematics and I was also interested to take mathematics as a subject. That decision could make direction of my life and at that time I took the decision to take mathematics.

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Q49. Why have you chosen specialization?

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10 From the schooling I was decided to make career in computer field. Then I have done gradutaion in computer science and after that MCA is the best choice to make career in computer field. Q50. What do you project for our company? Q51. What do you like and dislike about our company? Q52. How do you deal with criticism, authority, and stress? Q53. Tell us something which is not in your C.V.? Q54. Which is your ideal organization? There can not be any ideal organization. Ideal organization means it stop growing. Q55. What about your project, work experience and training? Work experience: No work experience. Training: • I have done training for computer hardware for one year from career computers. • I have attained personality development session for 15 days by Karnal V.K. Gautam. Project: • My first project was “Dos & Unix tutor” in C++. I worked as a project leader, programmer and interface designer. There were four team memebers in the project. And it was complected in two months. • My second project was “SPAYROSYS” (saims payroll system). In SPAYROSYS we used visual basic 6 as frontend and SQL server 2000 as backend. I worked as a project leader and database analyst in the project. And project duration was 3 months. This was my first live project. It is deployed. There were 5 team members in the project. And developed by taking approach of database management system. • My third project is “Website of School of Computer Science”. We are developing this in ASP.NET and SQL server 2000. There are 5 team members in the project. I am working as a project manager in this project. This project is developing by the approach of ITPM. Q56. Tell us about your happiest, memorable and saddest moment? •

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Q57. What factors do you like and dislike about your job profile? Q58. Which type of decisions is most difficult to face? Q59. There are many experianced persons why should we take fresher? Q60. When can you join? After completion of 5th semester. I will require at least 10 days for some formilities for 6th semester after that I can join. Q61. Why don’t you go for higher studies? Sir, I belong to a midile class family and I am elder son. That’s why my family is having many expectations. And in my opinion post graduation is sufficient. Q62. What about your gaps in you’re academic? I had taken only one gap in my education for preparation of pre-MCA. Because I wanted to join good institute for MCA. He can ask why didn’t you prepared in final of your graduation. Then In final year of my graduation I wanted to do my project seriously that’s whay I did not prepared for pre-MCA. He can ask did you join any institute for preparation and why. Then I joined institute for preparation because in institute we can get competitional enviroment and weekly or monthly test papers. Q63. Why don’t you join fathers business? My father is working in a private organization as a general manager. And we are not having in business. Q64. Salary expectations? Q65. Rate your self on a scale of 0 to 10 on following parameters? Leadership, communication, follower ship, management skill etc. Q66. Do you believe that boss is always right? Yes, right boss is always right. It depends on the value. It is the line form administration not from management. In management no body work for some body we just work with each other. Whenever a decision is good for organization then boss is

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12 right. I always respect bosses authority however I will certainly like to exchange my views always. Q67. Do you want to ask something? Q68. What are your weaknesses? I believe weakness are area of improvement that’s why rather than taking negative I am taking them as positive. There are: • I trust people very early. If good people are around me that it is strength otherwise weakness. • At times I get too involved with profession. I tend to ignore my personal life with health. • I give 100%, if people around me don’t give 100% I feel restless. • Untill learning say to “no”. • Perfectionist : I want to achieve perfection in my work because of this nature I extend or stress the deadline. Or I believe that weakness are area of improvement. My area of improvements are: • At times I get too involved with profession. I tend to ignore my personal life with health. • I don’t trust people very easily. Many of the times it creates problem to maintain relationship. • When I am starting any work then I am considering not only positive aspect of that thing. I am also considering negative aspect of that thing. And weitage of positive and negative aspects are 80% and 20%. Q69. What are you doing for that? Q70. What is your USP (unique selling proposition)? Sir, I don’t claim that I have any qualities which are not in other people but sir I have my own unique way to applying those qualities. So although it may sound cliché but I believe that winners don’t do different things but they do things in different way. My unique things don’t lie in ingrediant but lie in praposition. Q71. Why did you do MCA after B.sc.? Careers are chose on four parameters: • Inclination • Guidance • Contemprery repute • Growth opportunity Or

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13 I was interested to make career in computer fields. And I can get many good opportunity after MCA that’s why I had choosen MCA after graduation. Q72. What is trust? Q73. When you are in trouble? Q74. For how long will you stay with us? Till my talent is recognized , efferts are acknowleged and results are rewarded and above all till I fulfill the reason of employment by the company that is till I make the valuable and desire contribution. If he says tell me the duration then Sir, I have not framed it. However how long will you stay with us. Then At least 3 years. Q75. Can you work as well as he (more percentage) can? If percentage is the only criteria then higher percentage persons are directly selected there is no need for interview. Still I am agree that I can not work as much as they can but I am sure that I can work as much as they will. Q76. Are you willing to signed bond with us? Yes. Q77. Why do you want to join our company? According to me there are three formulas. They are: Competition – cooperation = conflict Cooperation – competition = complacency Competition + cooperation = contribution I can get third type of environment in your organization that is combination of competition and cooperation gives contribution. In such environment I can learn new things and I can groom my self. And I can serve the organization with my best. Or Because all the reason that all you shown on PPT and list them. For big organization: In big organization profession in global level. And I want to understand business basics rather than skill. • System are in place • Exposure • Set career path • Formal grooming • Part of reputation • It has resources to back talent • 360 degree of learning Raghvendra Singh Dikhit

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Manager: I was the member of organization team of GENESIS’04, EUPHORIA’04, and New Year greeting of 2005. And when we are working in a team we have to manage many things and situations.

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Adaptable: I have completed schooling from four schools two from INDORE and two from KHANDWA. And graduation from MANDI BAHUDESIA KHALSA College and post graduation from School of Computer Science. In all the institutes environment is changing and I adjusted my self very well in all the institutes.

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Initiator: When we were in the IV semester, no one was ready to initiate for making New Year greeting, placement brochure and software competition. And I initiated for them and completed successfully.

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Decision making skill: After 10th my father told to me to take agriculture however I had scored good marks in mathematics and I was also interested to take mathematics as a subject. That decision could make direction of my life and at that time I took the decision to take mathematics.

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Ability and willingness to learn: I have done computer hardware course and I am always willing to learn new things.

Q81. In which organization you want to go? ETHICAL DILEMMAS: In solving ethical dilemmas always have a same answer. In dilemma confidence is checked. There are two ways to solve. • Always make 3rd party view • Make a rule and follow it PERSONAL VS PERSONAL DILEMMAS: Q82. You are in a boat with your mother and wife. If your boat is sinking and you can save only one. Who would you save either mother or wife and why? I am a rational decision maker. I can not take decision without all constraints. Then ask many questions to him like. What is the swimming speed? What is the flow of water? What is the depth of river?

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16 And many more questions like above. If he says assume, then one by one I will save the both because flow of water is slow and my swimming speed is high. Or Make a rule and follow it. I will save that person that I will see first. If he says you can see both. Then first who caught me. Again he says both caught you. Then who is in my right hand. Again both are in you right hand. Then who is having low weight. Again both are having same weight. Then who caught me ahead. PERSONAL VS PROFESSIONAL DILEMMAS: If you can delegate it then don’t delay. Q83. If you are a HR manager in a company of 2000 employees and company is not having a good time. Only one big project that is running under you can make the company in a better position otherwise company will be closed. And your wife is in a critical case of pregnancy and she needs you. Who will you chose either wife or company? I will ask to chairman, what should I do. If he allows me to take any decision then I will go for my wife. If he does not allow then I will say if company is very practical then when I will not able to work they will throw me. And I would not like to work with this company and I will go for my wife. Q84. If you are working in a good organization and you have to work till late night. You can not give proper time to your wife. And your wife told you to leave the organization then what will you do? I will try to manage my time properly and try to change sift in such a way that I can give time to my wife also. And also I will say to my wife to cooperative with me. I will say to her getting job in a good organization is a difficult task. If she does not want to understand then I will analyze the situation properly and accordingly that I will take decision. PROFESSIONAL VS PROFESSIONAL DILEMMAS: Q85. If boss is doing some thing wrong to policy then what will you do? I will concern with boss. I will tell him sir I am in trouble I would like to request you to help me. And by taking third party view I will ask the question. Sir if in any organization boss is doing some thing wrong to policy and one employee is aware about that then what should employee have to do. In this way I will try to convey that he is doing wrong. SUCCESS: Success is being professionally excitant financial sound physical fit socially accepted and personally fulfillment. Or According to me success is achievement of our goals and objectives which we have decided.

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FAILURE: Inability to attain the bench mark which you have set for yourself or you have agreed to avoid by. Or According to me failure means when we are not able to achieve our objectives and goals. PERFECTIONIST: One who knows that perfection can not be achieve but still tries for that is perfectionist. PROFESSION: Profession is a way of living not earning. PROFESSIONALISM: Professionalism is “Doing what is needed to be done not what is wanted to be done.” TECHNOLOGY: Technology is like a mirror on which if you place a beam of light, it gives you back a beam in your direction, if it was placed correctly otherwise splitting. Or Technology is human made practicality of science for increasing throughput, reducing complexity and compactness of system. MANAGEMENT: Management is a process of POSDCC (Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, and Controlling). Or Management can be defined as utilization of all the resources in a planned manner by seeing the demand of condition. Or Management is optimum utilization of available resources at given circumstances to achieve maximum output. (Management is an efficiency means doing the things in right way) LEADERSHIP: Leadership is ability to influence people’s thoughts, fillings and actions towards achievement of super ordinate goal (personal goal + organization goal). (Leadership is an effectiveness means doing right things) CREATIVITY: Ability to relate unrelated things. Or Finding uncommon things in common things. INTELLIGENCE: Ability to respond a situation you have not come across prior to the occurrence. MEMORY:

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18 Ability to respond a situation you have come across prior to the occurrence. SATISFACTION: Getting what is expected to get. HAPPINESS: Getting more what is expected to get. Or getting more that expectation. ABITION: It is something comes under greediness. OBJECTIVE: E.g. I want to work in one of the top 10 companies. MISSION: Mission is combination of objective and ideology. E.g. I want to serve my nation by joining the company. GOAL: Goal is time bound and resource constrained objective. AWARENESS: Awareness is to know more and more about more and more things. SPECIALIZATION: Specialization is to know more and more about less and less. TECHNOLOGICAL: Who works on the whole technology? E.g. Microsoft is a technological company (as it says .NET all follows). TECHNIQUES: Technique is methods or process of handling a work. ENTREPRENEUR: Person who organizes and manages a business undertaking and taking the risk for sake of profit. Ability, Initiative, Risk taking ability. CHACTER: Who are you when you are alone? PERSONALITY: Who are you when you are with peoples?

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19 OBSTACLES: Obstacles are the things on which we look, when we are not prepared. HOBBEY: It is the thing which is present to you all time, and you can fulfill it any time. INTEREST: Which is likely to be done by you but not available all the time. E.g. going to a hill station and spend time alone. LUCK: Luck is a being at a right place at a right time. It is the opportunity and preparedness combination. MENTOR: Mentor is a friend, philosopher, and guide. FATALIST: One who believes that all events are determined by fate. RATIONALIST: One who works on the principle or practice of accepting reasons as the only authority in determining ones opinion or course of action. PERSONIFY: To symbolize by a human figure. ENGINEER: A skillful or clever manager. ENGINEERING: The science concerned with putting scientific knowledge to practical uses. KNACE: A skill that can not be defined. RESUME: Made by experienced person. CURRICULUM VITAE: Curriculum vitae are made by fresher. BIODATA: Biodata is made for marriage purpose. HONESTY:

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20 Honesty means making your words match to reality. INTEGRITY: Integrity means making reality match your words. INTELLECT: Intellect is applied intelligence. RESEARCH: Research is original contribution to an existing field of knowledge. MOTTO OF LIFE: I believe in clarity of mind and purity of heart tends to surety of success. Or Where there is a will there is a way. PERSONAL OBJECTIVE: To achieve a position that will provide the opportunity to make a strong contribution to the organization goals through continued development of professional skills. Or To meet all expectations of my parents and to be remembered as a good family person. PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE: I want to be an organizations most valuable asset. Or I want to be a member of the team which got the most respectable job.

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