Are job interviews a test of skill or a test of knowledge or a test of imagination? Are job interviews a check of personality, or a check of organisational fitment? ‘You’re Hired!’ walks you through live interviews that test all of skill, knowledge, imagination and personality, as well as checks for organisational fitment. They say there are no right answers at a job interview. There are really no wrong answers too. The answer to a question at an interview is really about perspective. Yes, the perspective of the organisation; also, the perspective of the job on offer. ‘You’re Hired!’ takes you for an interview to a mobile company, an NGO, a new airline, an ad agency, a start-up, a PE firm, a TV broadcaster … and more.
‘You’re Hired!’ is a simulation of real life interviews. With real settings. Real interviewers. Real interviewees. Real emotions. Real questions. Real answers. Real dilemmas. Real tears. And real feedback. This book is a must-read for all job seekers. It is highly detailed. It is highly informative. It is also highly interactive.
About the authors :
SANDEEP GOYAL
In Jan 2011, Sandeep Goyal sold his 26% equity stake in his 7-year old India joint-venture with Japan’s Dentsu Inc., the world’s largest ad agency. The stake sale made this small town boy from Chandigarh, a dollar millionaire many times over. A gold medallist in English literature from Panjab University, an MBA from FMS-Delhi (1984), and an OPMer from Harvard Business School, Sandeep was President of the iconic ad agency Rediffusion DY&R before becoming Group CEO of Zee Telefilms Ltd. Goyal is currently pursuing his PhD thesis on ‘celebrities as human brands’. In 2001-2, Sandeep was India’s second highest paid professional CEO of a listed Indian company. That year he was also the first Indian on the jury of the global Emmy Awards. He wrote a best-seller on marketing, ‘The Dum Dum Bullet’, in 2005 to rave reviews. “I dream for a living,” says Goyal. This is what has perhaps helped him over 25 years to conjure up winning campaigns and marketing break-throughs for brands as diverse as Airtel to Apple, Citibank to Colgate, Honda to Horlicks, KBC to KFC and many many more. Over the years Sandeep Goyal has hired thousands (and perhaps fired hundreds!) of professionals. He should know a thing or two about job interviews ... both good, and bad!
CAROL GOYAL
Carol Goyal is quite like any kid her age ... inquisitive-indefatigable-irreverent-insomniac ... bubbling with ideas, bursting with energy, brimming with joie de vivre. A student of Law at Symbiosis Pune, 19-year old Carol did her schooling at Villa Theresa, Mumbai, and her A-levels from Podar International. She was on an international student exchange programme to Holland in 2010. A keen photographer, she has shot four well-reviewed calendars in Japan, Israel and New Zealand. A nature enthusiast, Carol loves wild cats. And adores her pug, Jambo. Carol loves Bryan Adams’ Straight from the Heart and digs Anuja Chauhan’s Battle for Bittora. Carol has recently received her driving license. Racing a red Ferrari is now on her must-do list in the coming year!
