Organizing Portfolios
Whether your interview sessions is going to be group or individual, large or small attendees, you must always bring your original certificates, acknowledgment letters and other documents that actually tells the interviewers something about you, and make sure it is relevant to him.
Why relevant is so stressed up? Because in interviews, you have limited time to sell yourself, impress them in such a short time. In other words, maximize the usage of time. The interviewers tend to shorten the time, moreover if it is nearly lunch hour or end of office hour. Remember that they have obligation too.
One way of maximizing the time is to organize your certificates. This is a sample of typical order of documents that you should arrange in your personal folder.
1. Latest acknowledgment letters, Praises, or any highest or biggest achievement to date.
2. Original transcript of your University/College certificates
3. Other letters, certificates (co-curricular activities, minor achiement)
4. Other personal documents (if required)
This seems simple, but imagine yourself browsing through a magazine. Of course you would expect something great at the beginning of the pages, and as you browse through, the interest would slowly fading, and it is more serious if you find the pages were not put in some particular order. You might just put the mags away just after a few flips.
Have a good memory of all your documents as they browse through also give some good impression to them. Tell something that is interesting and relevant to them. Refrain from telling your personal preferences, as they really don't care if you were the best girl scout cook when you are applying for an Account Manager.
Be precise, be interesting and be relevant.
Suggested reading
- Life of an engineer
- Sample interview dialogs
