How to get your Accent right at the time of Personal Interview !

The ‘accent’ at the time of personal interview is morally defined by ‘Neutral accent/pronunciation’ before the interviewer and other panel of judges inside the room. Our home grown ‘language’ is rather preferred with neutral usage of ‘English Vocabulary’ and avoidance of difficult language terminologies that could effect the very interview and spoils the overall judgment and result provided to the interviewee by an interviewer because advance accent with horrible pronunciation creates nuisance for judges to decide and sense the skills/talents in order to crack the interview efficiently without much contingencies. To understand ‘Accent’ correctly there are two most important key areas that a perfect interview should come across with: -
1. Verbal
2. Non-verbal
• ‘Verbal communication’ implies of the tendency of an interviewee to acclimatize himself to the very demand of the ‘Job’ in a reputed company by elite panel of judges with ‘to –the-point’ approach to make interviewer understand what you believe and to make an equilibrium too between what will the interviewer understand by it.
It’s a million dollar question: ‘What circumstance could emerge out f wrong notions as well as situations if things doesn’t go your way if you don’t have sound expertise of explanations and to provide spontaneous responses of the questions asked…?’ .
In order to get accustomed to the very environment one must analyze his ‘language proficiency’ through advance homework and intensity and tone of voice captures and holds the attention of others and gives you a powerful means for self expression therefore necessary practice beforehand is always handy for ‘Interview preparation’!
Cues:
1. Understanding of the ‘Damage done’ and repairing the same.
2. Non self-defeating approach in front of ‘Panel of Judges’.
3. Avoidance of indirect signals implied for the explanation.
4. Extreme English Vocabulary and sentences construction.
5. Neutral Accent rather than advance/higher impressionist approach.
6. To-the-point approach.
7. Spontaneous responses/answers.
8. Thinking-before-speaking terminology to correctly analyze it.
9. Non-humorous speech
10. Non-contagious feeling of being highly upset before the panel.
• ‘Non-verbal communication’ is the hidden language of emotional intelligence that means ‘It’s the secret of good work relationship that requires absolute emotions without saying a single word of explanation’. In a general pretext it may confuse us as follows: -
Question: “How does non-verbal communication could help when frequent questions are asked by an interviewer?”
Answer: It is a wordless communication conveyed through facial expressions, body language, pace, intensity and tone of voice captures and holds the attention of others and gives you a powerful means for self expression when certain specific questions needn’t requiring explanation of nature with enough intensity. This efficiency is sometimes checked upon by the judges to sense the ‘Patience and sensitivity’ of working long for the desired company and risking the work in the hand of an employee for further future transactions done with certain stability and respect for the company as in the form of signing up the Bond/contract/appointment letter for specific stipulated time period. Impression is the key element for it.
“Keeping ‘mum’ is dangerous but ‘speaking’ aloud and too much is equally hazardous”!
Cues:
: The Most Important Nonverbal Cues
Eye contact:
The visual sense is dominant for most people, and therefore especially important in nonverbal communication. Is this source of contact missing, too intense or just right?
Facial expression:
Universal facial expressions signify anger, fear, sadness, joy and disgust. What is the face you show? Is it mask-like and unexpressive, or emotionally present and filled with interest?
Tone of voice:
The sound of your voice conveys your moment to moment emotional experience. What is the resonant sound of your voice? Does your voice project warmth, confidence and delight, or is it strained and blocked?
Posture:
Your posture–including the pose, stance and bearing of the way you sit, slouch, stand, lean, bend, hold and move your body in space-affects the way people perceive you. Does your body look stiff and immobile, or relaxed? Are shoulders tense and raised, or slightly sloped? Is your abdomen tight, or is there a little roundness to your belly that indicates your breathing is relaxed?
Touch:
Finger pressure, grip and hugs should feel good to you and the other person. What “feels good” is relative; some prefer strong pressure, others prefer light pressure. Do you know the difference between what you like, and what other people dislike?
Intensity:
A reflection of the amount of energy you project is considered your intensity. Again, this has as much to do with what feels good to the other person as what you personally prefer. Are you flat or so cool you seem disinterested, or are you over the top and melodramatic?
Timing and pace:
Your ability to be a good listener and communicate interest and involvement in impacted by timing and pace. What happens when someone you care about makes an important statement? Does a response – not necessarily verbal – come too quickly, or too slowly? Is there an easy flow of information back and forth?
Conveying understandable ‘Sounds’:
Sounds such as “ahhh, ummm, ohhh,” uttered with congruent eye and facial gestures, communicative understanding and emotional connection. More than words, these sounds are the language of interest, understanding and compassion. Do you indicate with sincere utterances that you are attending to the other person?
Stress management improves nonverbal communication:
• How can stress management help to improve nonverbal communication? Stress challenges your ability to successfully communicate nonverbally. When you are agitated, withdrawn or frightened, you look, hear, touch and react differently than you do when you feel “just right”.
Fixing communication mistakes:
• How do nonverbal cues help you patch up communication mistakes?
See and hear yourself in action:
Video camera
Use a tripod and frame your face and hands in the viewfinder to capture your facial expressions and body language. Start recording a conversation between you and your partner. When finished, both of you can watch your nonverbal communication as you listen to your words. Then rewind and replay in slow motion to see even more.
Digital camera
Try asking someone to take a series of shots as you are engaged in conversion. You won’t hear the words, but the images can be very revealing.
Tape recorder
An ordinary tape recorder can be used to capture the tone and resonance in a voice, and the timing and pace in a conversation. Listen most carefully to the sounds you hear that are not words at all.