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Rendezvous with an HR Expert

HR Interview Questions

D.J.E.Ravithilagan,
Head-HR,
J&B Software Pvt Ltd,
Chennai



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Employees have begun
to understand the importance of training, and are willing to invest their time, effort and even money, since their career growth and marketability

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D.J.E. Ravithilagan, an MBA from Madurai Kamaraj University. Have worked in leadership positions in organizations like Transport Corporation of India, Satyam computers and Saksoft Ltd. Currently working as Head-HR with J & B Software Pvt Ltd,Chennai, a US based software products company in the Banking vertical

HR Interview Questions

    1. What are the latest trends and changes that could have defined a new age HR role?
  • Business Orientation
  • Strategic thinking (and outsourcing routines)
  • HR as a leadership function

    2. Of the multiple responsibilities hr has creating a vibrant work ambience is a tough task. What best ways proactive organizations adopt to manage hassle free work environment.
  • Employee orientation (Appropriate training, appropriate work and responsibility allocation)
  • Facilitating work - life balance (flexi hours, adequate leave )
  • leadership development

    3. Mention some good hr practices to improve employee’s team skills, individual management skills and leadership skills.
  • Training as a course and not as a quick fix solution(front line leadership development, Trainee development program and senior management development program)

4. In the global competitive service industry ‘learning-centric organisitions’ is a must attitude to rise above the regular performances for any organisation. How much are the employees of company are prepared to accept the learning concept and what efforts you suggest to reduce the uninterested learning culture in the employees.

  • Organizations have begun to understand the importance of training and are willing to invest on training, since without appropriate training, the delivery process becomes ineffective.
  • Employees have begun to understand the importance of training, and are willing to invest their time, effort and even money, since their career growth and marketability depends on it.
  • The training function has begun to realize the expensiveness of training and have become smart in planning and executing only appropriate training.


    • 5. Training programme for any company is just not a cost factor issue, it’s beyond the statement. What care to be taken to draft and manage a possible successful training programme considering its cycle from ‘need identification’ to Programme ‘final evaluation’?

  • Training function should adopt a home kitchen approach (appropriate and tailor made and cost effective solutions for knowledge issues) and not cafeteria approach (providing a set of training and expect eh employees to pick up the appropriate training for them selves) and definitely not the ‘rain’ approach (all training for all)


    • 6. Every company do invest in R&D for new product development, and what chances it had to invest in human sciences to discover new solutions and techniques to deal human behaviuor issues, and can be as an shot in arm to mange human resource issues of a company.

  • This is very important, since the success of the organization becomes increasingly dependent on the human resources. This is an era of human resources and HR and not technology or finance is the differentiating factor.
  • Every organization, in its own way is investing in training and human resource development and HR processes.
  • The training function has begun to realize the expensiveness of training and have become smart in planning and executing only appropriate training.


    • 7. How do you see the future of the Indian resource market and potential? What elementary changes you expect to happen for much better results globally.

  • India has the advantage of huge Human resource potential interms of the number, age group and better exposure in ‘English’
  • Indian education system should become more practice and industry needs oriented.



    • 8. DO share your thought on the concept SCOOP–HR Newzine and scope for improvement to engage and ways to increase readership. This is an extremely good idea and at the right time. We look forward to sustained publication of this.