People often struggle while preparing for job interviews. They mug up different books on general knowledge, current affairs and what not. Quite a few would be smart enough to take a little pain to know about the related company or institution’s profile including its physical and financial achievements. However, all these efforts do not bear any fruit if the interviewee or the candidate does not possess the requisite skills to communicate effectively. It is often seen that experienced interviewers quickly get through more than half of their assessment of the interviewee based on his communication skills.

     Communication covers all facets of our lives – social, cultural, professional and business. Unlike plain talking, communication has a purpose or a goal. A message is communicated to the receiver to influence certain behaviour of his to act towards a desired goal as perceived by the communicator. Communication can be verbal as....