Reflection- Story Telling

Challenge and Selection

I have always used story telling as a tool to convey my thoughts and to get my point  across the mind of my audience. It has always been an asset for me and has helped me  to make good connections with people I come across in my life. I have travelled to and  lived at quite a few places and have had lots of experiences engaging with the people I  meet. I always have some story to tell them and gauge their attention towards the  conversation.

While preparing for the interview rounds during my B-school admission preparation, I  was always concerned about my ability to explain my education and experience in the  merchant navy to the interview panel. Here the tool of story telling came to my rescue.

Application

Using the tool of story telling for this challenge, I’d always start off with how my  experiences in life pulled me towards a career which required me to travel as I work and  my affinity towards machines made me choose marine engineering. This helped the  interview panel to understand my personality as a professional and as a person.

The story telling tool helped me explain to them why I had not been working for some  time and also form a positive impression about my attitude. I was even able to include  interesting events I experienced during my short stint in the merchant navy.

Insight and Approach

I realized that this tool not only helped me successfully answer the questions asked but  also made my interview experiences very pleasant and memorable.

The interviewers seemed to be interested in what was to come in my story and even  used to share their own experiences in life. We’d often discuss about the improvements  that could be made in the shipping industry and they even asked me about things that  they were unaware of about the life onboard ship.

I realized how easy it was to explain situations when it’s done in the form of a story. It  helps others to put themselves in our shoes and then judge the decisions we made.  Being a good story teller is a virtue, the one which can be applied in number of  situations and can help in making our point clear. In future I want to build upon this  skill and also want to be able to edit them based on what the listener is interested in  more and hence make the whole process even more efficient and pleasurable.


Reflection- Story Telling Challenge and Selection I have always used story telling as a tool to convey my thoughts and to get my point across the mind of my audience . It has always been an asset for me and has helped me to make good connections with people I come across in my life . I have travelled to and lived at quite a few places and have had lots of experiences engaging with the people I meet . I always have some story to tell them and gauge their attention towards the conversation . While preparing for the interview rounds during my B - school admission preparation , I was always concerned about my ability to explain my education and experience in the merchant navy to the interview panel . Here the tool of story telling came to my rescue . Application Using the tool of story telling for this challenge , I ’d always start off with how my experiences in life pulled me towards a career which required me to travel as I work and my affinity towards machines made me choose marine engineering . This helped the interview panel to understand my personality as a professional and as a person . The story telling tool helped me explain to them why I had not been working for some time and also form a positive impression about my attitude . I was even able to include interesting events I experienced during my short stint in the merchant navy . Insight and Approach I realized that this tool not only helped me successfully answer the questions asked but also made my interview experiences very pleasant and memorable . The interviewers seemed to be interested in what was to come in my story and even used to share their own experiences in life . We ’d often discuss about the improvements that could be made in the shipping industry and they even asked me about things that they were unaware of about the life onboard ship . I realized how easy it was to explain situations when it ’s done in the form of a story . It helps others to put themselves in our shoes and then judge the decisions we made . Being a good story teller is a virtue , the one which can be applied in number of situations and can help in making our point clear . In future I want to build upon this skill and also want to be able to edit them based on what the listener is interested in more and hence make the whole process even more efficient and pleasurable .