Self Apprisal
HOW TO WRITE A PRESENTABLE SELF DESCRIPTION – PART 1
- Your description should be an emphasis on such points that reveal and reflect traits of your personality. Do not fake it.
- Gather actual and true opinions from the people listed above, i.e. your parents, teachers/employers, friends/colleagues. Talk to them and ask what they think about you, their perspective and impression about you.
- In parent’s opinion, you can note and record the reactions of your parents at different occasions and their good and bad viewpoints about you. Write their suggestions and bits of advice to you.
- You should be alert about your self-description and must never furnish it with contradictory statements with the information you have provided to the board in the questionnaire.
- It’s natural that all human beings have good and bad parts of personality, so write your virtues and vices as well. But do not write strong negative points about yourself. Know the difference between weakness and negative qualities. Be positive. Write about how did/will you get rid of those vices and improve your personality.
- Do not write alarming habits about yourself (For example- I booze/smoke daily; I don’t connect socially well with people; I am short tempered). Mention only those points that can be eliminated with ease or some amount of hard work.
- For positive points, write about your achievements and good deeds and actions. Those good deeds must reflect your qualities, you don’t have to boast about them. They can be very simple day to day activities (For example- Hard work at studies, work, sports, competition; helping out family and friends or stranger; responsible and sincere towards one’s duties; etc).