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Phone Interview |
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Additions to "some tips". |
| Date Posted: |
08/18/2004 |
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1. fix a convenient time for the call when you know you can be undistracted. take half a day off from work if required.
2. be available ten minutes before the appointed time and answer the phone yourself!
3. make sure you're in a quiet area...without music/ traffic/passing trains/bawling kids/ screaming friends/barking dogs in the background.
4. dress well (!), sit straight and 'put a smile in your voice' as you talk. it affects into how you sound on the phone. if you're wearing boxers and glugging beer on the couch as you talk, it comes through too.
5. put a face to your interviewer's voice and tell yourself you're in a face to face situation. but remember that gestures like nodding cannot be seen. think of alternative ways to convery the same things.
6. if the interviewer is a foreigner whose accent you don't understand, feel free to politely repeat the question and confirm if 'that' is what they said.
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I agree with all of his points. I would add: place a mirror in front of you as you speak and smile. The "smile" will come through the phone. An idea I just came up with as I read is, wear a comfortable collar and tie. It will make you take the call seriously as if you were face to face.(Comfortable shoes allowed).
As a previous post-er said paraphrasing) keep your desk clean and be prepared as this is an open-book interview. Have all your references closeby as well, including phone numbers and addresses.(Make sure you have prior permission to use these references and let them know that a call may be coming their way). Just a couple of my humble thoughts as I just got back from an interview about an hour ago. Good luck to all of us. Regards, Jim in Phoenix
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