Zoom Interview Tips Strategies Online Interviews And Calls

Zoom Interview Tips Strategies Online Interviews And Calls

-> I gonna do the problem is not with the online interview the problem is with the way your interviewing and the way that technology is actually getting in your way instead of helping facilitate

-> The success of your online interview so in this blog I'm going to give you two strategies that's going to help you leverage technology and use it to your advantage in an online interview

-> Just making these two simple things is going to change the way you interview online

-> This is valid across multiple platforms Adobe Connect Skype zoom WebEx all those things so as
we know online interviews are becoming more more popular they're a dime a dozen chances are you've probably already had an online interview so many of you may be saying right now yeah well I just interview so much better in person well let me be real with you many employers are going to reach out with a video call to get to know you it's so much more convenient

-> They don't want to waste their time they don't want to waste your time so instead of calling you in to come into the office having you sit down 

-> Do an interview why not just hop on a video call at least in the very beginning you'll probably be getting an online interview

-> So I'm going to teach you two ways to feel more comfortable and confident in an online interview so that you can be presenting the way you want to present and answering the questions

-> The way you want to be answering them and by the end of it you're really gonna feel like you can connect with the hiring manager the person who is interviewing you

-> You're probably gonna even want to have online interviews because it's so convenient and you're gonna see why you're gonna want it

-> Make eye contact or maybe it's more appropriate if we say camera contact and you'll see what so as you know an interpersonal communication it is imperative that we make eye contact same with public speaking

-> We need to be able to look the audience members in the eye share our thoughts with them because it's a way of connecting with the audience so why wouldn't the same be true in an online interview scenario

-> It is how do you make eye contact with the other person on the other side of the screen without them actually being in front of you by looking into the camera so you're looking into the camera as you respond because that translates into making eye contact with the person

-> The person on the other end of the screen will notice that you're actually looking them in the eye it doesn't even feel like an online call it really does feel like an in-person situation

-> Just as simple as looking into the camera now you want to avoid staring at the camera the whole time obviously that would make the person uncomfortable so instead you can you know add a little bit of eye movement but you don't want to do too much of it because that can be distracting

-> You certainly want to avoid looking up or down if that's just too obvious my recommendation would be to look at the screen at that point and they're not going to think anything strange of it

-> Because when you look down you avert your gaze from the camera you're actually looking at the image of them on the screen so that's not going to seem strange to them

-> You should be looking is at the camera to make eye contact and then looking down into the screen to halt look at the image of you right

-> If you want to check your hair or makeup or shirt and whatever do that before you get on the call right so if you're not able to avert your gaze from your own image on the screen

-> I would put a post-it so that you're not tempted to look because we want to minimize distractions on the screen so that the only place you can actually have access to is the camera so that you make eye contact

-> Why does this work it shows you have a secure handle on the interview and it also makes the person feel good because it shows that you're paying attention and that you're listening to what they have to say and everybody likes to feel listened to right it's really important to look in the camera

-> When you do you're tell me about yourself when you do tell me about your weaknesses when you're talking about how you would add value to the company

-> What your role would look like sharing an anecdote these are the parts of the interview where we really want to make sure that we're connecting with the hiring manager

-> Now when they ask you a question or when you need some thinking time it is okay to look down direct your gaze moreso to the screen in other words so to some of strategy one you're making a point of looking into the camera

-> So that you can essentially be making eye contact with the hiring manager it shows confidence it shows that you're poised and it shows that you have everything under control

-> Because you do even when it doesn't feel like it you can really project that impression onto them by doing something as simple as maintaining eye contact and maintaining eye contact will really give them the impression

-> She is really confident he is really confident so we all know that interviews can be over stressful and for some people

-> It's even more stressful when they feel like they can't connect with the personwho's interviewing them because it's not done in person right in an online interview situation but I'm telling you that you don't have to worry so we looked at the first strategy of making eye contact

-> Now we are looking at the second strategy which is having a safety net so you may be thinking okay so what's my safety net how in the world am

-> I going to feel even more secure about this whole thing well you're gonna have a minimized outline now it's really important and I really stress this and underline it and highlight you really have to make sure that you're not over stuffing your outline an outline is probably a generous term for it

-> What you really want is to have a few talking points you don't know what you're gonna get ahead of time in terms of the questions but you have some sense as to what you'll be speaking about so those are your talking points

-> That is what you want in your outline outline okay so make sure that it's not more than five words because then you're gonna fall into the trap of reading off the screen and that is super obvious right reading eyes

-> You see it sometimes in newscasters when they're reading the teleprompter you want to avoid that because it is really obvious