| Telephone job interviews are becoming more and | | | | help you to understand how you are coming across. |
| more popular. Organizations are receiving increasing | | | | Instead you need to pay close attention to their voice |
| numbers of job applications for each opening and the | | | | pattern and tone. Listen very carefully and maintain a |
| phone interview provides a cost-effective and | | | | high level of concentration throughout the call. If you |
| time-efficient means of initially screening out unsuitable | | | | sense that the interviewer's attention is wandering |
| applicants. Using phone interviews allows employers to | | | | bring them back with a well-timed question. |
| be selective about the candidates they invite for a | | | | Make sure the place you take the call is free from any |
| face to face interview. Use these important tips to get | | | | distractions. Preferably sit at a table where you can |
| the most out of the phone interview. | | | | lay out your portfolio documents and take notes. A |
| Be prepared | | | | relaxed but upright posture helps you to breathe |
| Unlike a planned face to face interview telephone job | | | | properly and improves voice clarity. |
| interviews can come at any time. Sometimes you will | | | | Monitor your rate of talking |
| get a call to schedule the interview but often they call | | | | Speak slowly and clearly. Avoid interrupting the |
| hoping to interview you straight away. Prepare an | | | | interviewer and make sure they have finished their |
| interview portfolio that you keep with you. It should | | | | question by waiting a few seconds before you |
| include details of the job opening, a copy of your | | | | answer. Give yourself time to organize your thoughts |
| resume, background research information, some key | | | | before answering. You can rephrase or repeat the |
| words you have prepared for answering likely phone | | | | question to give yourself time to think about your |
| interview questions and a list of good questions to ask | | | | answer. People fail in telephone job interviews |
| the interviewer. | | | | because they tend to dominate the conversation and |
| Practice your phone skills | | | | speak too fast. Don't feel you have to fill the silences. |
| If you don't feel confident about how you come | | | | Breaks in conversation happen and are usually |
| across over the phone you can practice answering | | | | because the interviewer is making notes are referring |
| questions with a friend over the phone. Ask for honest | | | | to you resume. Allow time for this. |
| feedback and work on any areas for improvement. Or | | | | Close the call |
| you can record yourself and listen to how you sound. | | | | Ask the interviewer if there is any other information |
| Check your voice pattern, the level of enthusiasm in | | | | they require. Restate your interest in the position and |
| your voice, the clarity and pace of your speech. It is | | | | find out what happens next. Get the correct name and |
| common to talk too quickly during the phone interview. | | | | title of the interviewer for your thank you note. Follow |
| Take a conscious pause before you answer the | | | | up with a thank you within 24 hours of the phone |
| question and between sentences. | | | | interview. |
| Pay close attention to the interviewers verbal | | | | The goal of the telephone job interview is to get the |
| message | | | | face to face interview. Be well prepared for the call |
| You have no non-verbal cues from the interviewer to | | | | and stand out from the competition. |