| Many companies out there are using the phone | | | | interviews with the companies. |
| interview to screen out applicants for pharm sales or | | | | Companies with high demand sales positions like |
| other high demand sales positions. This is due to the | | | | pharm sales and certain technology sales will use |
| need to reduce the high number of applicants for each | | | | phone interviews as a regular part of their recruiting |
| sales position to a manageable number for personal | | | | activities. Therefore, once you apply for such a |
| interviews. It's a time management strategy on the | | | | position, you should be ready for a phone interview at |
| part of the hiring companies. | | | | anytime and not get caught off guard since it may be |
| If you sent in your resume for a sales job and you get | | | | the only opportunity to advance further. |
| a call from the company's human resources | | | | Of course, the big disadvantage of phone interviews is |
| department asking you if you have time to answer | | | | that certain aspects of communications are lost when |
| some questions on the spot, they are asking to do a | | | | it is not a face to face scenario. So in addition to |
| phone interview. | | | | general interviewing skills, job seekers should also |
| Phone interviews are like mini interviews designed to | | | | develop phone interviewing skills. You definitely don't |
| help the companies narrow down the high number of | | | | want to be cut off the short list due to poor phone |
| applicants to smaller short lists. Once a short list is | | | | interviewing skills that will stop your chances from |
| developed from all the phone interviews, the lucky | | | | getting closer to that big sales job whether in pharm |
| survivors on the list will be scheduled for personal | | | | sales or any other high demand industry. |