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