5 Tips to Ace Your Telephone Interview!

5 Tips to Ace Your Telephone Interview! Do you have a telephone interview coming up? If you are unsure about how to prepare, then read these 5 simple and easy tips for acing your virtual meeting!” Tip One: Focus on Them Its wise to study the companys website and latest press releases, as well as the job description, prior to your phone interview. Tip Two: Job Description Technique If you have a written job description, a GREAT inside tip for using it to your ultimate advantage during your phone interview is to highlight all the key words and phrases in it that match your background of experience. Include transferable skills in this as well. Then weave these exact words and phrases into your conversation. Simple solution; profound results. Tip Three: Show Your Positive Enthusiasm Isnt it true that we all like happy people? And whats more, you will make a great impression on your interviewer if you share with him or her how excited you are about the position, about their company, or a combination of both! They want to hire people who want to work with them! Tip Four: Be Wisely Proactive Ask questions (at the appropriate times of course) that show your intellect and your enthusiasm for the position. Examples include questions about future projects, biggest challenges and if you were hired, what the first things you could do to make a positive impact in the position would be. Tip Five: Awareness of Your Environment You want to conduct your end of the interview in a peaceful, quiet place you feel good in, free of disturbances like barking dogs, call waiting, planes, trains, autos and other people. This will help you focus and heighten your calm and confidence! Bonus Tip: Politeness Your clear, deliberate words, not talking over your interviewer, your display of appropriate respect (please, thank you, etc.), and your awareness of a balanced dialogic conversation, will serve you well. In addition, if you stand up and smile, you will increase your overall energy which will be heard” by your interviewer(s)! Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)