{"id":1008,"date":"2016-07-06T20:49:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cn7w3i4565-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2017-06-27T14:53:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T14:53:57","slug":"3-tips-to-phone-interview-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/3-tips-to-phone-interview-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips To Phone Interview Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you can find a job seeker who doesn’t get nervous before a big interview, I will eat my keyboard, and phone interviews are no less daunting. These are often the initial screening\u00a0interviews that allow\u00a0hiring managers to reduce the list of candidates beforethe\u00a0physical interview. The worst thing you can do is let your nerves get the better of you. Here are three tips to fill you with confidence so you can dazzle prospective employers with your suitability for the role.\"phone<\/a><\/p>\n

Dress To Impress<\/h3>\n

Just because it is a phone interview doesn’t mean you can sit in your pyjamas. Research shows that if you dress the part, you are also more likely to feel and behave the part. The ritual of putting on your professional clothes will have an impact on your professional demeanour and your interviewer will be able to detect it.<\/p>\n

\"phone<\/a>Over-Prepare<\/h3>\n

Regardless of whether it is a phone interview or face-to-face the key to success is to over-prepare. It is a mistake to think that phone interviews require less preparation. The more you know about the company the more impressed the interviewer will be.<\/p>\n

Familiarise yourself with their website and social platforms, search for recent articles in industry press to learn where they stand among the competition and any recent achievements you should know about.\u00a0Google is your best friend here – there is a wealth of information at your fingertips and it is just a question of finding it. Using\u00a0your research come up with a list of questions to ask. This will also help frame your responses to common interview questions. Prepare as many notes as you can so you don’t forget the important points. Being extra prepared for interviews will help you come across calm, composed and confident.<\/p>\n

Organisation to the MAX!\"phone<\/a><\/h3>\n

Make sure all your valuable research you it is laid out in “cheat sheets” on a table in front of you. From your resume to notes on the company and from intelligent questions to ask to a blank sheet to take notes, don’t get left high and dry during the phone interview.<\/p>\n

Unlike physical interviews, this is one of the main benefits of phone interviews is you can arm yourself with as much information as you like and they will never see. Preparation and organisation are the key to interview confidence and success.\u00a0Take advantage of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you can find a job seeker who doesn’t get nervous before a big interview, I will eat my keyboard, and phone interviews are no less daunting. These are often the initial screening\u00a0interviews that allow\u00a0hiring managers to reduce the list of candidates beforethe\u00a0physical interview. The worst thing you can do is let your nerves get Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[217,284],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-interview","tag-interview","tag-phone-interview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}