Succeeding in a Phone Interview: Preparation and Advice
12 December 2011
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The goal of a phone interview is to confirm the good impression the recruiter had when reading your resume. Your objective during any phone interview: obtain a face-to-face interview! Here are some tips to pass this stage…
Choose your location!
A recruiter contacts you for a phone interview: take the time to isolate yourself. Ask for their name and contact information (email - phone) and suggest calling them back at a better time. This delay should give you enough time to prepare, retrieve the job posting you answered, remember the position, the company, and the reasons that prompted you to send your application. A fifteen-minute delay is generally very appreciated: you will appear efficient and responsive in the eyes of your interlocutor!
Remember to smile from the start!
Sedentary salespeople who spend a lot of time on the phone will tell you. A smile shows through on the phone! It's the key to a good sale... so smile and your interlocutor will "see" it. This will at least have the effect of managing the interview in a more relaxed way and facilitating the transition to a meeting with the recruiter.
Who starts?
Let the recruiter start the interview. However, if they don't, it's good to have them reiterate the offer for which they are calling you and the profile the company is looking for. This will also be an opportunity for you to learn more. Indeed, in the case of agencies, the company name is not always highlighted in the announcement and you only discover it later.
Introduce yourself concisely!
Learn, once the presentation is finished, to talk about yourself in a few short words. Take up the elements provided by the recruiter on the desired profile and use them to your advantage during the discussion. Always be concise and precise. Refer to your resume and cover the points you consider important: it's easy, your interlocutor has it in front of them too! Finally, avoid falling into interminable tirades. Say less and say better: that's your rule.
Practice active listening…
Once the initial exchange is over, review the presentation of the offer made by the recruiter and ask them if what you understood is what they said. Take the opportunity to ask the recruiter about the work environment, the date the job posting was published, the position's supervision, or the size of the team. You can also ask them about the company's financial and economic situation. Showing that you want to know more can lead to the next interview because not everything can be said over the phone.
Conclude by showing interest!
Once the questions are over, don't hesitate to ask what the next step will be and what deadline the recruiter has set. Remind them that you are interested in the offer and that you will be available for an interview. Offer one or two dates during the following week. The delay is neither too short nor too long. If everything went as planned, you should be called for a second interview!
Monster.fr
Posted on December 13, 2016.
Choose your location!
A recruiter contacts you for a phone interview: take the time to isolate yourself. Ask for their name and contact information (email - phone) and suggest calling them back at a better time. This delay should give you enough time to prepare, retrieve the job posting you answered, remember the position, the company, and the reasons that prompted you to send your application. A fifteen-minute delay is generally very appreciated: you will appear efficient and responsive in the eyes of your interlocutor!
Remember to smile from the start!
Sedentary salespeople who spend a lot of time on the phone will tell you. A smile shows through on the phone! It's the key to a good sale... so smile and your interlocutor will "see" it. This will at least have the effect of managing the interview in a more relaxed way and facilitating the transition to a meeting with the recruiter.
Who starts?
Let the recruiter start the interview. However, if they don't, it's good to have them reiterate the offer for which they are calling you and the profile the company is looking for. This will also be an opportunity for you to learn more. Indeed, in the case of agencies, the company name is not always highlighted in the announcement and you only discover it later.
Introduce yourself concisely!
Learn, once the presentation is finished, to talk about yourself in a few short words. Take up the elements provided by the recruiter on the desired profile and use them to your advantage during the discussion. Always be concise and precise. Refer to your resume and cover the points you consider important: it's easy, your interlocutor has it in front of them too! Finally, avoid falling into interminable tirades. Say less and say better: that's your rule.
Practice active listening…
Once the initial exchange is over, review the presentation of the offer made by the recruiter and ask them if what you understood is what they said. Take the opportunity to ask the recruiter about the work environment, the date the job posting was published, the position's supervision, or the size of the team. You can also ask them about the company's financial and economic situation. Showing that you want to know more can lead to the next interview because not everything can be said over the phone.
Conclude by showing interest!
Once the questions are over, don't hesitate to ask what the next step will be and what deadline the recruiter has set. Remind them that you are interested in the offer and that you will be available for an interview. Offer one or two dates during the following week. The delay is neither too short nor too long. If everything went as planned, you should be called for a second interview!
Monster.fr
Posted on December 13, 2016.
