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Top 3 Phone Interview Questions
Answering phone interview questions (phone screening) use to be just a preliminary step to make sure a candidate was qualified before scheduling the face to face interview; however, this is no longer the case in our current economy. If you consider the time and cost it takes to conduct a face to face job interview, phone interviews are not only used more frequently, but carry more weight than in years
Phone Interview Follow-Up (Part 2)
The interview tips provided in part one of the phone interview follow-up article series is needed for your overall phone interview follow up strategy. In this article we will discuss the three important post phone interview follow-up tips to help you land the next interview. The main objective for the phone interview is to push you further along in the company’s job hiring process (either another phone interview or a face to face interview); so, how you follow-up the initial phone screening can be the difference in you moving forward or not. As soon as you end the call it is important while the conversation is still fresh in your memory that you immediately follow three post phone interview tips. Write down the questions you were asked and your responses to those questions. Send Read more [...]
Phone Interview Follow-Up (Part 1)
Having a phone interview follow-up plan should be a critical part of your overall job hunting process; however, many candidates over look this and fail to maximize the potential of their phone interview. This article will discuss 3 important phone interview tips that that lay the foundation to your total interview strategy. Keep in mind, the goal of the phone interview (from the employer’s perspective) is to “filter” out the weaker candidates and finalize a list of potential job candidates without wasting the time and energy of an actual face to face interview. This noted, your goal is to be selected for the personal interview, outshine the competition on the face to face interview, and then land the job! Interview Follow-Up Tip #1 (Close the Loop) Before ending the phone interview Read more [...]
How to Manage Unexpected Phone Interviews
There are several phone interview tips and tricks that can help a job candidate achieve the goal of the phone interview — the face to face interview. However, no tip is more important than the skill and the ability to control the pace and the environment of the phone interview. The following phone interview tips will have you prepared like a pro.
