Refresh Your Phone Interview Basics

Refresh your phone interview basics with a Career Solvers post from a few weeks ago that reminds interviewees how important the basic preparations can be in a phone interview.

I would remind our readers that these points also apply to your phone interview with a recruiter. While my first phone interview with you may be more basic and informal by nature, I'm certainly looking for everything the prospective hiring manager is. Additionally, if you don't make a good impression in my first phone conversation, it is highly probable that you will not make it to the hiring manager's short list of candidates to review.

Below are a few points I feel are especially important. Read more details and the rest of the article here.

• Schedule the meeting during a time when you won't be distracted.
• Conduct interviews from a landline.
• Put a mirror in front of you.
• Create an office space.
• Have your notes in front of you.

It is tempting to take a phone interview in stride, to view it as a simple phone call in your busy day. But nearly every phone interview serves a critical purpose in the screening and selection process, and you must "pass" the phone interview in order to advance to a in-person, or face to face interview. Spending a few minutes and being prepared for your phone interview is a worthy time investment.