The growing trend of phone interviews during COVID-19
by Palak Jain Content writerTring tring….. your recruiter this
side!!!
Your resume is astral, your application was immaculate, you’ve caught a Potential Recruiter’s attention and now they want to get to know you better.
Gone is the time when the candidates had to wait for hours in the offices to
clear the levels of interviews. In the current scenario of the gradually active
digital world, many introductory and some final interviews are being held in an
extensive array of mediums involving on the phone interviews. It has eased down
the recruiting process for both the employer and the candidate as well.
Nothing can match up an interview for your dream job where you can dawdle
around in your pajamas, possibly even surf the internet at the same time or
even updating your status to “Slaying my interview in my favorite Scooby-Doo
jammies!” Buh…..Wait! That doesn’t imply that you shouldn’t consider the Phone Interview as seriously as any other customary interview.
Just because it is not a physical interview with a prospective employer it
nowhere denotes that you toss all our hard-learned knowledge about interview
procedures out of the window. The tedious task of standing out to a prospective
employer remains the same or even harder as all you can impress your
prospective employer is with your confident voice and facial expressions. Body
language is nullified here!
Why phone interviews are prevailing?
• In order to have a quick assessment of the candidate: This is especially
common in bulk recruitments and among big firms. Phone interviews reduce the
time and resources needed to bring the candidate in for a personal interview
they will prefer to have a preview of whether the candidate fits in the desired
designation on a general basis or not.
• Candidate can give an interview if he/she is not in town: Definitely, the
candidate could not grab the job in their first point of real contact with the
company but most certainly he/she should not lose it without an initial try!
• The interview should not delay at any cost: As the entire network provides a
roaming facility, the interview can be conducted from any part of the world
without any inconvenience.
• Lessens the burden of HR managers: Phone interviews make the screening of the
candidate much easier narrowing the pool of candidates that should be selected
for the next round.
But before we plunge into the tips lets go through what to expect from a phone
interview before you pick up that call!
• Generally one round of interview with single interviewer only (unless you are
undeniably impressive that the interview lines up another round of interview
that same day!)Typical job interview questions
• No “next interview” assurances
• The motive of the interviewer is to screen the candidates so be prepared that
the interviewer might “try to quash you.”
• You may encounter capricious “interviewer styles” as in casual or formal.
• General questions about your personal life
• Administration questions such as availability, travel preferences, etc.
• The interviewer expects focus – no interruptions!
• Prospective salary expectation confab
• Last but not least in spite of no positive sign from the other side, you must
strive on.
Well! Now how do you concoct for this advancing new frontier of candidate
screening? Fortunately, practically all of the generic rules from in-person
interviews quite apply, so the essential prep work is fundamentally the same
but here are some guidelines exclusively to take in consideration on phone
interviews than can be highly assisting:
• Firstly, phone interviews are not a joke, take them as seriously as the
conventional interview.
• Groom yourself before the interview.
• A smiling face is always a treat to talk to- keep your charm alive.
• Show the interviewer that you are the right choice for this position in a
confident way.
• A “cheat sheet” is always helpful.
• No interruptions- focus as you may loose on some important info that may
sound unprofessional.
• Keep your answers concise but make sure you are putting through the required
information.
• Dig in important info about the company pre-hand.
• Stay calm and be a good listener and don’t try to control the dialogue.
• Be prepared with the generic phone interview questions pre-hand.
• Do not rush in time.
• Don’t be over-confident.
• Don’t forget to send across a thank you email.
• HANDOUT- if possible, direct them to your personal website.
After the interview is over make sure to jot down the questions that were asked
and any other additional notes you need in the follow-up interviews.
Just adapt the above attributes for a win-win interview. We hope that you make
it through!!!
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