Your Secret Weapon for Phone Interviews Phone interviews give you something in-person interviews don’t: the ability to have notes in front of you without anyone seeing them. An interview cheat sheet isn’t cheating. It’s preparation. The candidates who succeed in phone screens aren’t necessarily smarter or more qualified than those who don’t. They’re often just … Read more
Your Voice Carries 100% of the Weight In face-to-face interviews, your body language does most of the talking. Researchers estimate that up to 55% of communication comes from nonverbal cues: your posture, eye contact, handshake, smile. On a phone interview? All of that disappears. What remains is your voice, carrying the entire burden of making … Read more
Different Medium, Different Rules When you answer tell me about yourself in a phone interview, you’re operating under constraints that don’t exist in person. The interviewer can’t see your body language, your enthusiasm, or your professional appearance. They’re making judgments based entirely on what they hear. And phone screens are typically shorter than in-person interviews, … Read more