The Only Thing That Matters When Your Connection Drops Stay calm. That’s it. That’s the entire secret to surviving a bad internet connection interview. I’ve watched candidates handle complete internet failures and still receive offers. I’ve watched other candidates panic over minor lag and talk themselves out of consideration. The technical problem itself rarely determines … Read more
Your Background Frames Everything Think of your virtual interview background like a picture frame. A beautiful painting in a cheap, broken frame loses impact. A decent painting in the right frame commands attention. You are the painting. Your background is the frame. I’ve conducted over 500 video interviews in the past three years. The backgrounds … Read more
You Are Talking to a Machine There is no polite way to say this: in a HireVue interview, you are performing for software. No human will watch you stumble over that first question. No recruiter will notice your nervous laugh or feel sympathy when you lose your train of thought. An algorithm will analyze your … Read more
The Camera Changes Everything When you answer tell me about yourself in a video interview, you’re dealing with a medium that’s neither phone nor in-person. You have visual presence but in a constrained, mediated form. The camera shows you but not as people see you in real life. Small adjustments make large differences in how … Read more