In
some of the experiences that I have had with recruiters, I would say that I do
not have many good ones. Once my resume was posted to an online job board such
as Dice.com, it was open season on my number for recruiters. They called me
during hours that people would not normally call. Some got very personal and
asked me about my previous salaries in order to set a negotiating offer for the
company they were applying me to. All of them had the same mannerism, which did
get the job done but also left some room for human interaction such as making
small talk.
I’ve
had several interviews that required a phone call or at least meeting software.
They were nerve wrecking at first because I would spend the 30 minutes to an
hour prior wondering how they would sound like based on the name that was on
the email sent to me. Sometimes the nervousness would make me speak a little
faster or forget my words in the middle of a sentence. And without a human face
to attach to such a mistake, some of these nuances would leave me overbearingly
embarrassed. “A phone interview
seems so informal on the surface that it can be easy to fall into the trap of
"phoning it in"—i.e., not preparing for it as well as you would for
an in-person interview,” an article states that it is important to make
sure to prepare for a phone interview as much as you would an in-person one (Vogt).
One
of the most important ideas I’ve realized during my experiences with phone
interviews is that the people who are calling you simply just want to know who
you are. They’re not looking to extract revealing details about your life or
make your day bad. They just want to see what kind of person. And if they’re
already calling, they’re already considering. They want to see more than just a
textual interaction with you. People who conduct phone interviews are people
too, “Don’t
make the mistake of sounding overly serious or timid.” (Zhang).
References
Vogt, P. (n.d.). Phone Interview
Questions & How to Prepare for Them. Retrieved September 16, 2016, from
http://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/mastering-the-phone-interview
Zhang, B. L. (2014). The #1 Mistake
People Make on Phone Interviews. Retrieved September 16, 2016, from
https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-1-mistake-people-make-on-phone-interviews
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