Telephone Interview tomorrow

Hi Marina,

Preparation is key - prepare for this interview in just the same way as you would a face-to-face interview. In a previous role I telephone interviewed extensively, and it is surprising how many people don't take them seriously enough - including someone running to catch a bus!

Make sure you have somewhere quiet to sit for the interview, where you won't be disturbed.

I tend to find that telephone interviews are very structured and a series of questions to identify specific skills sets. As Susan has already highlighted, you should be able to identify these from the job spec - then carefully match these to your career history and pick out some really strong examples.

Make sure you know who will be interviewing you, and do a bit of research on them, as it should be a good indicator of the level of interview questions, etc. and don't forget to have some inciteful questions into the role/organisation prepared. Again, this is an area that I find many telephone interview candidates fall down.

Most of all, they have selected you for this interview from your CV, so believe in yourself and what you have to offer. Good luck, and let us know how you get on!

Nicola

Hi Marina,

Preparation is key - prepare for this interview in just the same way as you would a face-to-face interview. In a previous role I telephone interviewed extensively, and it is surprising how many people don't take them seriously enough - including someone running to catch a bus!

Make sure you have somewhere quiet to sit for the interview, where you won't be disturbed.

I tend to find that telephone interviews are very structured and a series of questions to identify specific skills sets. As Susan has already highlighted, you should be able to identify these from the job spec - then carefully match these to your career history and pick out some really strong examples.

Make sure you know who will be interviewing you, and do a bit of research on them, as it should be a good indicator of the level of interview questions, etc. and don't forget to have some inciteful questions into the role/organisation prepared. Again, this is an area that I find many telephone interview candidates fall down.

Most of all, they have selected you for this interview from your CV, so believe in yourself and what you have to offer. Good luck, and let us know how you get on!

Nicola