![]() ![]() Great applicants listen, adapt and follow instructions. On many occasions where applicants are script reading, they will acknowledge the new question, but continue to ignore answering the question because they feel their pre-response will be better, ( it usually does), but it’s not the answer I was waiting for. ![]() I also like to occasionally ask curve balls follow up questions. Many candidates still feel uncomfortable on camera and your awkward eye flickering across the screen and pausing while remaining fixed on a certain spot for a few seconds or more are obvious tell tale signs. ![]() Spoiler alert, we do, unless of course you have a teleprompter right above your camera. I mean you can phrase the perfect elegant response to common questions and already know exactly how to tie in your experiences and key achievements and the recruiter won’t even notice! Imagine this situation during the interview with the recruiters being the YouTube viewing community and you the star vlogger. They make it look easy and make you feel engaged directly with their message. Search and study popular vloggers on YouTube that engage with their viewers such as CaseyNeistat, pewdiepie and Jenna Marbles. I understand if the camera lens on most devices resembles the eye of Sauron, but staring constantly at the screen (wherever you have the feed open) looks clumsy and doesn’t feel like you are making the effort with making the all important “eye contact”. If you are on mobile, hold or set the camera lens level with your eyes. It feels unnatural, but try to look into and through the camera lens when listening and answering questions. The easiest is to conduct a video interview on a desktop computer or laptop with elevated platform (stack of books). Please take the time to adjust your camera height. Here are tips on how to get invited to the next stage and ace your interview. Have you already been invited to the video interview? Great. With video becoming more and more prevalent in the recruitment and selection process, especially early on in multiple hurdle systems, it’s important to know what the interviewer might be looking for, as it’s not just the merits of your CV. The video interview, the early stage cost-effective alternate to face-to-face interviewing. ![]()
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