15 - Phone Interviews

These days, many employers use phone calls to pre-screen candidates before offering in-person interviews. If you are looking for a job, it is likely that at some point, you will be asked to "chat for a few minutes on the phone". Many recruiters are straight-forward enough to call it a "phone interview". Regardless of how they pitch it, don't make the error of mistaking it for anything than what it really is ... an INTERVIEW. And it CAN affect your potential career with an employer. So treat it with all the respect due a full interview. Phone interviews are often used to screen candidates in order to narrow the pool of applicants who will be invited for in-person interviews. In reality, there is only one purpose of the phone interview, to ELIMINATE candidates from further consideration as quickly and inexpensively as possible. Given that the purpose is to eliminate you, doesn't it make sense to be prepared as possible so YOU are one of those invited to the next step ... a face-to-face interview? Well, it's not hard. In many ways, the way you prepare for a phone interview isn't all that different from the way you'd get ready for a in-person interview -- but there are some differences and ADDITIONAL steps you need to take. In this show, we'll walk you through those additional steps.