3 ways to rock your next phone interview and land your dream job

In today's interview, our cohosts draw on some wisdom from career expert Bethany Wallace to talk about the importance of phone interviews and provide students, recent graduates, and others early in their careers with three critical tips for how to succeed in a phone interview: First, schedule the interview and confirm the details. If you're better in the morning, try to schedule it for the morning. If you're likely to be in a noisy place in the afternoon, schedule it for a time when you'll be someplace quiet. Second, prepare beforehand by gathering necessary documents, selecting a quiet location, and having water nearby. Send your resume, portfolio, and other documents to the interviewer your documents prior to the interview so that they can better focus on you instead of what may be in your documents. And the format matters. You want the interviewer to be able to easily open and read your document. Consider using tools such as Canva to make your documents easy-to-read and professional-looking. Third, communicate as if in a face-to-face interview, using clear speech and maintaining a positive attitude, but don't over-rely on nonverbal cues. Although it might seem to many that phone interviews are a thing of the past and replaced by video interviews, that's not the case. Yes, video interviews are far more popular than they once were, but the number of phone interviews is increasing, largely because of Zoom fatigue and the significant minority of employees who now work remotely.