Top tips to impress on your video interview.<\/p>\n
More than ever, online Video Interviews are being utilised by employers during their recruitment process. At Crossley Scott we fully expect that Video Interviews will become the \u2018new normal\u2019.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a new technology to a lot of us, so aside from your usual interview techniques, we\u2019ve collated a few pointers to make Video interviewing work best for you.<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consider your camera positioning.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Raise your webcam or laptop so the camera is level with your eyes, avoid looking down on your interviewer! 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lights, camera, action!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ensure you have good lighting on your face. Avoid sitting with a window behind you or you\u2019ll become a silhouette!<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Limit background noise.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find a quiet room with no distractions. Save your kids tablet time for your interview to keep background noise to a minimum! 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Set the scene!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consider what the interviewer can see in your background. A totally blank background isn\u2019t a necessity but keep it tidy and professional.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wi-Fi or Ethernet?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unless you have an amazing Wi-Fi connection that has never let you down, plug in an Ethernet cable for extra reliability.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t get too comfortable!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget, just because you\u2019re at home it doesn\u2019t change the formalities of an interview process. Make sure you are dressed professional, have researched the company and have questions to hand!<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Test it first!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whether your asked to use Teams, Zoom, Face-time, or any other platform, ask a friend or family to test it with you first. Consider the pointers above and ask your tester if they can clear see and hear you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top tips to impress on your video interview. More than ever, online Video Interviews are being utilised by employers during their recruitment process. At Crossley Scott we fully expect that Video Interviews will become the \u2018new normal\u2019. It\u2019s a new technology to a lot of us, so aside from your usual interview techniques, we\u2019ve collated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saddleworth.amastaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keep the interviewer\u2019s video close to your camera so you can see them and look directly at your camera simultaneously.<\/p>\n
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Try using headphones, built in microphones often provide better sound quality.<\/p>\n