Beware of the "spinny" chair.
My first experience with an online interview was great, except for one small detail; I was swaying in my spinny chair. When my interviewer saw me rocking back and forth, it must have been very distracting. I did, however, answer the questions that were asked to me confidently. I will stand by what I said last week; PAR stories are crucial. I was prepared with a few but the questions I was asked weren't conducive to me sharing them. Having even more PAR stories would ave helped.
It was more of a challenge to let my personality show during the online interview. Gestures are not as easily perceived and suddenly the impression I think I am giving of myself is not the same as it would be in real life. One potential advantage to the online interview is that both parties may not want to spend as much time on the interview as they normally would. This would obviously depend on the circumstances, but because it isn't real life interaction and you don't know the person, this could cut the time for the interview down a bit. From now on (needless to say) I will be more aware of the chair I am sitting in during interviews. I plan to prepare more PAR stories and cater the answers to questions to the job description.
5/5 Josh Quist
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