How to Prepare For a Zoom or online Interview ?

After the Pandemic, The Online interviews have become the norm instead of exception. Although telephonic interviews and other platforms was there, but recruiters mostly used to use walk-in interview that time. But if we talk about today's digital first world, online interviews are common at-least for first round, so the virtual interviews are become so common whether it is Microsoft Teams, Google meet or Zoom.

Zoom Interviews have their own advantages and disadvantages. To position yourself for success in your career, learn how to become ready. For those changing careers or are looking for their first job, getting a zoom interview is a major accomplishment. Additionally with zoom call, it will be even more convenient for you to learn more about a business of company and the job you applied for while accessing it from any location in the world, whether you are sitting at home or in your current company.

Since recruiters moved to zoom for interviews, you might have a lot questions running in your mind, Like:

  • How will zoom interviews are differ from an in-person interviews?

  • How will i establish a rapport with the interviewer across a screen?

  • How Zoom interviews works?

Let's come to the point now, How to prepare yourself for a Zoom or online interviews:

The initial or first step you will need to be clear on is the instructions from the organization or company on how to join zoom meeting. You will most probably receive a link of a zoom meeting or a numerical meeting ID which will be scheduled for a time duration. And after stating the meeting you will be speaking with a recruiter or hiring manager, whom you would report, same as an in-person interview.

With a rise of remote work, online interviews have become easy to appear and increasingly common, so just you can be simply ready to attend your interviews without relocating, Here are some tips to help your preparation for a zoom or online interview:

1. Technical Preparation

  • Test Your Equipment: Before logging into the meeting link, check your microphone, WiFi or internet connection and camera are properly working or not.

  • Choose a Private Space: Never forget, it's your job interview so ensure that you are attending it in a quiet and private space with minimal distractions.
    Tip: If possible, try using a wired internet connection to make sure of having a stable connection, and smooth interview.

2. Virtual Preparation

  • Dress Professionally: Dress professionally, even if you are interviewing from home, it's important to maintain your professionalism.

  • Pay Attention to Lighting: Make sure you are sitting in the place where lighting is good and you are proper lit.

  • Use Plain Background: Use the plain background to minimize distraction and also it don't look good when you are siting at a place, and interviewer keeps get distracted with your background.

3. Practice and Preparation

  • Research about the company: Do you homework before starting your interview, learn all aspect of the company and have insights form it's official website.

  • Prepare your questions: Be prepared with questions so you will not be quiet when the interviewer will say "Do you have any questions for us?".

4. During Interview

  • Make Eye Contact: It's kind of easy to make eye contact with person directly but when you are in an online interview if your try to make eye contact direct with the interviewer, it will not look like an eye contact so, instead of that, make an eye contact with the camera, neither with the person now with the screen.

  • Speak Clearly and Confidently: Speak clearly and confidently with the recruiter and answer calmly, if you have to recall something, take a pause, frame the sentence and then answer neatly and avoid using filler words.

  • Use Body Language: Use positive body language, like sitting up straight and smiling.

Conclusion

Keep practicing these short and simple interview prep tips as you continue your job search. with each and every zoom interviews, you will get comfortable and at ease for the next one while you are exploring new career opportunity, and with that comfort you will appear confident in your interview. And if you want more advanced preparation and searching for more interview skills, learn here, at jobdekhiye.com, how to answer different set of common question without a-lot of searching with your browser!

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