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Hey ambitious professionals it's Linda
Raynier of Linda Rayier.com, career
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strategist and intuitive purpose coach. I
help driven professionals like you to
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enhance your personal brand so that you
can pursue a career you'll truly enjoy.
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in today's video I'm going to talk about
a topic that I've been asked about
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constantly and that topic is all about
phone interviews so here are four key
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items that hiring managers recruiters
and HR professionals are looking for in
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that initial phone screen interview that
you need to keep in mind and that you
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can work on. The first item that
interviewers are looking for in a phone
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screen is your energy and confidence.
The thing about phone interviews is that
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they can't see your face. They can't read
your facial expressions. They don't
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really have an in-person connection with
you and so what you have to understand
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is that the way that you come across
over the phone is really important and
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it comes down to the tone of your voice
the energy in that voice and really how
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you're answering your questions. So when
I say energy and confidence I don't mean
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try to sound overly happy or excited.
What I actually mean is that you should
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try to come across as pleasant calm and
not overly pushy so confidence actually
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comes from your ability to listen. Listen
to the question that's being asked and
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allow for a short awkward pause between
the question and your answer you don't
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have to rush into giving your full
response right right after the question
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is asked and on top of that you don't
want to take too long
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to give your answer as well the last
thing that somebody wants to do is talk
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to a robot when they're doing a phone
interview because that's the fastest way
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for the interviewers to lose interest
and so you really have to keep it as
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though it's a conversation so for the
most part the initial phone screen is to
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assess your energy and your confidence
and of course a few other things that
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we're going to talk about but that's
gonna play a really key role essentially
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you want the interviewer to walk away
feeling wow I really liked her or him I
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think I want to bring them in and I want
to meet with them that is your
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tenshun your intention is that you want
to engage them so much though over the
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phone that they want to meet with you in
person now the second thing that you
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need to pay attention to is that you
have clear concise and articulate
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answers because interviewers can't see
your face it is actually super easy for
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anyone to zone out when somebody's
talking to them on the phone it's easy
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as just going on their laptop going
through facebook Instagram and that is
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the last thing that you want these
recruiters these hiring managers these
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HR professionals to be doing if they're
interviewing you over the phone so make
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sure you do not ramble just because
you're nervous doesn't give you the
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right to start rambling and then
shooting yourself in the foot and losing
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that opportunity to meet them in person
I've had so many phone interviews with
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candidates where I would find that they
just did not know how to sell themselves
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in an effective way in a really clear
and concise way over the phone because a
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lot of the times either they were
nervous and they were just telling me
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all different things and rhyming through
their whole resume to me which is not
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what you should be doing or actually the
opposite occurred where they were just
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giving me one-word responses that also
shows lack of interest on your end and
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therefore lack of interest from the
recruiters end they're not going to be
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interested in wanting to bring you
forward so make sure that ahead of time
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you're preparing your answers I know
this sounds like something that is given
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but you really want to make sure that if
you're doing a phone interview that you
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need to get your point across really
quickly so ask yourself in the first 10
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seconds when you're starting to give an
answer if they can already feel that
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there's a point that's going to be made
if you don't think that a point is being
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made in that first 10 seconds then
that's a red flag for you to fix your
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answer reorganize it rewrite it and
practice it in a way that you can get
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your point across really quickly so a
very specific but helpful suggestion I
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have for this is when you're prepared
for your phone interviews and you're
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practicing your answers ahead of time
you really want to also record your
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voice record your voice and play it back
list
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to it and ask yourself if I was in the
hiring manager shoes and I was listening
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to myself answer would I be engaged
would I be willing to listen to the end
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of this recording or if you are yourself
are finding that you're getting bored
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from your own answers then you know that
it's time to shed some fat from that
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answer and really make it clear concise
and articulate the third thing that
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phone interviewers are looking for is
your technical fit for the job so
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besides getting a gauge of your energy
and confidence levels and seeing how
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articulate and clear your responses are
another key factor that hiring managers
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really want to know is whether you're a
right technical fit for the job they
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want to know that you have the right
knowledge qualifications and experience
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to be able to do this position so you
want to make sure that the way that you
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answer your responses lines up to that
and matches to the position as much as
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possible and one of the easiest ways to
do that is to identify the key words
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from the job description that line up to
your experience and being able to
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incorporate those keywords into your
responses so if over the phone you don't
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sound very technically aligned with this
position that is the fastest and easiest
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way for them to cut the interview short
and say you know what we can't take you
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in so you really have to be sure that
this is the role that is appropriate for
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you but even if it's a slight shift from
something that you've been doing but you
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have the transferable skills and
knowledge and experience to be able to
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do the job then that's how you have to
sell yourself when you're giving them a
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rundown of what you're capable of and
how you're able to do the job and
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finally one of the most important
aspects that phone interviewers are
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looking for that a lot of people don't
realize is actually to assess whether
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you have a top-notch resume so I know
what you're thinking how does that make
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sense that they're looking at on my
resume in detail when they would have
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already looked at my resume and called
me in for this phone interview well I
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can tell you that the likelihood is this
when hire managers call
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candidates in for phone interviews
they're batching resumes they're taking
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a group of people out of a bigger group
of people and saying let's phone screen
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these individuals but they're not
necessarily going through a super
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in-depth analysis of the resumes they
actually tend to do that more so in the
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initial phone screen think about it this
way I'm a recruiter I'm staring at
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nothing but your resume when I'm talking
to you on the phone during the 10 15 20
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30 minutes that I'm on the phone with
you I have nothing else to share it but
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generally your resume so that's the
opportunity for me to really read your
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resume in depth and if I want to I'm
gonna pick out some questions that I may
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want to ask you during that time in the
interview so that's actually the time as
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a recruiter that I get to really assess
your resume and this is not just me as a
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recruiter a former recruiter and now
career coach but I can tell you that
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this happens across the board in the
industry where you know you get that
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initial six second scan of the resume
and you say yes I want to interview or
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no I don't want to interview but then in
the in the phone interview is actually
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when you're truly being assessed and at
that point if the recruiter or the
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hiring manager has been looking at your
resume plus five other resumes that day
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and they were able to really decipher
the differences between yours and the
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others and they notice that yours really
isn't up to par as much as they thought
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in that first six second screen or scan
then you're out of luck so you want to
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make sure that your resume is top-notch
because it's not only going to take you
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to that first round interview just
because it got you the first round
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interview doesn't mean that it's good
enough to get you into the second third
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round interviews and this is something
that is so key so you need to make sure
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that it is good enough to not only pass
the hrs checklist but also the manager
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that you're going to be working for in
that next round and then perhaps even
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the director and VP that you're going to
be working for as well they all have
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their own standards for how they want
the resume to look and they're going to
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be assessing you in the interview and
comparing you against the resume so
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there you have it my four key areas that
you need to focus on when you're
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preparing for your next phone interview
so I know this video is all great for
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those people who are getting phone
interviews but if you're not even
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getting a phone interview then
definitely you need to be working on
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your resume as the number one priority
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