The Video Conference Interview
As technology becomes more and more apparent in our daily lives, things seem to stay the same.
Just the other day one of my candidates did a video conference as part of the interview process. He nailed it. Not because of his great camera presence, but because of his old fashioned way of preparing for the interview. The hiring authority gave him fair warning that he would she would be conducting a behavioral interview and that she and the staffing manager would spend about 30 minutes on canned questions that had to be asked.
Since the candidate did not know what to expect with the behavioral interview, I got him prepped with two dozen potential questions and answers. But the candidate went one step farther. He took time to video tape him self so he could see and hear what the interviewers would see. Briliant! Not only was he able to make sure to keep his hands on his lap so he would look more flattering on the camera, but he also noticed all the "ums", "ers", and "ya knows".
He quickly corrected all of these potential potholes and was able to give quick, concise answers that wowed the hiring manager. Even the staffing manager was impressed. She mentioned in a debriefing session, "Jerry was able to give us all the information we were looking for and he was able to do it in a concise manner. Most importantly, he listened to our questions and answer them completely without being verbose." I wish all candidates were that good.
What Jerry did here was not only follow my lead on reading all the information that I presented him about the behavioral interview, but he went one step farther which was to see what his weaknesses are and give them a quick fix. As much as I am a tech-geek, all the Blackberrys, high-tech computers and gadgets in the world still cannot replace human intuition.
Just the other day one of my candidates did a video conference as part of the interview process. He nailed it. Not because of his great camera presence, but because of his old fashioned way of preparing for the interview. The hiring authority gave him fair warning that he would she would be conducting a behavioral interview and that she and the staffing manager would spend about 30 minutes on canned questions that had to be asked.
Since the candidate did not know what to expect with the behavioral interview, I got him prepped with two dozen potential questions and answers. But the candidate went one step farther. He took time to video tape him self so he could see and hear what the interviewers would see. Briliant! Not only was he able to make sure to keep his hands on his lap so he would look more flattering on the camera, but he also noticed all the "ums", "ers", and "ya knows".
He quickly corrected all of these potential potholes and was able to give quick, concise answers that wowed the hiring manager. Even the staffing manager was impressed. She mentioned in a debriefing session, "Jerry was able to give us all the information we were looking for and he was able to do it in a concise manner. Most importantly, he listened to our questions and answer them completely without being verbose." I wish all candidates were that good.
What Jerry did here was not only follow my lead on reading all the information that I presented him about the behavioral interview, but he went one step farther which was to see what his weaknesses are and give them a quick fix. As much as I am a tech-geek, all the Blackberrys, high-tech computers and gadgets in the world still cannot replace human intuition.
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