Business Skills - Tips for video interviews

meet the video star as is the case for all other stages of the recruitment process. The purpose of an asynchronous video interview AVI is to screen for strong candidates. These one way interviews consist of a set of pre prepared questions that appear on screen. You then record your responses in a video. You may be allowed several attempts if you're not happy with the result or you may not make sure you know whether you will get only one shot at your video before you start, recruiters like to think that a vis save time and create a level playing field for all candidates. Everyone receives the same questions in the same order and format and has the same amount of time to answer them, but not everyone feels comfortable in front of a camera. One disadvantage for you as the interviewee is that you are basically talking to yourself. You can't interact with the recruiters or judge their reactions to your words. Here are seven tips and techniques to help you to prepare for these nerve wracking interviews. Start well check that your webcam is at eye level, then look into the camera when you speak that way, you'll make eye contact with the recruiters when they watch your recording. Act confidently from the start. Don't hesitate too long over your answers, but don't make any assumptions about what you need to do. Either read each prompt carefully. one of the early prompts is often tell us about yourself, you could focus on your current role and skills or describe your career path. Either way try to do it in no More than two or 3 sentences. It's a good idea to have printouts of the job at your application CV covering letter and interview notes on your desk to help you give a relevant answer. Remember the box in many respects and AVI is no different from other interviews unless A I is involved. This might scan your video for facial expressions and specific keywords and use the information to decide whether your clip is even shown to a human recruiter. So include relevant terms in your responses and refer to specific requirements in the job description. And remember to smile for both the bots and the humans sell yourself at some point you'll need to talk about your top strengths and the value you'll bring to the company as you won't receive any feedback while you're speaking, no nods or encouraging smiles, you might feel you should continue talking longer in order to make a more convincing case. It's best to resist the temptation and to limit your answers to two or 3 sentences. You don't want the recruiter or but too fast forward be prepared recruiters often use the AVI format to ask some of the trickier interview questions such as can you tell us about time, you made a terrible mistake. Just as with a normal interview, you cannot prepare for every possibility, but you can have something up your sleeve that you can adapt use the star technique to prepare stories about significant changes in your career, challenging moments and learning opportunities. This means you start your story with some background information situation, talk about what you needed to do task, explain how you successfully dealt with it action and highlight the positive difference you made results use rhetorical questions when used. Well rhetorical questions allow you to introduce ideas that encourage the recruiter to think about how you can provide the answer. They can turn the monologue almost into a dialogue. The recruiter may feel they are having a natural conversation with you even though they're not. And that's a good thing. Guide the recruiter think of your answers as short presentations, you sign, posting language to guide the recruiter through your responses and prepare them for what you were about to say, finish strong end on a positive note and confirm that you are interested in the position. Also consider inviting some kind of action from the recruiter at the end. Remember to say thank you for watching