Hi, I’m Ali with Purple Squirrel Advisors
and Carrie is here with me too.
We wanted to talk a little bit about virtual
interviews
and body language during these virtual interviews.
So, you know, it's a new setting
a new form of interviews with COVID hitting
but companies have adapted and there's been
a lot of different virtual interviews.
So, Carrie is going to talk a little bit about
tips and tricks
of how to stay engaged during these virtual
interviews on Zoom or Microsoft teams.
Thank you Ali and you know I've seen a lot
of comments recently just about Zoom fatigue
and this topic of body language has come up
but there's been some interesting things that
I've noticed just even in the last
couple of days related to body language on
a video interview.
The first thing is your camera angle makes
a huge difference.
I'm just going to demonstrate something quickly
here.
So, a lot of times we see people where their
video is really close up to their face
and in this instance, you can't see really
what's happening with my body,
whereas if you pull the screen away
and you can see more, then all of a sudden
if my hands are moving
or if I'm leaning in or if I'm making different
gestures,
you can see that difference.
That is actually a critical and important
part
of being in a video meeting or especially
a video interview.
We recently had some feedback from a client
that they didn't think our candidate was interested
or excited
and I really believe that it was all about
the body language.
So, my first tip would be to definitely make
sure your camera angles right.
Try not to have it too focused on just your
head
because then you can't see your posture, your
hand movements
or anything else that's going to indicate
what you're experiencing.
So, nothing can replace the energy that you
have of being in the same room with somebody
but you've got to try to replicate some of
that through your
camera angles and through looking at the screen.
I think also the quality of the sound is important
too
and so you should test your quality of sound
before going into a video interview
because that can really impact the connection
and the person on the other side of the screen
can
be so focused on trying to hear you, that
they're not really focused on
the overall message that you're trying to
convey.
So, I hope this was helpful, it's just a simple
tip
but we have found that it makes a huge difference.
As always, reach out and ask us any questions
and we're here to help
