Etiquettes & Strategies to Sit for a Skype Interview

An interview is a platform where one’s personality and potential is reflected by the inborn attitude. Attitude is the altitude of the ardent aptitude to bolster the designed profile of own personality. So one should be prepared enough to sit for an interview. Video interview on Skype or any other media is one of the common ways in the fields of jobs and admission processes of higher studies. Proper etiquettes and skilled strategies can make anyone potentially prepared to sit for a Skype interview with a view to achieving desired success.

Design a Decent Environment      

• It is very important to design and prepare a decent, organized and formal environment prior to the beginning of the interview.
• The environment from where one sits for an interview means a lot about the personality and characteristics of the person.
• In order to design a decent environment before the webcam, firstly one needs to build a neutral background. In any place, there may be posters, clothes on the wall or anything visually distracting and disturbing for the people who take the interview. So it is a matter of concern to confirm a neutral background before calling.
• The environment is to be kept quiet considering the auditory distractions, e.g.: phone ringers, the sound created by children or neighbors or people roam around. 
• One should find a place of tranquility i.e. a place where he/she can talk and give the interview without any kind of distraction or disturbance to talk freely and easily.

Wear Fine & Formal Dress

• Attire and appearance are the primary elements to read one’s personality regarding any kind of interview where impression works as a driving force.
• The person is unable to give the interview in person and so appearance is all the more important in giving a good impression and, therefore, has a bigger role to play in getting the job.
• So one should make the effort to maintain a fine, official, and formal dress code.
• A preparation of dress code with fine and formal dresses reflect the sincerity and seriousness as well.
• It will aid anyone making him/her ready whether they will have to give any presentation on the urge of the interviewers over the video call.

 

Optimize Posture, Position & Place  

·      One has to confirm the position designing a decent environment and then he/she needs to be concerned about a decent dress code. Then, the position and posture are to be optimized.

·      Firstly, the position of the camera is to be stabilized and fixed. If the camera remains too close or too far it can create a visual distraction for the interviewers. The camera is to be set in a position so that it can incorporate most of the top half clearly from a flexible, normal distance.

·      The normal distance aids the interviewers to see gestures and body language to evaluate the psychological aspects on the basis of their urges.

·      It is suggested to maintain a good eye contact with interviewers so that the nerve will work within an amiable ambiance. The camera should be placed at the eye level. One should look at the camera and the interviewers. They should not look at themselves on the screen. Eye movements should not be erratic.

·      One should choose such a position where he/she can get the best comfort zone so that any unnecessary and distracting movement does not need during the interview. He / She should sit up straight having a formal position and posture.

·      The place is to be optimized so that the place should maintain normal & natural lighting but it should be of concern that the face should not be darkened by any kind of shadow.

 

Strengthen the Technical Systems

·      One needs to confirm the constant service from electricity and internet without any network, bandwidth disturbance to maintain a continuous and successful interview until the end.

·      The webcam is to be familiarized along with the microphone or headset. One can go for a wireless headset to avoid the complicacy of any kind of chord or wire.

·      One should practice before sitting for the final interview to check whether the webcam is working perfectly and the computer, internet & electricity functions well.

·      If anyone is new to Skype and video calling then it’d be wise to play around the program before the interview to better understand how it works and how to fix things when anything inexplicably stops working.

·      One should so do any test calls to anyone from friends and family before the interview to check and fix everything finally. 

 

Keep Documents Ready to Attach

·      All kind of necessary documents should be kept ready in a definite folder of the computer so that one can easily attach or mail them instantly if any of the interviewers want them to send.

• A PowerPoint presentation should be ready on definite topics, research, subjects, curriculum vitae/resume on the basis of specific urge and requirements.
• One should be prepared for talking about own self for approximately about a minute.

 

 Train Art of Articulation & Speaking

·      One should train and excel his/her art of articulation and speaking before sitting for a video interview. He / She has to speak clearly with confidence, clarity and proper articulation.

• Each of the moment one needs to confirm that the conversation is driven by proper enunciation to make the interviewers feeling comfortable.
• During the conversation, one needs to focus on verbal and formal conversation avoiding any kind of non-verbal and informal conversation which will reflect the sincerity and personality firmly and positively.
• The speech is, to be frank by means of the conscientious sense of spontaneity. If one feels to express any kind of appreciation or inspiration regarding the interviewers then he/she should tell them with ecstatic enthusiasm.
• One should make a space in the conversation to share his interest/work/research experience/ achievements regarding the specific fields relevant to the interviewers.

 

Remarks to Remember

·      Everyone should be amply positive about every considerable fact to answer and run the conversation. Positivity always gives a positive output.

·      If anyone is asked regarding any important & specific skill then he/she should express positive gesture enthusiastically least to learn it in need and urge whether he/she is confident enough or not to answer.

·      One should study enough about the interviewer’s works, background, interests before beginning the interview e.g.: One can do the study on the research areas of a professor before being interviewed.

·      The conversation should be lightened with the lively smile and inborn politeness.

 

Practice to be Excelled 

 

• The strategies and tips can be applied properly with efficacy if one can do proper and perpetual practice regularly to adept at giving interviews effectively. Practices will aid anyone to deal with the nerves and to become natural, stable and lively during the interview session.

The platform of the interview can become premises of success with the altitude of a positive attitude where the ardent aptitude trained by the strategies mentioned plays a vital role for in optimistic output.