I know this is chit chat, but I got one of these this afternoon. Who has the magic answer?

3/25/2010 9:54:22 AM

magic answer:

http://brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1§ion=9&searchstring=interview&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

3/25/2010 9:57:24 AM

Remember, your voice doesn't project as well on the phone, so you have to speak much louder than you would in person for the other party to hear you.

Remember, this is much more informal than a face to face interview, so feel free to use slang andprofanity. In fact, they interviewer will find it strange if you don't.

Remember, this is your show...if the interviewer is dominating the conversation, feel free to interject. They'll have their chance to talk at the end.

3/25/2010 10:01:01 AM

^Yea Clark Howard went over this a few days ago, made those key points

you must have watched it too Slave

good advice

3/25/2010 10:01:53 AM

slang maybe, but profanity...... no way jose

3/25/2010 10:03:57 AM

i think the most important key to a phone interview is the # key

make sure you press it a lot during the interview, especially when the interviewer is talking

3/25/2010 10:05:52 AM

I always like to pee during a phone interview. And make sure it's at a sit down toilet instead of a stand-up urinal. That way they can hear it going on in the background. Makes you look like a good multi-tasker.

3/25/2010 10:07:14 AM

Actually open the interview on the toilet, and ask them to guess what your doing.

3/25/2010 10:08:40 AM

If asked something to the effect of "What skills do you possess that set you apart from others?"

immediately mash a bunch of buttons on your phone. There will be a few moments of silence before the interviewer asks what happened. Inform him or her that you have the ability to communicate solely using DTMF tones.

3/25/2010 10:08:44 AM

be sure to be in your underwear and scratch your ass a few times, just to you feel comfortable

3/25/2010 10:12:26 AM

Arrange for your friends and family members to call you during the interview. Every five minutes ask the interviewer to hold so you can take another call.

You'll seem important and well-connected, an asset to any company.

3/25/2010 10:14:19 AM

put him on speaker phone and blend up a daiquiri with lots of ice, to let him know you don't have any responsibilities right now and are drinking during the day

offer him one, also, then play it off as a joke, because he's not really there with you

3/25/2010 10:15:28 AM

Make sure to tell him, "keep it short, this is a pre-paid phone."

3/25/2010 10:16:16 AM

get defensive when he asks about your past

and bad mouth your previous employers

often

3/25/2010 10:17:12 AM

in the same vein as ^^^^, invite a chick (or dude thsailor) over to have sex with you during the phone interview. you will again sound important and well connected, and if you pay the person youre fucking to pretend you have a big dong, the interviewer will picture your dong, putting you in the power position in the interview

[Edited on March 25, 2010 at 10:17 AM. Reason : ^]

3/25/2010 10:17:24 AM

be sure to leave your place during the interview, drive eratically and fast, and order from a drive thru

3/25/2010 10:18:59 AM

but make sure its an upscale drive-thru, like kfc or circus burger

3/25/2010 10:19:39 AM

4 words: Porn in the background

3/25/2010 10:20:00 AM

talk down to the drive thru employees

end each command with "bitch"

to assert your dominance

3/25/2010 10:20:50 AM

My best guy friend, Doc, is a video production manager for a major league baseball team and he wanted to prank a colleague as they were screening job candidates.

He arranged a fake phone interview with me as a potential job prospect. The guys called me and in the interview I hit on Doc non-stop. "You have a deep voice. You sound tall. Are you?" and "I'll do anything it takes to get this job. Anything." and "I'm very good with manual tasks. Great with my hands. Very dexterous."

At the end of the interview, Doc asked me to show him my "portfolio" over drinks that night. I said, "Sure, but I get really horny when I drink."

His colleague freaked out.

3/25/2010 10:23:12 AM

ahahahahaha




also, argue with a foreign neighbor. this will impress the interviewer with your ability to communicate

3/25/2010 10:26:13 AM

Ask him when you can start, right away

and when asked what position you see yourself in, if working at the company, tell him "yours"

3/25/2010 10:27:57 AM

3/25/2010 11:37:03 AM

^win

3/25/2010 3:27:29 PM

make sure you are chewing gum and or tobacco products

3/25/2010 3:29:16 PM

Eat an entire bag of chips during the interview. Also, make sure to have very loud rap music playing in the background. They won't be able to turn you down!!!

3/25/2010 3:53:39 PM

on a serious note,figure out the things you want them to know about you beforehand and write them all down so you remember to bring them up

3/25/2010 4:01:23 PM

Call all of your last jobs "gigs"

3/25/2010 4:04:24 PM

Demand a hotel suite on the road

3/25/2010 4:06:03 PM

As a younger man I used to let the potential employer hear bong water bubble and coughing in the background. Then I found my intense coughing could potentially communicate me as a wuss.

To rectify this mistake, make sure to ask about their family. When they engage then tell the interviewer their wife/child/daughter looks very peaceful sleeping right now, then hang up the phone.


100% GUARANTEED TO GET A CALL BACK

3/25/2010 4:09:09 PM

Quote :

"Call all of your last jobs "gigs""

any short-term job that you obviously had no intent of staying with can be called a gig, it makes it look like you are valuing this job that much higher.

3/25/2010 4:10:41 PM

I've hard standing up during the phone interview causes you to speak more clearly and confidently

3/25/2010 6:29:22 PM

Just for the record:

I am currently employed and am looking for other positions in the area.
The phone interview went really well IMO. The lady excitedly thanked me at the end of it, asked me when I could start if offered the position, and said she would get back to me by the end of the week. I realize none of these are uncommon at the end of an interview, but she sounded genuine.

The hardest question of the interview was "describe a time when you had a conflict with a manager or colleague. How did you resolve it and what was the result." That's a question that is hard to answer without sounding cliche' and douchey. Anyway I am pretty sure it went well. Thanks for all the suggestions you bunch of assholes.

3/25/2010 6:37:36 PM

Not to be a downer* but i've had 4 phone interviews recently where I was told I would definitely be coming in for a face to face and would be a great fit.

0 of those have actually happened.




*I am trying to be a downer because the phone interview I had this afternoon was the worst ever. But, seriously, good luck and I hope you get it.

3/25/2010 6:55:04 PM

Thanks dude. What kind of position are you looking for?

3/25/2010 8:17:21 PM

do it from a land line, the delay on the cell is frustrating....or make sure you dont talk over them due to the delay....

3/25/2010 8:43:49 PM

btw, had a second phone interview tuesday and have an on-site interview on this coming tuesday.

BOO-YAH

4/1/2010 3:14:44 PM