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When you are trying to secure a job, you will likely have to interview in a variety of different ways. This means that not all of your interviews will be face-to-face. You will most likely have to endure at least one phone interview, if not multiple phone interviews, before you obtain the job of your dreams. This means that you need to know the secrets to success with a phone interview. Find out how you can make the best impression on the managers that you are interviewing with over the phone.

It is important that you do well in the phone interview, so that you make it one step closer to obtaining the job. Here are some quick tips for hitting a home run with your next telephone interview.

Be Prepared

It is important that you approach a phone interview with the seriousness and preparation that you would any other type of in-person interview. This means that you need to really prepare for your phone interview. It’s a good idea to go over the job description and job duties before your interview. Jot down some questions to ask and some brief information about your past employment. This method will help to refresh your mind and will make sure that you are ready to answer any questions presented to you. It is essential that you are prepared for the expected questions, but also for the questions that might not seem so straightforward. You need to be able to answer effectively in order to “wow” the recruiter on the phone.

STAR

It is always a good idea to prepare a STAR document once you have secured a phone interview. This type of document allows you to show off your problem-solving skills during your phone interview by preparing Situations, Tasks, Actions and Results. It gives you access to a bit of a cheat sheet that you can consult when you are being asked a number of different questions over the phone. By preparing this type of document, you will be ready for just about any question or scenario that comes your way. This document is something that you need to prepare each time that you are getting ready for a phone interview with a different company. While you definitely think about using documents during a phone interview, make sure to take the same documents to an in-person interview. There’s no rule that says you can’t have some type of support during an in-person interview.

You need to make sure that you take your phone interview seriously and put the preparation in that it takes to make the best impression possible. Follow the above tips and you will do well!

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