Preparing for a skype interview

Practice on Skype prior to the Interview
Don’t begin your practice with your first job interview. Practice with Skype before the interview. Play with it. Learn how it works and what it can do. This way you will increase your familiarity with Skype and how to make it work best for you. Your job interview is the one time you can’t afford to wing it. Practice diligently!

Keep Eye Contact
It is especially important to remember you must look into your camera and not your screen; this is one of the most noticeable errors made. Maintain eye contact much like you would with an actual person. Don’t sit as close to the computer as you normally would, sit a bit farther back so that your face and upper shoulders are in the shot. Additionally, place the computer slightly higher than you normally do, so that it’s capturing you face-on and you’re not looking down at it.

The camera will record your smiles and facial expressions so try to loosen up and relax as much as possible. Smiling makes you look positive, confident and enthusiastic about the job you are applying for. Remember to blink and try to keep from nervous gestures such as twirling your hair or picking at your nails during the interview.

Be careful reading from notes
Use notes if you feel they are helpful, but make sure you are very familiar with them so that if you need to refer to them you can do subtly. Reading your notes like a script or sounding like you are delivering a pre-prepared speech can break the natural flow of the interview and detract from how genuine you sound.

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