Is Job Interview Easier or Harder on Zoom? Why?
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Is Job Interview Easier or Harder on Zoom? Why?
[Deactivated] on 08/08/2022 - 10:25
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- 93Easier
- 100Harder
- 47About the same
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fair point. though if you are caught out like that, its really tough life.
it's always better to just reboot the machine and make sure nothing else is running and only the zoom app is running.
@slowmo: More having been on a few remote meetings it isn’t unknown for the person hosting the meeting to have forgotten to shutdown apps or turn off notifications.
However, the classic was when we visited a client site and the meeting room had glass walls. Somebody, outside, had left their screen saver running with their holiday snaps. NSFW, probably, covers it. This raises the other issue of making sure you are cognisant of what is happening in the background with your family, housemates and pets.
@try2bhelpful: i think there's a point where you need to draw a line between what's 'acceptable' at work or not, and whether if one is able to do so.
someone leaving their nsfw snaps might just be one that isn't tech savvy and this can happen anywhere/anytime.
as for background family/housemates/pets…. i see that as a non-issue. if putting up a clean appearance is important then the onus is on the presenter to make it so. otherwise, life keeps on going.
the funny thing is, in my decades of working from home, it's only this later part of 2 years i've used my web cam at all, because poor people just somehow miss not talking a face on the other end.
@slowmo: Actually you shouldn’t have NSFW pictures on your PC. You have to be “savvy” enough to get them on there in the first place. You should consider who might see them.
The background is an issue if you want to make a professional impression. I’m not averse to wandering around my house with little on but I made sure I was scarce when my other half was doing meetings. They also don’t need to see my cats backside during an interview.
Insufficient bandwidth and a lack of a standard program is what has kept video meetings from being generally done previously. I remember when our organisation put this technology into meeting rooms and it was cumbersome due to bandwidth issues at that time. Also, video meetings become difficult with more than a few people at a time. Probably it depends on what you are used to.
It is dependent on everyone to present themselves in a professional manner. When you have a home meeting it is like inviting someone to a part of your home,
Actually you shouldn’t have NSFW pictures on your PC. You have to be “savvy” enough to get them on there in the first place. You should consider who might see them.
i think we are saying the same thing differently… my point really is what you said. it's quite interesting to note after all these news over the last decade about how 'home videos/pics' are retrieved from old HDDs, and mobile phones, people are still doing it.
It is dependent on everyone to present themselves in a professional manner. When you have a home meeting it is like inviting someone to a part of your home,
this is highly dependant on the culture of the company. as one would say "read the room" if you like. you can be professional without having a layer of superficial "touch ups", afterall, the basic blur background is available today in most popular video meeting tools.
ymmv. I have been doing interviews in my uniqlo T shirts + hoodies and got a job. so there's that.
edit: and having work meetings like that as well. so dry-cleaning savings was 100%
You’re not screen sharing on an interview. Few and far between do that.
Not sure about easier/harder, but helpful.
Prepare interview Q&A and keep it open while interviewing, just like they have interview Qs in front of them.
no guarantee they will ask the same Qs, but if they do, surely you will crack it with high marks.I cracked the interview and got the job recently. Some would say dodgy
brothersmethod, but hey, at least you will have a high chance to succeed in the interviewI did an online interview. I initially opted for it because I was too lazy to bus it into the CBD. However, when I started the interview I soon realised the sound optics wasn't very good in that room and I was on loud speaker. This meant there was an echo and I could hear myself (a 2ish second delay) which was so distracting. I still felt I did well. Didn't get the job in the end but also felt being there in person wouldn't have swayed their decision anyway.
Easier. The worst part for me is the anticipation and waiting in foyers not knowing wtf is going on.
Many people say that you do your best in interviews when you just don't care or feel like you've already failed because you become less nervous about what's going to happen. So being at home and not thinking / overthinking it while driving there or waiting around helps a lot.
I've had people break down and cry during interviews because of the stress it causes them.
My advice to anyone doing interviews, prepare everything you need then when it comes time, make yourself believe you don't need or even want the job. You'll be a lot more confident and natural.
Personally I would be pretty shocked if I found anyone in the corporate world using zoom, generally this is a banned product in most enterprises and all government. regardless though any sort of Video conference interview I find horrible both on the receiving end and doing the interview, So many important tells and body language are hidden in video conference interviews that it is something I avoid. I do a lot of workshops too this way and that is even worse as you don't see the feedback of body language from what you're saying.
yair as a photographer I've noticed that online influencers tend to use those ring lights with a smartphone stand in the middle to avoid any shadows on their face so they look their best I guess (mostly females?) - so that might help in the beauty contest
avoid my standard lighting of a wall light behind me so my laptop cam would show the background bright and my face dark in shadow - for zoom meetings I turn the behind wall light off and turn on the room light so my face can be seen more clearly
cam angle slightly up or down (to avoid double-chins?) - maybe try for level, and adjust distance/zoom to minimise big ears, etc.
as for robo-interrogation with 30 seconds to answer, ima just say I'm glad I'm retired - far kthat for my idea of a satisfying experience
Way easier. Did many interviews recently. If they were in person I would've needed to use up a huge chunk of my annual leave to go in person.
If an interviewer wants face-to-face 1st round interviews I turn them down as it's too much hassle, and I don't want to work for a dinosaur who does not follow with the times.
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Just giving people the heads up to do that sort of thing.