How to Ace the Dreaded Phone Interview

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The Suggestions matches my instinct. Thanks! I felt confident now!!

Boudhayan Chakraborty 12:51AM January 30, 2012

Pretty interesting article... Quite liked the points about smile, brag sheet and the resume. A great article worth reading!

confused 8:21AM January 27, 2012

Lindsey, this is very sound advice. I'm sure someone else will agree with me.
Thank you,

g-man of IL 8:40PM September 29, 2010

Tell me somthing I didn't know. Man, give me your job.

Frank of PA 1:00PM September 27, 2010

I'm a staff nurse- never really been in charge, etc. What are they looking for when they question your leadership skills

Alice of WA 12:35AM September 25, 2010

no comment,

bishnu bhandari of MS 4:08AM September 24, 2010

Overly simplistic and not new or different advice than what has been said for years.

Jane of IL 1:36PM September 22, 2010

Great advice on being prepared and treating it like a regular interview. The more information I had, the easier each phone interview became. The STAR strategy is great as well: the interviewer usually asks for 1-2 examples of successful experiences; this makes it easy to respond without sounding inept.

Crystal of OH 3:20PM September 21, 2010

A S.T.A.R. document (Situation, Task, Action, Results is a great way to shine with your accolades without sounding boastful. Marc Candella (Ladders.com) illustrated this in a recent news latter to me. I took his advice and chose three companys I worked for and dug in the memories to find great examples of how I made a great deal of difference for my clients. I made the company shine, created long-term close relations with the company and me, and built networking to other prospects from those happy clients of mine. Keep three S.T.A.R. examples with you when you take your interview phone call since you can't be sure which would be the best to use, so be prepared!

Bob of ID 1:05PM September 21, 2010