Wednesday, 7 March 2012

TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ????




Presenting Priyanka as the "Hiring Manager" and Aditya as the "Candidate".
Hiring Manager: Hello Aditya…this is Priyanka,  the Hiring Manager. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Aditya:  Well, um I am loyal, honest and hardworking – I have a lot of experience and I am a very hard worker, very responsible.
Hiring Manager: I see….perhaps you could share a few more details about the nature of your experience.
Aditya: Oh, sure…well, I have been working for 10 or so years...like I said, I have a lot of experience and I am a real people-person, too, you know.
Hiring Manager:  Oh, okay….so can you be more specific about your experience and how it would be of value to our organization?
Aditya: Well, I love working with people and with my experience and my education, I think I have a lot to offer someone.
  • If you were Priyanka, the Hiring Manager, would you be enamoured with this candidate?
  • Does this candidate keep you engaged and ready to listen to each and every new word uttered?

Many recruiters are using "telephone interviews" as the first stage of a job interview process. A telephone interview is a pre-scheduled interview that takes place between a recruiter and a candidate who has applied for a job role that takes place over the telephone. The telephone interview is an effective way for a firm to screen many candidates quickly and with the lowest overall expenditure of any type of interview.  

Telephone interviews are usually fairly straightforward and are mainly used to screen candidates out of an interview process. Often, all recruiters will be looking for from candidates during a telephone interview will be a calm, confident telephone manner and an intelligent set of responses to interview questions.

Questions will usually focus on:  CV, work experience and academic history;  motivations for applying to the firm in question, the particular industry and job role; your knowledge of the firm itself (i.e.competitors, global reach, future plans); and, your skills, qualifications and competencies.

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