Our guidance what you need to know about interviewing on Skype.

This is the second cast we’ve done about interviewing on Skype. In between, these interviews have got more prevalent – some first screens are done by Skype now. It’s cheap, easy and convenient for the companies who use the technology. It’s a little bit harder for the candidates, but that helps you. The more of the competition who fail at this point, the better for you. In this cast, we have four extra considerations for you when interviewing by Skype.

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Our guidance on accepting offers – how not to do it!

We covered how to decline an offer a while ago and we still got questions about how to accept offers. Then we published 'Accepting an Offer' and we still got questions about what's okay and what’s not. This cast covers questions we’ve been asked about accepting offers and behaviors which are definitely NOT okay.

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Our guidance on accepting offers.

We covered how to decline an offer a while ago and we still get questions about how to accept offers. It’s not just about saying ‘yes’. There’s the when and how of that yes to consider.

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This guidance describes a simple way executive succession planning is often done, and the key to mastering it.

One of the ways that senior leadership positions are determined is by asking many senior leaders whom they think would be good in the role. Sometimes, this takes the form of asking the very people being considered for the position. The right answer probably isn’t what you think.

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This is the fourth part of our guidance on how to deal with bad interviewers: those who are stony-faced.

We’ve addressed interviewers that do too much and try to take over your interview, or who are too in your face with their comments. But what about those that are too little? Those that don’t say enough or don’t respond to your answers? Those that are who give you no visual cues about whether they like you and you’re doing a good job? We’re going to address those in this cast.

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This is the third part of our guidance on how to deal with bad interviewers; those that talk too much.

We started this series by addressing what to do when you don’t get a chance to tell the interviewer about your experience because they don’t ask the right questions. But what if the problem is not the questions, but that the interviewer doesn’t let you get a word in edgeways. In this cast, we’re going to address what to do when the interviewer is taking too much of the interview and not giving you a chance.

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This is another chapter in our guidance on how to deal with bad interviewers: those that are distracted.

Everyone has off days – and they sometimes fall on the day you’re carrying out interviews. Everyone has days when it’s all hitting the fan and the interviewees for that day are already on the way. Interviewers are human. It’s possible that they are distracted.

What can you do as the interviewee?

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This is the first part of our guidance on how to deal with bad interviewers; those that ask bad questions.

The Interview Series has been our most successful product, and we regularly get emails telling us how the Series helped members get their dream jobs. However, we also get asked ‘what if they don’t ask those questions I’ve so carefully practiced for?’. What if the interviewer is a fan of those ‘stress’ interviews? What if she is distracted? We’re going to address some of those issues here.

First, though, a word of caution. A lot of these questions come from people who haven’t yet started interviewing. They’re imagining all the things that COULD happen. We’re not discounting the possibility – it’s certainly possible – but it’s unlikely. It’s even more likely that your interviewer is not deliberately bad, or nasty – just inept. If you want the shortest version of this cast, it would be give them a break, do your best, let the outcome go.

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The conclusion of our guidance on how to interview when the interview is conducted over Skype.

We have been getting questions about Skype interviews for some time, and the incidence of this type of interview will only get more frequent as time goes on. Whilst tele-conference interviews never became as common as was predicted – it was much harder to schedule and the technology was and remained much more expensive than expected – Skype is cheaper and easier to use. In addition, most of us have a computer at home which will run Skype, and most of us have webcams. Therefore, companies can expect the interviewee to have the requisite equipment at home, and that requesting a Skype interview doesn't cause an unnecessary burden.

So having put forward a case that you're likely to be asked to a Skype interview – and even more likely in the future, what do you need to do?

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Our guidance on how to interview when the interview is conducted over Skype.

We have been getting questions about Skype interviews for some time, and the incidence of this type of interview will only get more frequent as time goes on. Whilst tele-conference interviews never became as common as was predicted – it was much harder to schedule and the technology was and remained much more expensive than expected – Skype is cheaper and easier to use. In addition, most of us have a computer at home which will run Skype, and most of us have webcams. Therefore, companies can expect the interviewee to have the requisite equipment at home, and that requesting a Skype interview doesn't cause an unnecessary burden.

So having put forward a case that you're likely to be asked to a Skype interview – and even more likely in the future, what do you need to do?

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