As someone involved in first round interviews, here's some quick tips fellow fish 🐟 when being interviewed remotely:

- technical blips happen so have some initiatives ready at hand to offer to the panel prior to starting. i.e. Use the comments section, have a phone number ready to continue verbally or use a different video service (I recommend Google Meet)
- A less distracting background means we're focused solely on you and not the cat scratching the chair to pieces

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My favourite discovery from doing remote interviews was that you can make notes with company values, job recruitments, questions etc and have them somewhere in your eyesight. I like using sticky notes and placing them on the screen

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- We love to talk about soft skills remotely just as much as the usual hard/tech skills. We're equally impressed that you're a strategic thinker, motivator, team player, upfront, accountable, fail sometimes but learn from it etc.
- Don't use the usual buzzwords in a CV without having evidential examples that provide context. I.e. Tell me more about why you're customer driven.
- Be ready to answer gaps in employment and short spells at other companies. These are important and help us understand your career progression and how you nurture your talent out of employment or during it. Honesty is also important here so don't be tempted to jump on the blame wagon.

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I had four interviews with a company that uses Google Meet. Only once did it work correctly. Twice we had to zoom and the other a phone call.

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It worked once. So not sure it was the settings. Also used Google Chrome, so you’d think it would be compatible. The one time it worked I used Safari.

As someone who interviewed candidates please take this seriously. Dress nicely (most candidates wore a suit) and sit at a desk (some guy took the interview from his recliner).

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@SA1 "suit" yourself...just sharing an observation

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