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This is a great question. I can share what I do for Zoom calls and interviews. Before the start of each call, I make a point to place a small piece of a bright colored sticky note under my laptop camera located at the top of my screen. Some laptops place the camera at the bittom if the screen. This reminds me to look into the camera lens when I am speaking. This will let me provide eye contact to them though I can't see their eyes when I speak. I also set my view to the speaker view, and when I'm finished speaking, I look at the speaker on the screen. When it's my time to speak again, I look at the camera. That way, for me, it's less confusing. I focus on the camera when I speak and the screen when they speak. I hope this helps.
And if you must view yourself, set your view to gallery view but don't look at the screen when you are responding to and asking your questions. Speaker view usually is a better view for interviews. This way, if multiple people are on the call, you can focus only on who is speaking instead of looking all over the screen.
I find it most helpful to go through the job responsibilities and think of an answer from your background for each one. I know that is not the question, but my point is it helps me to have it pulled up on the laptop which is where the camera is. You appear to be looking right at them, but you are actually looking at your answers. It helps with nerves, and I am less likely to get lost in the point I am trying to make. Hope this helps!
It would be easier if I had a laptop but just a small smartphone android galaxy
Hi! My first thought is to use a small tv monitor and connect the HDMI cord to the tv and your phone. One of the simplest ways to connect your Android phone to an HDMI display is by using an HDMI adapter. Depending on your device’s port, you’ll need either a MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) adapter or a Slimport adapter. You will need to buy an adapter, so you can connect an HDMI cord to your phone (This is one answer I found. Type this question in google and you get several options. How can I connect my android phone to a small tv monitor. I hope this will help you.
I am on a tight budget and I have found the ASUS Vivobook is exactly what I needed for a personal computer. If that is a possibility for you, that really helped me.
I am not a fan of those types of interviews either. Some people here have given great advice in that regards about the sticky notes & the changing of the view.
I'm not too crazy about Zoom conference interviews myself. Mainly because I don't have a wifi connection in my apartment. I only have a wifi connection in one area of my apartment building and it's very limited. Anyway because of that I wind up having connection problems whenever I login. For me personally I, too, would rather schedule in an in-person interview as well.
I turn 1/3 of my screen into the chat and the other on my notes so I dont loose focus on my answer. I also take notes on what the interviewer says, which help for later. I tell the interviewer in the beginning that I take notes and I use active listening que's (head knod, expressive faces, yes, uh huh...) throughout the interview and switch between looking at my camera and my screen.
Most recruiters/ interviewers are also taking notes, and everyone looks away at an interview. All in all I suggest doing a mix of active listening que's, looking at the screen and at the camera. keep going youre gonna nail one!
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