I am so awkward on phone calls, especially during phone interviews. In-person interviews are fine, but I freeze up on the phone. Any advice how to get better at this?

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Offer a text message interview instead

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Same boat. I leave myself long voicemails to analyze how I speak. Think I have gotten much better over the last few months.

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Read from a script

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Smile while you speak, it's surprisingly audible

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I'm the opposite. I do great at phone interviews because i can read from a script and don't have to be distracted by facial cues...

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Practice with your mom

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^pretty much what I do during phone interviews

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Practice makes perfect

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The more you practice the better you get. I was in the same boat a year ago. Getting better now

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Phone is hard for everyone

I stand up and walk around with phone on speaker

Buy an AI enabled TelePrompTer that can tell the next question the interviewer will ask so you can Lol when they do ask that question

It's normal that phone interviews are awk and weird. Just try to get into the groove by the second question or so. Be yourself

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