6 reasons you failed the phone interview
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Last week, I wrote about reasons your resume might end up in my trash. This week, let’s assume you’ve made it past the initial...
View Articlephone interviews: the sanity check
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I don’t know how I didn’t know about Rands in Repose until just now, but somehow I didn’t. Go read the Sanity Check, his brilliant...
View Articlewhy do you sound surprised when I call you for our scheduled phone interview?
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. There’s a weird behavior going around, and I have to say, I think I’ve only seen it in people under 30. We have a specific time...
View Articlehow to prepare for a phone interview
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m always amazed by how often I can tell that a candidate hasn’t really prepared for a phone interview. Laziness aside, preparing...
View Article36 phone interviews in 3 days
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I applied for an IT position at the university here and a week or so after the posting ended received a request...
View Articlea day of phone interviews – experience it for yourself!
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Today I did a slew of phone interviews for an open position and thought you guys might find it interesting to peek into the hiring...
View Articleemployer left me a message — but wouldn’t respond when I tried to get back to...
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Recently I faxed my resume and cover letter to a company that had a job posting on Career Builders. About a week...
View Articlesurprise — it’s a phone interview that you didn’t know was coming!
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Is it customary to surprise applicants with a phone interview? I’m applying for an internal promotion with my...
View Articleyou should not do a phone interview at 55 miles an hour
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m not sure why anyone would do a pre-scheduled phone interview while they were driving, but since I’ve recently discovered that...
View Articleinterviewer didn’t give me any time to ask my own questions
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am stumped about a telephone interview I had today. I did my homework and researched the company as it is in a...
View Articledon’t send poetry as your writing sample, and other suggestions for job...
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m hiring college students for several internships right now, which means that the candidates are a mix of really...
View Article10 ways to ace your phone interview
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. More and more employers are using phone interviews as screens to narrow down their applicant pool before deciding who to interview...
View Articleis “use a land line” outdated advice for phone interviews?
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Somehow, yesterday’s post about giving feedback to your interviewer has turned into a debate in the comments on whether it’s...
View Articlehow to stand out in a phone interview
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. More and more employers are using phone interviews as screening mechanisms to narrow down their applicant pool before deciding who...
View Articlewhen an employer asks you to call them long-distance
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I applied for a job at a large insurance company and was contacted to set up a phone interview. When I called the...
View Articledon’t make these 10 mistakes in your next phone interview
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. If you have a phone interview coming up and are wondering how to excel in it so that you get offered an in-person interview, here...
View Articlewhy do employers do preliminary phone interviews?
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Since employers usually have far more qualified job applicants than they can realistically interview, they often use preliminary...
View Articlefine, you can use a cell phone for your phone interview
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m officially retiring the “don’t use a cell phone for a phone interview” advice that’s still out there in many places. I realized...
View Articlehow long should you wait when a hiring manager doesn’t call you when...
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Could you please give your advice on calling etiquette with a potential hiring manager? I had scheduled via email...
View Articleif you aren’t screening job candidates by phone, you must start now
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’ve been asked a few times recently if it’s really worth spending the time on phone interviews before bringing job candidates in...
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