Thursday 2 July 2009

Interview well: Eye contact & body language

Being able to Interview well is an invaluable skill. If its something you don’t already do maintaining eye contact and portraying positive body language is a very good Interview technique to pick up and improve your Interview success on a high scale.

Things to avoid:

Not making eye contact with the Interviewer they are talking to you and visa versa.
Covering your mouth with your hand when speaking.
Tapping your foot against the table.
Crossing your arms.

Reasons

Not maintaining eye contact can make you come across shifty and give the impression of dishonesty.
Covering your mouth when you speak implies that you don’t mean what is being said and the interviewer could draw the conclusion your not being honest or that you are lying.
Tapping your foot against the table can give the impression of nervousness and you want to be portrayed as a confident individual.
Crossing your arms makes you appear defensive and interviewers may think you have something to hide.

Now we’ve covered what you shouldn’t do I will briefly go over what body language we should use to Send across the right messages and improve your Interview success:

Maintain eye contact approximately 80% of the time.
Hand placed in front of you on the table.
Sitting with back straight.
Feet should be still in front of you.

If you follow the tips above you will portray the right body language, once you eventually get this interview technique perfected it definitely will help you to interview well and should dramatically improve your Interview success and in the long run the amount of job offers you get.

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