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When you’re in the running for a job, you often face a number of interviews. In some cases, the first one might be done by phone and take only about a half an hour. There are a lot of great ways to prepare for the classic, face-to-face interview, but what do you do when the person with the power to move you to the next round (or not) can’t even see you? Here’s how to crush your next phone interview.
Make a cheat sheet
We’ve recommended making a cheat sheet for job interviews and application questions before, but a phone interview is an even better time to make one since you can keep it in front of you without the interviewer ever knowing.
A phone interview, per Indeed, is designed to narrow down the pool of candidates for a job, so it will likely focus on your most relevant skills and experience, as well as your availability, desired salary, willingness to relocate (if necessary), and other basics. It’s not likely you’ll be asked the broader questions about how you perform on a team or overcome challenges, so as you’re making your cheat sheet, stick to descriptions of your education, experience, and standard desires in terms of money, benefits, and culture.
It’s also unlikely this will run over half an hour, so don’t write out anything too lengthy. Instead, try to keep it one page long. Consider writing out why you want the job, what skills you have that align with the ones listed in the job posting, and what your timeline for leaving your current role and transitioning to this one would be. Read and reread your sheet ahead of time and, once you know your talking points well, make any paragraphs into bullet points, so you don’t sound like you’re reading off a script.
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