The Phone Interview
Dial M for Meeting
Phone interviews can come about in many ways, but in the end, either you call them or they call you. If they call you, and you’re lucky, it will be someone you’ve already researched. If not, schedule it a few days out if possible so you can do some preliminary research. Aside from that, the goal of scheduling the phone interview is to identify a particular time at which you will be available to have a good discussion.
If the interviewer asks if you have time right now to chat, the answer is a polite “no.” Doing so gives all the power to the interviewer and gives you almost no benefit whatsoever. Explain that you have another appointment in a few minutes and find out what other times your interviewer ...
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