Write a short story about yourself

At any video interview you will be asked to tell more about yourself and your achievements, so prepare in advance. Write out the essential points on a piece of paper or in a text file. For achievements, you can create a table where the result will be recorded in one column, and in the second — how you achieved it, what you had to face and what you learned for yourself.

By doing this, you will get unlost and become a more confident storyteller. And you’ll also understand how long it will take to answer, and if you suddenly tightened up or, on the contrary, wrote too little, you can edit the answer before the start of the interview to fully reveal yourself as an experienced employee.

Choose a program to contact

Before communicating with the employer, talk about where you will be interviewed. In addition to outdated Skype, you can use Zoom or Discord.

Consider the nuances of your interview. If this is just a conversation, then even an ordinary messenger with the ability to video call is suitable. Their advantage is that even if you lose Wi-Fi, the pre-enabled mobile Internet will help to continue the call.

If you still need the function of demonstrating the screen and phoning at the same time  with several people, it is worth choosing a more serious program.

Prepare everything you need

First of all — check your laptop or phone. The battery may drain at the most inappropriate moment. Check and collect the resume and the necessary documents or files in one folder, and the links in one document, open it all so that everything is at hand during a conversation.

The table you will be sitting at is also worth preparing. Remove all unnecessary in order not to accidentally touch and break or accidentally not topple the glass of water onto the keyboard. Then it certainly will not be up to the interview.

Test call

After you have chosen the program, call your friends or relatives to test the video, the sound, how convenient it is for you to get the files you need. This will also help to understand what kind of background you have, suddenly something that you don’t want to show gets in there and whether the home ones are very noisy.

In addition to technical verification, you can try doing a test interview. Let them ask you questions, and you answer them and monitor your behavior. Perhaps you use many parasitic words somewhere or don’t smile at all. Work on yourself, and then the real interview will be great.