A Candidate’s Guide: How to

Prepare for a Video Interview

VIDEO INTERVIEW CHECK LIST HOW TO ENTER

READY YOUR TECHNOLOGY SKYPE MEETING
✓ Give yourself adequate time to test the quality of your
video technology to make sure everything is working
correctly
✓ Check the quality of audio and camera lighting with • From the interview invitation email, join Skype
another person by clicking the “Join Skype Meeting” link
✓ Use high speed and reliable internet • You may have to wait in the virtual meeting
✓ Make sure phone/laptop is charged/plugged in room to be admitted into the meeting
✓ Use a headset with a microphone
• Start your video by clicking on the video icon
BE AWARE OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT • Click on “Start Video”
✓ Remove any posters, photos, or images near you that
will give a wrong impression of you Helpful links:
✓ Silence your phone • Skype Website
✓ If others are close by, ask them to be silent during the
interview session

DO A SELF CHECK:
✓ Dress appropriately: Choose color wisely avoiding
bright colors and busy patterns that is troublesome on HOW TO ENTER
the camera ZOOM MEETING
✓ Look at the camera and not at the computer screen to
ensure good eye contact
✓ Smile, have good posture and good body language
✓ Act as if you are in an actual face to face interview • From the interview invitation email, join Zoom
✓ Speak loudly and clearly into the microphone by clicking the “Join Zoom Meeting” link
• Click on “Start Video”
IF THINGS SHOULD GO WRONG • You will be prompt to click on “Join with
✓ If there are any noise interruptions, apologize for the Computer Audio”
interruptions and ask for a few moments until the • Click on “Start Video”
noise subsides
✓ If someone enters the room unexpectantly, apologize,
Helpful links:
ask for a few moment, then mute the audio and turn
off your camera until the room is secure again. Zoom Website
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