Sit up straight, and lean slightly forward in your chair. In
addition to projecting interest and engagement in the interaction,
aligning your body's position to that of the interviewer's shows
admiration and agreement.
Show your enthusiasm by keeping an
interested expression. Nod and make positive gestures in moderation to
avoid looking like a bobblehead.
Establish a comfortable
amount of personal space between you and the interviewer. Invading
personal space (anything more than 20 inches) could make the interviewer
feel uncomfortable and take the focus away from your conversation.
Limit
your application of colognes and perfumes. Invading aromas can arouse
allergies. Being the candidate that gave the interviewer a headache
isn't going to do anything in your favor.
If you have more
than one person interviewing you at once, make sure you briefly address
both people with your gaze (without looking like a tennis spectator) and
return your attention to the person who has asked you a question.
Interruptions
can happen. If they do, refrain from staring at your interviewer while
they address their immediate business and motion your willingness to
leave if they need privacy.
Stand up and smile even if
you are on a phone interview. Standing increases your level of
alertness and allows you to become more engaged in the conversation.
A Live Testimony:-
My HR interview just happened for 5 minutes but that were the
worst 5 minutes. The only thing he did during those 5 minutes was finding
mistakes in me.
As I entered he made
me wait for 2 minutes without asking me to sit. Later he started talking to his
colleague and in between said “please sit down”. He then opened up my profile
and started finding mistakes. I had placed a thing under wrong heading I my resume.
I got an earful for that. Then he pointed out that I had affixed a picture of
mine wearing T-shirt and gave a lecture on professionalism and said that u have
come for an interview and not for a marriage proposal. He said this is the
problem with people they do not do things properly. I didn’t know what to do. I
just kept giving him a cold smile. He then asked me the distance from my house
to TCS and from my house to my college. He then asked me to leave.
I don’t know whether
he did so to test my patience or was he really mad at me. But that’s how it all
ended. Hope it’s helpful for you all. All the best
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