Advice | How to prepare for a phone interview

Whilst the job interview has historically been a point of much anxiety for prospective candidates, the rising trend of discussing the role in a preliminary phone conversation is often overlooked – despite often being the first opportunity to exert your competency for the role and exert your winning personality.

So what should your candidates be doing to ensure that this essential step in the process is a success? Here are five tips for acing it…

Do your research

There is nothing more off-putting to an employer than a candidate with no concept of what a company does or its place in its sector. To ensure that you have a wealth of knowledge to draw from, a candidate must set aside some quality time to invest in research. Find out who the key players in the company are, find out about company culture and research others with similar positions to the one you’re applying for.