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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:44 PM
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I hate phone interviews!

I always feel like I did terribly, even though I probably didn't... meh. x(
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:46 PM
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1. Aw
:hug: I'm sure you did fine. :) (I'm not big on stuff like that either.) Hope it works out for you!
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:47 PM
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2. If nothing else, it's good practice, I guess

I do fine in in-person interviews! I am just not good at talking on the phone. :(

Thanks for the hug though. :hug:
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:50 PM
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5. Something good about everything, as my grandmother used to say
:hi: (Well, actually she was my great-grandmother, but that's beside the point.) :) I'm really not good at talking on the phone, either, so I kind of know how you feel.
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:17 PM
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13. Haha - yup! If i don't get this job

maybe i'll do a bit better next time! :hi:
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:47 PM
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3. I hate them too!
You can't see their faces so its harder to know their reactions. But I bet you did okay!
:hug:
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:48 PM
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4. Thanks hon!

It's so hard to know... I mean, i answered all the questions, but i just feel like i am much better in person! Oh well.

:hug:
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:52 PM
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6. I'm totally the opposite. I get so uncomfortable doing the face to face thing. When I do the phone
interview, I can have all of my documents laid out in front of me. I feel much more secure that way and I feel more confident when I can talk and not focus on every little quirk that I might be expressing physically. Maybe I should go into radio or something....:-)
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:55 PM
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7. The other crazy thing about this one

was that i wasn't sure what day/time they were calling! I gave them three times, and they wrote back and said "sounds good!" Umm... which? :crazy:
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:11 PM
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8. Oh crap! So you just waited for each time to pass? Which time did they call, the last one?
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:13 PM
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10. No, it was the first one

And luckily i remembered to turn my phone on, LOL! Well now it's over, no use obsessing. I don't think i screwed anything up, i just didn't feel very impressive. Sigh.

:hi:
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:17 PM
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12. I'm sure you did great.
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 04:10 PM
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14. Plus, you can do a phone interview in your underwear!
And that's so important.

Bake
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 05:30 PM
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16. You're right, but I thought that went without saying?
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:12 PM
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9. everyone does. both interviewer and interviewee. most awkward.
you have all my sympathies :hug:
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:16 PM
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11. Seriously - there were 6 people on their end, i think

and the call quality was not good, so i had some trouble hearing some of them. I think it went alright, i just know i would have done better in person. x(

I like your new name - very elegant! :D :hug:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 04:13 PM
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15. I know very few people who give good phone
Even those who work in tech support 10 hours a day on the phone aren't very good at phone interviews.

This is the DU member formerly known as TheGuyWhoHiredTheJerkyBoys.

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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 06:43 PM
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17. "give good phone"

:rofl:

I'm not a big fan of the phone, even for talking to friends - i'm much more of an in person/email communicator. Oh well!

:hi:
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