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I'm doing lots of interviewing at the moment — all remote, of course. Some have been made much harder by poor candidate VC setups.Here are some simple steps you can take as a candidate to have a great remote interview...
(To be honest, these apply to all video calls)
Improve your VC setup: wear headphones; sit with light on your face; use soft furnishings to improve acoustics if you can.Here's a guide from @TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/13/how-to-create-the-best-at-home-videoconferencing-setup-for-every-budget
Turn off or minimise self-view. It's natural but distracting to look at yourself, and you appear much more engaged if you don't have the ability to do that.@Slate can help you: https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/how-to-hide-face-zoom.html
Take extra care not to waffle. Interrupting is much harder over a video call, *especially* if you're not wearing headphones.As an interviewer: I want you to succeed, I want to cover everything, and I want to make time for you to ask questions. You can help me do this.
Anything else you'd add?
