Always Wanted to Be On-Screen? Now You Can, On Your Next Job Interview
I admit I've never had a video job interview but people who have seem to go both ways on whether they're good, or bad. Theresa Everline reports at smartplanet.com that it's a growing trend. A new study has found that a whopping 60% of human resources managers are now using this tool, up from just 14% a year ago. "For an on-demand, or one-way, video interview, a candidate logs onto an online platform on his or her own time. Using a computer’s camera, he or she records answers to questions shown on the screen. In most cases, a question is displayed, giving the candidate 30 seconds to prepare," Everline reports. Then, he or she gets two or three minutes to record an explanation about why his or her experience is a good fit for the job. But if you listen for affirmation from an interviewer to make sure you're saying what she wants to hear, with a video interview that's just not possible, most of the time. Everline writes about a person she intervie...