all right video interviewing tips now I
got some videos out there I shot two
videos beauties one is a 20-point
checklist that I go through every week
like this it's 20 minutes it's awesome
if you have not seen it please watch it
it's called video interview tips for job
seekers I've got another one called
hirevue how to ace video interviews so
that one way thing I was talking about
there's their spark in hirevue and a
bunch of them that are one they're all
the same but basically you could ask the
question nobody's on the other end
you're sitting there talking by yourself
and how to ace that so I got two videos
out there that I would highly recommend
watching however I want to give you a
few right now all right
here we go framing baby okay this is
framing you see me folks see me all
right
this is framing so you tap my head
alright
that's framing how do I look I'm in I'm
full do I look imposing and powerful
okay right like I'm with you do not do
this okay
you look diminutive and you look like
you ain't you ain't there right it's
like you know when you when you sit down
at the table and then they sit down like
this right so you need you need to make
sure that you are framing it that means
you need to practice it so get that set
that's a big big deal all right so now I
want you to iContact
you're talking to the person you're not
doing this I have to do this because I
have to read the question but when you
are video interviewing you are not
looking at your screen you are looking
at your camera okay so and the camera
whatever you use should be dead I sent
so I'm not like this I'm not like this
don't-don't-don't you know you don't
want that either right so you want it
you want to stay in the frame and you
want to stay level with the camera pile
up
the books get a tripod I don't care a
lot of you are gonna be working from
home on an ongoing basis you might want
to buy a little I have a what you're
watching like live office hours week in
and week out
I have a super high-powered camera that
I use when I create like recorded videos
but when we do live office hours this is
just this is a logitech 1080p c920 - I
think much much money less than a
hundred bucks
but you just plug it right in to your
computer and you can you know Scott you
put on a tripod mine sits on my monitor
for those of you that have I have a
27-inch monitor hey hey when you know
what it's like and I'm a little guy so I
just you know it's right there but you
want to make sure that you're doing that
and the other thing is always always
always now now I let you I let you see
my sunroom but if I didn't have lights
behind the camera my face would be jet
black because the Sun is behind me so
it's gonna wreak havoc now if you you
don't have to have big powerful lights
if you have a video interview in the
daytime the best thing you can do is
have the back of the camera up against a
window where the light is coming it
doesn't even need to be sunny out it
does you need no lights and you can do
it that way but you want the lights on
the other side of the camera always so
that you can see yourself okay and
here's the other one you might be
surprised but the survey says and I'm
telling you for sure audio matters more
than the video so I have a microphone
you don't need a super-powerful
microphone but you do not want to sound
like you are in a well they need to hear
you I don't care if your model
good-looking or you're you're as
good-looking as John gee my friend out
there my brother from another mother you
got to make sure that your audio is in
order so if you are using a laptop mic
it is not gonna sound good if you are
sitting okay my office is large okay if
this microphone is not right to my mouth
or I'm
not super close to it and I've got all
the doors open and so there's echoes and
it drowns out the sound if you are in a
room you might want to make sure that
the doors are closed that you put a rug
if there's a gap between the door and
the and the the hallway or whatever make
the room somewhat soundproof so you
don't have a lot of echoing believe me
it doesn't matter what you're saying if
they cannot hear it effectively it's
gonna go badly okay so I don't care what
you do and I don't recommend I really
don't recommend you doing a lot of
things with your ear buds and all that
other good stuff it does look a little
silly this isn't it look I don't care if
you're chit-chatting with your friends
or your you're doing this for your video
your work meetings but this is an
interview give yourself every advantage
now you don't need a microphone this
powerful I have a pop filter I have all
kinds of stuff for this thing but you
know you know certainly don't need one
of those things that people leave in in
the view of the thing to look cool or
whatever you just want to make sure that
you've you've got a good enough
microphone I actually there are
microphones that lapel mics that I can
clip in that you can put right into your
your your laptop or your computer and
you'll have a great quality sound when I
when I want to shoot an Instagram IG TV
or something I have a little microphone
that'll go right into my that'll go
right into my iPhone and it the sound
quality is a thousand times better than
if I just hold it like this you can use
those and and then there's just little
splitters or whatever that go right into
it's simple stuff but it is worth it it
is worth it this is is huge is huge huge
deal it's gonna become really really
important and then those are the videos
that I mentioned they're out there if
you go to my youtube channel and type
video interview those will will will
will come up
Wendy Bader my boot camper any specific
tips for a panel interview via phone
interview or phone video it's my third
interview for the position yes when you
be and I think I might have forgotten to
mention this when to be when I was
talking in the video interview about
about eye contact the one
for you Wendy that I would do number one
I have a panel interview video out there
for everybody how to ace or how to how
to win the panel job interview go watch
that doesn't matter if you're in person
you're on a phone call well the phone
call is gonna you're not going to see
them when you're on a video now on a
video here's what I recommend if you are
in a video interview oftentimes looks
like in zoom or something like that or
WebEx you have different pictures across
your frame somebody is going to ask you
a question
and you were gonna like when you're live
you're gonna want to look at the person
talk for a few seconds right keep
connected with them and then move your
eye contact to another person okay now
in a video and I go through that in the
panel interview video in a video panel
interview you only got one place to look
and you need to stay there just 327
people still on this thing right I can
go right no I'm looking right at you
so you get to look in LAC and focus on
the camera and just answer and then what
you need to do is if you've got
something that you want to say as a
statement or a question what you're
likely to do is to look at somebody's
picture and say hey Wendy I got a
question for it no it's hey Wendy I got
a question for you or it is was Wendy
said earlier this makes a lot of sense
you know you stay locked in on the
camera you need to practice staining on
the camera it does not take much it
really does not it really does not a few
minutes will get you locked in a easy
this is rights like Wendy it's like just
you and me talking right now right even
though there's 320 333 people now so but
that's a biggie I know you mentioned
that to me and I think I might have
forgot to mention that in the in slide
but yeah that's a great one can we give
Wendy be a boot camper when he go go go
to the gift shop gift shop pick
something my boot camper so firaon is
asking me would I wear a jacket while
doing a zoom interview or just a solid
shirt this is awesome okay Varane is a
dude he's my age my brother from another
mother from Canada and so we got the
boys and we got the girls all right guys
here's what I would suggest if it's if
it's a place where you are accustomed to
suits like financial services and things
of that nature and you're a suit and tie
kind of place I would do that I would go
full business attire if your industry is
business casual
you could go business casual a shirt
that's pressed and button-down is okay a
sport coat is okay you might want to do
that you know leave it on for half the
call you could take it off whatever
that's fine
always always always solid shirts okay
now you might see me some time wearing a
like a goofy I only got so many shirts
people I'm like I'm live everyday so I
can't you know I only got so many shirts
which is why sometimes you see me in my
t-shirts and my workout shirts in my
whatever's but for you don't do it don't
chance it you don't want anything noisy
now I got that's all that that stuff's
not too not too noisy but if I was doing
this and I was doing a video chat I
would do this okay I would do something
like this to cut out all the all this
all the stuff behind me but this is just
easier for me to sit the way my desk is
laid out this way because it's a built
in and it rolls out in a perpendicular
angle this is just easier for me so but
I would try to do something where I
didn't have a lot of noise behind me
watch the watch the the pictures and and
then oh if you have books and all that
stuff that's actually even though
there's a lot of books it can work for
and against it's a nice backdrop but
also you might find them reading which
books you have okay so like you need to
be mindful of those kind of things all
right now ladies
same kind of thing applies I would say
go for whatever the appropriate dress
is for your position please ladies do
not drop the cut on the line I mean it
it do not do anything to distract the
guys come off weirdly I want you to look
good you can put your makeup on all that
good stuff high necklines okay I don't
want you showing anything off it's it
believe me it it does not come across
well it really does not so just it
doesn't matter if you want to wear a
suit coat or a blouse or a button-down
shirt or whatever just make sure the
neckline is high enough I mean you know
be reason to be reasonable okay I mean
that seriously not not joking all right
that's great question run
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