Maximize your chances of getting hired with effective preparation for online interviews
Do you have an upcoming virtual job interview? How can you be best prepared? Body language is a critical component of online interviews, says Masha Rademakers, settlement and integration services lead at the North Shore Multicultural Society in North Vancouver, B.C.
Maintaining eye contact with the interviewer in an online interview is one aspect that can be particularly challenging. Rademakers has a trick she shares with jobseekers: look at the camera rather than at the interviewer’s picture on the screen. “I do it all the time myself,” she admits. “But it can look as if you’re distracted when you’re constantly looking at another place on your screen.” She recommends practising this beforehand on the virtual platform you’re using for your interview.
The firm bios of the interviewers, as well as their LinkedIn profiles (if available).
The practice group’s website, as well as the latest press releases and news articles about the group.
Social media: follow the firm on LinkedIn and on Twitter.
A Google news search: Set up an alert (https://www.google.com/alerts)!
Legal 500 (https://www.legal500.com/): Learn about a practice and notable practitioners, and see how the firm’s group ranks compared to those of peer firms.
Chambers and Partners (https://chambers.com/): Similar to Legal 500, see how the group ranks in the local market and who are the top practitioners.