- Use the Skype Echo / Sound Test Service to test out your audio prior to your interview
- Remove any visual distractions that may focus attention away from you in the background
- Have good lighting in the room so that the people interviewing you can see you
- Angle your webcam so it shows your face dead-on
- Limit tapping, movement and other things that may cause audio distractions
- Remove pets from the room
- Remove pets from the room next to the room you are interviewing in
- Try and not use Wifi. Use an Ethernet connection.
- Use a good quality headset with a microphone
- Silence your cell phone and other devices
- Check the batteries in your mouse/keyboard and make sure they aren’t running low
- Close all other applications running on your PC/Mac
- Turn off notifications or other pop-ups or anything else that may be disruptive
- If you are interviewing from a bedroom, make sure that your bed is made
- Have a test call with a friend prior to your interview to check items 1-10 above. If you have no friends, call me.
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