29-07-2008, 06:05 PM
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| |  ~~ Body Talk at Interviews ~~
Body Talk at Interviews
The spoken and the unspoken rules at interviews. Are you taking notes?
Once you are ushered into the interview room there will usually be a short exchange of pleasantries and ice-breaking. This time is designed to put you at ease in most circumstances, but these initial moments are the most formative. Try to follow the Middle Path here don't go overboard being exceptionally friendly or alternatively going rigid with fear feeling that your handshake was too limp!
Here are more tips to help you out...
Sit comfortably with both feet on the floor.
Lean slightly towards the interviewer.
Don't play with your hair or you hands. Keep them out of your pockets!
Try not to create defensive barriers between you and them, like a brief case on your knees, folded arms or crossed legs...even if you feel the need to. It's natural, but your interviewer will not physically attack!
Maintain natural eye contact with the interviewer 'maintain' eye contact, but don't stare like a snake!
If there's more than one interviewer, look at who's talking.
When you're talking, shift your glance from one to the other.
Don't over-use your hands, if you are a natural gesticulator.
Don't squirm and fidget
Do nod and mmm to show you're listening.
Be the natural you. Now how offensive can you get with that?
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