Phone Interview

[eveningdew]

Please give me some tips how to handle phone interview. What are the usual questions, I am expecting a call from a prospective employer abroad and I really want to get this job, so please help me.

[MCL]

In my 7 years of work experience with 4 companies, I went through some phone interviews. I find it pretty similar to face to face interviews(you just dont see your interviewer).

Since its a phone interview better have it in a quiet place and where you can get a good signal(if its through cellphone). Usually its preliminary interviews done by HR officers, so the usual questions about work experience, education, salary expectations and other info will be asked.

Some HR people verify what you have written in your resume(sometimes I find it stupid that they ask every detail in my resume, total waste of time).

Anyway just sound confident(since they cant see you) and answer their questions straight and simple.

[eveningdew]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I still don't get the phone call. Still waiting... huhuhu

[c0Rinthian]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I still don't get the phone call. Still waiting... huhuhu

and please... make sure that your english and grammar is correct.

ex: Unfortunately, I still don't get the phone call. should be,


Unfortunately, I still haven't received a phone call.


*yes... i'm a grammar nazi... SIEG HEIL!!! *peace*

[18th_Angel]

share some of your experience with that phone interview .. i had one that was pre-empted, the employer didn't call instead they made me meet with them face to face, so I really didn't have that chance to partake on a phone interview.

eveningdew, Are you on the IT line of business?

[mark_mark]

mas maganda kung mag isa ka lang, kung may mannerism ko, ok lang yun, d naman nakikita eh. kung feel mo na para kang nagtatalumpati, nakatayo, ok lang din. when a headhunter called me, i used a headset para mas comfortable ako. and i had my resume and notes with me.

and lastly be honest. :)

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[Marius]

Do we have a place here in Manila where applicants who don't have
a landline phone can go to receive phone interviews? (e.g. from
employers abroad) Meron bang ganun sa PLDT offices?

[Dacs]

Do we have a place here in Manila where applicants who don't have
a landline phone can go to receive phone interviews? (e.g. from
employers abroad) Meron bang ganun sa PLDT offices?
I think cellphones should suffice for the lack of any landline.

[floreno]

Do we have a place here in Manila where applicants who don't have
a landline phone can go to receive phone interviews? (e.g. from
employers abroad) Meron bang ganun sa PLDT offices?

Employers abroad wont bother calling you thru your cellphone.

[MCL]

Employers abroad wont bother calling you thru your cellphone.

I totally disagree on this, I had phone interviews from employers abroad and most of them were done using my cellphone. It all depends on the employer. If you dont have a landline then cellphone is the next best option, or skype.

[LodRose]

they're probably not worth it :lol:

alternately, nagkalat ang mga wireless landlines these days.

you might want to try maintaining those.

good luck *okay*

[Totnak]

Employers abroad wont bother calling you thru your cellphone.

this ain't totally true....probably, it depends on the kind of employer and their needs....

I am already here at Singapore and all of my interviews by my Singapore-based employer were done via phone.....*okay*

[mazdamazda]

I had a few phone interviews before... one lasted for almost an hour.

It's just the same as a personal interview.