Success Interview Body Language Tips: Use body language hacks to give yourself a better chance of success at an interview for a job or other opportunity. Learn how to impress an interviewer through positive gestures, posture and the appearance of confidence, self assuredness and creativity by the way you present yourself and make a good impression. These great success interview body language tips are essential for impressing at any interview for any reason, be it a new job, a promotion within your company, asking for a bank loan or seling a product or service to someone.

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2. Success Interview Body Language Tips
Making a good impression at any kind of interview is the first step to success!
The interviewer will be influenced by your manner as well as by the way you
are dressed and hold yourself before ever asking you a question. It makes
sense, therefore to present the best impression that you can before you open
your mouth to speak.
Your body language is that unspoken communication that you have with other
people and while most are unaware of its importance, everyone can pick up
on non-verbal signals long before you get a chance to communicate verbally.
Below is a collection of useful tips on how you can present the very best
image of yourself to an interviewer to give yourself a huge head-start in the
selection process that will follow the interviews of a number of hopeful
candidates.
If it is a job interview, your body language can make or break your chances of
landing that job. So it is in your best interests to get that part of the process
right as well as being able to come up with all the right answers to the
questions that you'll be asked.
Remember, whatever the end game of an interview is, one of the most
important things an interviewer is looking for is a confident yet relaxed and
level-headed candidate that has that something about them that is very
likeable. Your body language can communicate all of that and more.
If you master your body language, you are already more than halfway ahead
of your competition in being chosen as the best candidate for whatever you
are being interviewed for!
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3. Body Language Tips
Let's get into the tips that will help you succeed!
1. Relax: Before you go through the door, stop and take a few very deep, very
slow breaths. This will naturally relax you and greatly reduce any
nervousness you may be feeling. Pause, then knock and enter.
2. Stand Tall: When you enter the room, be conscious of keeping your back
straight, your head help high and your arms relaxed and by your sides. Even
if you are not physically tall, you can psychologically appear taller when
you're not anxious and unconsciously hunching over.
3. Smile: As soon as you have entered the room and see the interviewer in
front of you, be sure to smile a genuine smile of happiness. This gives the
impression that you are actually happy to be here and your smile can be
infectious, causing the interviewer to smile back at you.
Note: Practice your smile in front of a mirror beforehand so that it looks
natural and not forced. A forced smile can have a negative effect, coming
across as false, cocky or even slimy!
4. Eye Contact: It might sound obvious, but the moment you see the
interviewer and smile, you should also make eye contact with them. This
goes a long way to impart an air of confidence.
5. Firm Handshake: Another indicator of confidence is a good, strong
handshake. Don't overdo this by trying to break the interviewer's hand with
too strong a grip, but be firm yet agreeable. Keep the handshake relatively
short, pegged back to one or two pumps, as many people dislike long drawn-
out handshakes.
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4. 6. Sit Up Straight: When you are asked to take a seat, sit straight in the chair
but not too stiffly. Be relaxed by not too much so, rather you should aim for a
poised sitting position, not slouching, hands comfortably in your lap, but
definitely not with arms crossed.
7. Lean In: When the interviewer asks you something, be sure to lean in
toward them slightly as you answer, but not too much. Subtle is the best
approach in presenting most body language signals.
8. Arms: Be aware of where you arms are during the interview. Do your best
to keep them calmly placed in your lap as you speak to maintain that air of
relaxed confidence.
Avoid crossing your arms no matter what question you are asked and also
avoid swinging your arms all over the place as you speak.
9. Hands: Be super-aware of your hands also. Never clench your fists, point
your finger (especially at the interviewer), or steeple (put fingertips of both
hands together).
Steepling is an authoritative gesture
displaying mild superiority and
arrogance. This would certainly irritate
any interviewer as well as a future
boss.
10. Head: Keep it as still as possible
unless giving slight nods to certain
questions. Too much head bobbing
makes you appear too eager to be in
agreement regardless of the question
and less inclined to raise objections or offer alternative solutions to problems.
Your aim is to appear to be capable of problem solving, creative thinking and
goal setting all with an air of confidence and leadership.
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5. Summary
Attending an interview, be it for a job or a position on a board or even to join a
sports team, can feel daunting.
Interviewers are looking for confident, self assured people capable of solving
problems quickly and efficiently as well as having an affable nature and able
to fit into a team. You can give off these signals non-verbally through your
body language.
It pays to pay attention to what your posture and appearance is saying about
you that your words may not be able to hide. Learn about body language and
become proficient at both displaying the right kind as well as being able to
read another person's unspoken communication signals.
For more information on this exciting subject, please visit:
www.bodylanguagect.com
This document is the original work of its author,
copyright © Terence Robert Didcott 2023 all rights reserved.
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