This document provides guidance for conducting a successful Skype interview. It outlines steps to take to prepare such as learning about the company, setting up your environment, and practicing Skype. It emphasizes arriving early, dressing professionally, maintaining eye contact with the camera, practicing active listening, and following up with a thank you email after the interview. Nonverbal communication makes up 90% of impressions in a remote interview so body language, facial expressions, and avoiding distractions are important.

1. SKYPE INTERVIEW GUIDE

2. Skype Interview
• Your strategic moment to creating an
impactful impression.
• Remote interviews require more preparation
than regular ones.
• 90% of the cues you give are non-verbal.

3. Getting Prepared
• Find out as much as you can about the company.
• Prepare your surroundings.
• Get rid of distractions.
• Make sure the lighting is proper.
• Ensure a good internet connection.
• Keep a notepad and a pen handy.
• Add the interviewer to your list.
• Close all other programs on your
screen.

4. Practice
• Get familiar with Skype.
• Make sure your username sounds professional.
• Ensure a professional profile picture.
• If a presentation is included, be thorough.
• Check your framing.
• Look into the camera and not on your screen.
• Toggle the interviewer’s Skype window just below
your webcam to maintain ‘eye-contact.’

5. Creating Impressions
• Keep a clean desk.
• Stay pleasant. As if the interviewer is with you
in the same room.
• Practice active listening. Use interjecting
listening sounds.
• Check how you sound by recording and then
playing yourself back.
• Log onto Skype 10 mins before the interview.

6. Dress To Impress
• Dress to impress, not to distract.
• Dress yourself completely! As if you were going
for an in person interview.
• Avoid wearing stripes or patterns that might
come across as strobe lights
to the interviewer.
• Make sure your hair is
neatly combed and styled.
• Use appropriate make-up
and accessories.

7. Body Language
• Sit up composed and confident.
• Smile. Smile. Smile.
• Be aware of your facial expressions.
• Your camera should show your
head and shoulders.
• Any fidgeting or even the shaking
of your legs should be avoided.
• Avoid over gesturing.
• Have a good posture, relax and
avoid stiffness.

8. Follow Up
• A thank-you mail.
• Don’t follow up on Skype chat!
• If someone has just interviewed you, don’t
send them a fb friend request.

9. All The Best!!!