some insight into my life as a person who is job-hunting. perhaps (probably?) more than you wanted to know.
1 day before the phone interview: do research on the school, make a list of reasons they should hire you, make a list of questions to ask, do other responsible things.
10 minutes before: listen to a song to pump yourself up while assuming a power stance. this is something i've done this year after watching a TED talk video that a friend in my program told me about. the video's 20 minutes long and is SO WORTH WATCHING. fascinating to learn how body language can shape how people perceive you even if they can't see you. and the take away for me when interviewing: in a research study, people with identical resumes were split into two groups. one did nothing special before a phone interview, and the other assumed a powerful stance for 2 minutes - legs apart, arms in the air in a V, for example. the interviewers didn't know that the groups had done different things at all, yet rated the people who had assumed the power stance as ones they would be more interested in hiring. seriously, watch this video.
8 minutes before: start to be nervous.
1 minute before: convince yourself the person actually isn't going to call because why would they want to hire you when there are so many people out there who are awesome candidates?
30 seconds before: remind yourself of the power stance and calm yourself down.
0 seconds before (these people never call right on time): think about checking to make sure you phone has a dial tone. maybe it's broken! remind yourself that this is ridiculous and checking for a dial tone will only give the person calling a busy signal and we can't have THAT.
3 minutes after: they finally call. you are (hopefully) fabulous.
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