Is Body Language An Important Tool
To Crack An Interview?
Why is body language so important?
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When we communicate:
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When we communicate:
• 7 % of the message comes from the
words we use
• 38 % comes from the accent we use
• 55 % comes from our body language
A half hour phone call can save hours of your organization's time.
Pre-screening applicants is a must for recruiting and hiring the best
employees. You can determine whether the candidate has the knowledge and experience
you need. You can screen for candidate who expect a salary that is out of your
club. You can gain a sense about the person's congruity with your culture.
Always pre-screen applicants.
The handshake
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A positive handshake will break the ice and will get the interview rousing in the correctdirection.
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A positive handshake will break the ice and will get the interview rousing in the correctdirection.
How to execute the perfect handshake
As your approach your interviewer, make eye contact and be sure to give a smile displaying some teeth. Meet head on facing them directly. This will promote openness, confidence and trustworthiness.
As your approach your interviewer, make eye contact and be sure to give a smile displaying some teeth. Meet head on facing them directly. This will promote openness, confidence and trustworthiness.
On your entrance, extend your correcthand. Continue to smile. The
aim here is to connect with your inquirer the part of your hand between your
thumb and forefinger. This part should interlock with the same part of your
inquirer hand.
Your grip should be just right. Crushing grips can be seen as over
amaze or obnoxious. A limp grip can give an impact of disinterest. Your grip
should be a comfortable pressure relating confidence and ability.
Handshake blunders
Shaking the tips of the finger - May be
perceived as a lack of self confidence.
Energetic arm pump - Can sometimes be
seen as insincere.
Extending your arm with your paw facing
down - This may be be seen as disrespectful
Eye contact
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Not only does eye contact shows confidence on your part, it also helps you understand what the other person is really saying verbally.
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Not only does eye contact shows confidence on your part, it also helps you understand what the other person is really saying verbally.
Staring
someone in the eye as you meet and talk with him / her also shows you are
paying respect. Paying respect is the most important human relations skill.
Good eye contact plays a large part in conveying our interest in others.
When to look
Start as soon as you start a conversation with someone. You may wish to begin even earlier if you are demanding to get someone's respect. Be sure to maintain direct eye contact as you are saying good bye. It will help leave a positive and lasting impact.
Start as soon as you start a conversation with someone. You may wish to begin even earlier if you are demanding to get someone's respect. Be sure to maintain direct eye contact as you are saying good bye. It will help leave a positive and lasting impact.
How long to look for
Consider 70 - 80 % of the time. Long stares can be seen as being too blunt and can make the other person feel uncomfortable. It's ok to see down occasionally as long as your gaze rebound quickly to the other person.
Consider 70 - 80 % of the time. Long stares can be seen as being too blunt and can make the other person feel uncomfortable. It's ok to see down occasionally as long as your gaze rebound quickly to the other person.
Posture
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When you crouch, you look disinterested. Keep your head up, shoulders back, chest out. When placed, lean forward slightly from the hip. This will help make you look interested.
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When you crouch, you look disinterested. Keep your head up, shoulders back, chest out. When placed, lean forward slightly from the hip. This will help make you look interested.
Arms / hands
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While an interview never fold your arms above your head. This will eminent to your interviewer that you may be bored while the interview. This type of action can also give an impact of layed back / at ease.
Gesturing / talking with your hands is natural. Keep in mind that getting carried away with hand gestures can also be frenzy. Avoid touching your mouth when talking.
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While an interview never fold your arms above your head. This will eminent to your interviewer that you may be bored while the interview. This type of action can also give an impact of layed back / at ease.
Gesturing / talking with your hands is natural. Keep in mind that getting carried away with hand gestures can also be frenzy. Avoid touching your mouth when talking.
Smile
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Your smile is a intensive way to show your interviewer that your a happy and positive person. Showing some teeth will also help on a sub conscious level.
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Your smile is a intensive way to show your interviewer that your a happy and positive person. Showing some teeth will also help on a sub conscious level.
Making a Great Entrance
The interview starts even before you get to the interview room."You don't know who could be in the parking lot with you, seeingat you from a window or standing next to you in the elevator,. "Your body should tell anyone who might be watching that you're confident and calm. It's not the time to be frantically searching through your portfolio for printouts of your curriculum vitae."
The interview starts even before you get to the interview room."You don't know who could be in the parking lot with you, seeingat you from a window or standing next to you in the elevator,. "Your body should tell anyone who might be watching that you're confident and calm. It's not the time to be frantically searching through your portfolio for printouts of your curriculum vitae."
Hiring managers often ask receptionists for their take on people who come to the office for interviews, so suggests letting them observe you without letting on that you know they're watching. "Sit with your profile to them," he . "It makes them feel comfortable, and if they're comfortable, they're more likely to form a good impact."
suggests trying to predict the direction your
interviewer will come from, so you can sit facing that direction. It'll make
the greeting more graceful.
First Impacts
While you wait, don't hunch your shoulders or tuck your chin into your chest, which will make you seem closed off. Sit with your back straight and your chest open -- signs that you're confident. "But don't take this to the extreme. "Elongating your legs or throwing your arm across the back of the chair can make you appear too comfortable, even arrogant."
While you wait, don't hunch your shoulders or tuck your chin into your chest, which will make you seem closed off. Sit with your back straight and your chest open -- signs that you're confident. "But don't take this to the extreme. "Elongating your legs or throwing your arm across the back of the chair can make you appear too comfortable, even arrogant."
Also, , don't have so much stuff on your lap that
you're clumsily moving everything aside when you're called. You want to rise
gracefully, without dropping things, so you can smoothly greet the person
coming to get you.
Important Steps
The walk to the interview is the perfect time to use body language. Always follow that person, whether the person is the hiring manager or an assistant, to show you understand the protocol. You're saying, 'I'm the job candidate, and you're the company representative -- I follow your lead.' adds that you should try to "mirror" that person's tempo and demeanor. "It shows you can easily fit into the environment," he .
Article written By: Mubashshir A. Khan CSE IIST INDORE
The walk to the interview is the perfect time to use body language. Always follow that person, whether the person is the hiring manager or an assistant, to show you understand the protocol. You're saying, 'I'm the job candidate, and you're the company representative -- I follow your lead.' adds that you should try to "mirror" that person's tempo and demeanor. "It shows you can easily fit into the environment," he .
Article written By: Mubashshir A. Khan CSE IIST INDORE
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