The responses to this week’s question: “What would you prefer - a video conference or a telephone interview?”, left us scratching our head a little. Really almost all of you – a whopping 88% - said you would rather have a video conference instead of just a phone interview. Our original guess was that, with some of the technical limitations, you would rather have a phone interview. That hypothesis was definitely blown out of the water!

It did get us thinking about the advantages of seeing who you are talking to, but also some potential pitfalls. Here are a few quick tips for a successful visual – if not live in person – interview for both participants.

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