From the course: Remote Interviewing Techniques for Creative Jobs
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Presenting yourself online
From the course: Remote Interviewing Techniques for Creative Jobs
Presenting yourself online
- Video interviews give you more opportunity to show what you're really like but let's make sure interviewers are seeing the best side of you. Let's start with the technological aspects. The lighting you use, how you frame yourself in the image and the quality of your sound set up can all have a massive positive impact on how interviewers perceive you. Make sure that your camera is at about eye level and that you have good lighting in front and to the side of you, and no bright lights or windows directly above or behind you. If you want a deeper explanation of how to set up good lighting for your video calls, check out Rick Allen Lippert's course on web video lighting. Even with wonderful images, much of the impression you leave from a video interview will be the sound of your voice. How you sound and how much you do about that will depend upon your setup and how much money you want to spend. Most modern smartphones and…
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