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Possible reasons for being rejected after a video interview
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<blockquote data-quote="NatashaS98" data-source="post: 128459" data-attributes="member: 25015"><p>Hi everyone - I am a video interviewer at TCLA and wanted to offer a couple of thoughts in case these help:</p><p></p><p>- I would generally echo all of your points [USER=24079]@ginevrafanshawe[/USER]. As [USER=1695]@Fil[/USER] has also pointed out, content can also really affect your answer.</p><p>- VIs can be really subjective but as a rule of thumb you might want to think about your <em>Composure</em> (e.g. eye contact, nervousness), <em>Communication</em> (eg. overly scripted, hard to hear, stumbles), <em>Content </em>(e.g. content that does not answer the question or unpreparedness) and <em>Delivery </em>(e.g. poor lighting).</p><p>- Utterances and fillers can hamper the fluidity of your answer.</p><p>- With scenario-based questions, it is common for unsuccessful applicants to focus sometimes <em>more on the scenario at hand and less on the actions you took and the result.</em> This is often because they run out of time to elaborate on their actions and results – so I would say <em>time-management </em>is also really crucial here.</p><p>- <em>Energy is everything</em>. I remember doing 2 VIs pretty much one after the other- one VI I felt I had done well in terms of the content of my answer. The other I was less certain about. However, the VI I thought went well I received a rejection for and for the other I passed through and eventually went on to get a TC at that firm. When I think back, I think one of the reasons I might not have got past the VI for the one I thought I had done well in was because my delivery was a bit flat. In my successful VI, my points were perhaps less good but I was really enthusiastic and smiley. Given graduate recruitment are reviewing lots of video interviews, as such they aren’t assessing you just on your points but also on how you come across/make them feel. I think coming across as personable is really important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NatashaS98, post: 128459, member: 25015"] Hi everyone - I am a video interviewer at TCLA and wanted to offer a couple of thoughts in case these help: - I would generally echo all of your points [USER=24079]@ginevrafanshawe[/USER]. As [USER=1695]@Fil[/USER] has also pointed out, content can also really affect your answer. - VIs can be really subjective but as a rule of thumb you might want to think about your [I]Composure[/I] (e.g. eye contact, nervousness), [I]Communication[/I] (eg. overly scripted, hard to hear, stumbles), [I]Content [/I](e.g. content that does not answer the question or unpreparedness) and [I]Delivery [/I](e.g. poor lighting). - Utterances and fillers can hamper the fluidity of your answer. - With scenario-based questions, it is common for unsuccessful applicants to focus sometimes [I]more on the scenario at hand and less on the actions you took and the result.[/I] This is often because they run out of time to elaborate on their actions and results – so I would say [I]time-management [/I]is also really crucial here. - [I]Energy is everything[/I]. I remember doing 2 VIs pretty much one after the other- one VI I felt I had done well in terms of the content of my answer. The other I was less certain about. However, the VI I thought went well I received a rejection for and for the other I passed through and eventually went on to get a TC at that firm. When I think back, I think one of the reasons I might not have got past the VI for the one I thought I had done well in was because my delivery was a bit flat. In my successful VI, my points were perhaps less good but I was really enthusiastic and smiley. Given graduate recruitment are reviewing lots of video interviews, as such they aren’t assessing you just on your points but also on how you come across/make them feel. I think coming across as personable is really important. [/QUOTE]
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