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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abstruser" data-source="post: 6012" data-attributes="member: 260">Hey there! I recently did my first telephone interview so here are a few tips I would offer on telephone interviews more generally:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Use a pair of earphones with a built in microphone! This is probably really obvious, but by leaving your hands free you can silently flick through notes while the interviewer is asking you questions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Prepare some notes. I personally typed out bullet point answers on a Word document, highlighted headings, and silently scrolled through the document as the interview progressed. This is more discreet than flipping a paper which your interviewer may hear! However, you should be careful not to read your notes out mechanically - try to use them as prompts.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Common questions. Some really common questions are 'why law', 'why X firm', and something about teamwork, eg 'tell me a time you worked with a difficult team member'. You might also get asked about your greatest strength or weakness. Remember also to prepare a couple of questions you might want to ask at the end of the interview - I was a bit sidelined by this at the end of my interview, but I simply asked about the structure of the future assessment day. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have your application printed out. I didn't do this, and kind of wish I did. My interviewer asked me about my secondary education and all of my work experience starting from first year of university, and it was actually a bit tricky to remember everything I had mentioned in those sections off the top of my head!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Practise speaking out loud. You have more of a chance to control your tone of speech in a telephone interview because the person isn't actually facing you, so practice speaking out loud in a measured, clear voice, so your interviewer can hear you well.</li> </ul>Regarding structuring answers, STAR is generally the way to go when giving example-type answers (ie competency questions), but I'm not so sure what you mean by strengths-based questions!</blockquote>

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