I'm currently between roles (COVID layoffs), and I got feedback on my webcam interview demeanor and speaking style.
My approach for this was to practice my answers to common interview questions out loud while recording myself with Photobooth and then watching the recordings.
There are a couple of dimensions in which I've found this helpful:
* Sheer number of reps. These help me get more comfortable with telling my career story up until this point, and I've found that my comfort has a direct impact on my interviewer's comfort
* I spot tics and habits that I wouldn't have otherwise. I noticed that I had a tendency to start my answers with "so, uhhh...". In some cases simply realizing the presence of a tic/habit was enough to get rid of it
* The recordings reduce the channels from 2 (output + input) to just 1: this helps me analyze what I'm saying and how I'm saying it without having to also think about what I'm going to say
* Recordings also provide a historic record that I can look back on and see improvement, which helps keep me motivated when the job hunt gets me sad
As a note, if you're anything like me you'll probably hate the sound of your voice. The thing that clicked for me was realizing that this is just the voice that everybody else hears and my friends & family love, and so there's nothing to be ashamed of
I'm currently between roles (COVID layoffs), and I got feedback on my webcam interview demeanor and speaking style.
My approach for this was to practice my answers to common interview questions out loud while recording myself with Photobooth and then watching the recordings.
There are a couple of dimensions in which I've found this helpful:
As a note, if you're anything like me you'll probably hate the sound of your voice. The thing that clicked for me was realizing that this is just the voice that everybody else hears and my friends & family love, and so there's nothing to be ashamed of