How to do a job interview on Zoom: Tips for success

Skype面试小技巧

Hi, everyone. I'm Jade. What we're talking about today is Skype job interviews. So I'm

嗨，大家好。我是玉。我们在说什么 关于今天的Skype求职面试。所以我

going to give you some tips and advice that I know about... I work on Skype, I'm always

会给你一些提示和建议 我知道......我在Skype上工作，我总是这样

on Skype because that's how I teach on Skype so this is everything I know from my experience

在Skype上因为这就是我在Skype上的教学方式 这是我从经验中知道的一切

of working on Skype. And I can compare how it was at the beginning... All the time when

在Skype上工作。我可以比较一下 它刚开始......所有的时间

there was like a technical problem and something went wrong, so I can share all that experience

有一个技术问题和一些东西 出错了，所以我可以分享所有的经验

with you to make your Skype job interview go more smoothly. Not just the technical aspect,

与您一起使您的Skype求职面试更加顺利。 不只是技术方面，

but some other things you need to consider for your Skype job interview.

但你还需要其他一些东西 考虑你的Skype求职面试。

So let's start with the basics of having a job interview on Skype. The reason you're

让我们从拥有一个基础知识开始吧 Skype上的求职面试。你的原因

probably having a job interview on Skype in the first place is possibly because you're

可能在Skype上接受过面试 第一个地方可能是因为你

being interviewed for a job in a different country. So when it comes to that, there's

正在接受一个不同国家的工作面试。 所以说到这一点，就有了

something really, really important you need to consider and that's the time zone. Okay?

你需要的东西真的非常重要 考虑，这是时区。好的？

Because you need to make sure that you're appoint-... At the time of your appointment,

因为你需要确保你被任命-... 在您预约时，

you're going to be there at the right time because it's really, really important to get

你会在合适的时间到达那里 因为这真的非常重要

that first impression right by being there when you say that you're going to be there.

在那里的第一印象 当你说你要去那儿的时候。

So you can easily find out online what time zone somebody is in in a different country.

所以你可以在网上轻松找到什么时间 有人在一个不同的国家。

One thing I want to mention: if you're dealing with the UK, a lot of people assume that they

我想提一件事：如果你正在交易 与英国一样，很多人都认为他们

know what time it is there. "Oh, they use GMT." Well, we do use GMT which means "Greenwich

知道现在几点了。 “哦，他们使用GMT。” 好吧，我们确实使用GMT，意思是“格林威治

Mean Time", but the time... The time will change. In the summer, it goes forward and

平均时间“，但时间......时间会改变。 在夏天，它向前发展

then we go into British Summer Time. So you need to watch out for that. Sometimes people

然后我们进入英国夏令时。那么你 需要注意这一点。有时人

just presume they know what time it is in the UK and actually get it wrong by one hour,

只是假设他们知道现在几点了 英国实际上错了一个小时，

so you need to check that out.

所以你需要检查出来。

Before your call, here's some just general good practice for you. Swap your Skype IDs

在你打电话之前，这里有些只是一般性的 适合你的好习惯。交换您的Skype ID

before because if your appointment is at 2:00pm and then you suddenly realize: "Oh, I don't

因为如果你的约会是在下午2点 然后你突然意识到：“哦，我没有

have the Skype ID. I better email them." This is all time consuming stuff, it's a time consuming

拥有Skype ID。我最好给他们发电子邮件。“这是 所有耗时的东西，这是一个耗时的

waste of time. Swap your Skype ID. But if this is your Skype ID, I recommend you get

浪费时间。交换您的Skype ID。但如果 这是你的Skype ID，我建议你搞定

a different one for your Skype job interviews; it's not going to look very professional.

与你的Skype求职面谈不同的一个; 它不会看起来很专业。

You will also want to confirm before your appointment whether this is going to be a

您还需要在确认之前确认 预约这是否会成为一个

webcam call. In my experience on Skype, it really depends. I often work with programmers,

网络摄像头电话。根据我在Skype上的经验，这实际上取决于。 我经常和程序员一起工作，

and software engineers, and animators and these... These generally guys, I've never

和软件工程师，动画师和这些...... 这些人，我从来没有

actually had women doing those jobs, although I'm sure they're out there, I'm just saying

实际上，有女性从事这些工作 我确定他们在那里，我只是说

I've never had a woman who does those jobs. These guys don't use webcam, they never use

我从来没有一个女人做那些工作。 这些家伙不使用网络摄像头，他们从不使用

webcams. And I've asked them: "When you have job interviews, do you use webcams?" And they're

网络摄像头。而且我问过他们：“你找工作的时候 采访，你使用网络摄像头吗？“他们是

like: "No, we don't." So it probably depends on what area you're hoping to work in. But

喜欢：“不，我们没有。”所以它可能取决于 你希望在哪个领域工作。但是

in some industries, it's not necessarily expected to use the webcam. But a good idea will be

在一些行业中，并不一定是预期的 使用网络摄像头。但是一个好主意将是

to just confirm that before: will it be a webcam call? Because if it is a webcam call,

以前确认一下：它会是网络摄像头吗？ 因为如果是网络摄像头，

you've got some extra considerations that you need to get right.

你有一些额外的考虑因素 你需要做对。

So let's just imagine it is a webcam call. You need to think more about not just your

所以让我们想象一下它是一个网络摄像头电话。 你需要更多地考虑不仅仅是你的

presentation of yourself and how your face and your hair looks, you need to consider

介绍你自己和你的脸 而你的头发看起来，你需要考虑

what's behind you. Okay? Because, generally, people will take a Skype call at home. So

什么在你身后。好的？因为，一般来说， 人们会在家里接听Skype电话。所以

you need to consider what's in your background. Is it your bedroom? Do you want them to see

你需要考虑你背景中的内容。 是你的卧室吗？你想让他们看到吗？

your bedroom? Or do you maybe want to go to a different part of the house where the background

你的卧室？或者你可能想去一个 背景房子的不同部分

is more neutral and not so personal? So you definitely don't want any mess in the background

更中立，不那么个人化？那么你 绝对不希望在后台乱七八糟

or any like strange objects in the background, or whatever because people notice on Skype.

或任何像背景中的奇怪物体， 或者因为人们在Skype上注意到的。

One of my Skype students-if you're watching this, you know who you are-had a giant cigarette

我的一个Skype学生 - 如果你正在看这个， 你知道你是谁 - 有一支巨大的香烟

packet in the background. And we had many... We had many appointments and it wasn't usually

数据包在后台。我们有很多...... 我们有很多约会，但通常不是

there, just one day it appeared. And then I was like: "Hey, what's that giant cigarette

那里，只有一天它出现了。然后我 就像：“嘿，这是什么巨型香烟

packet?" And he was: "You can see that." He was really embarrassed. He had a party the

包裹？“他说：”你可以看到。“他 真的很尴尬他参加了一个派对

night before and some reason, there's a giant cigarette packet in his house. So if you have

前一天晚上和一些原因，有一个巨人 在他家里的香烟包。所以，如果你有

your Skype job interview, you want to make sure that you don't have embarrassing objects

你要做的Skype求职面试 确定你没有令人尴尬的对象

lying around.

躺在身边。

But location means more than just the visual aspect of where you are. You really need to

但位置不仅仅意味着视觉效果 你身在何处。你真的需要

consider the sound aspect. Another thing I used to do a while ago, I used to do hangouts

考虑声音方面。另一件事我 过去做过一段时间，我曾经做过环聊

just for people to come and speak English to me. But one of the reasons I stopped doing

只是为了让人们来和我说英语。 但我停止做的原因之一

it was that the average person's house is just a really noisy place. Someone's watching

这是普通人的房子 只是一个非常嘈杂的地方。有人在看

the TV really loudly, there's some kids running around, even just people talking. And when

电视真的响亮，还有一些孩子在跑步 即使只是人们在说话。什么时候

you're trying to do a Skype call, it's not... Let's just say it's unpleasant to have all

你正在尝试拨打Skype电话，但不是...... 让我们说拥有一切都是不愉快的

that extra background noise going on. So if you can manage it... No, I'm going to say:

额外的背景噪音正在发生。因此，如果 你可以管理它...不，我会说：

you really need to make it so that where you're going to have your interview as a Skype call,

你真的需要做到这一点，以便你在哪里 打个招呼作为Skype电话，

you need... It needs to be quiet. You need to ask your relatives to go out, you need

你需要......它需要安静。你需要 要你的亲戚出去，你需要

to ask whoever it is to turn the TV off because you can hear it on the other side in Skype

问谁关掉电视是因为 你可以在Skype的另一边听到它

and it just... It's not going to give a good serious impression of you.

它只是...它不会给 给你一个很好的印象。

Let's talk about the connection. I've noticed really big improvements in the internet connections

我们来谈谈连接。我发觉到 互联网连接真的有很大的改进

around the world in the last couple of years. Connection isn't so much of an issue now.

在过去的几年里，在世界各地。 现在连接不是一个问题。

But you can... You can optimize your connection by using an Ethernet cable. So getting a cable

但你可以...你可以优化你的连接 使用以太网电缆。所以得到一个电缆

that goes straight into your router will make your internet faster, and also, it will mean

直接进入你的路由器将会 你的互联网速度更快，而且意味着

that you're the person who gets... Or most of the internet. If other people are using

你就是那个人......或者说是最多的人 互联网如果其他人正在使用

it as well, you are the one who gets as much internet as they need.

它也是，你就是那个人 获得他们需要的互联网。

When you're... When you're on a Skype call, especially if it's a webcam call, make sure

当你...当你在Skype电话上时， 特别是如果它是一个网络摄像头电话，请确保

that you're not downloading stuff. If you've got other people in your house who might be

你没有下载东西。如果你的话 在你家里有其他人可能是

gaming at the same time online or streaming, you could ask them before: "Do you mind like

同时在线或流媒体游戏， 你之前可以问他们：“你介意吗？

just not doing it for the next 30 minutes while I'm doing my interview?" I'm sure they

只是在接下来的30分钟内没有这样做 当我正在接受采访时？“我确信他们

won't mind for that short amount... Short amount of time.

不介意那么短的...... 时间短。

Also to do with your connection, iPads are not as good for Skype because they don't...

与你的连接有关，iPad也是 对Skype不太好，因为他们不......

The connection they receive is capped so you won't get a Skype call that's as good quality

他们收到的连接限制了你 不会得到质量好的Skype电话

on an iPad as you will on a PC or a laptop. Similarly, you could do your Skype job interview

在iPad上，就像在PC或笔记本电脑上一样。 同样，您可以进行Skype求职面试

on... Using an app for Skype on a mobile, but I've never... I find the connection is

on ...在手机上使用Skype应用， 但我从来没有......我发现这种联系是

unreliable and you would be better served and you would have a better result if you

不可靠，你会得到更好的服务 如果你，你会得到更好的结果

decide for that call which is important for me: "I'm going to use my laptop."

决定那个重要的电话 对我来说：“我打算用我的笔记本电脑。”

And this is good practice as well. When you're doing a Skype call or you're talking to someone,

这也是很好的做法。当你在 打个电话或者你正在和别人说话，

close the other chat windows because they can hear if you're getting notifications on

关闭其他聊天窗口，因为他们 如果您收到通知，可以听到

Facebook or sometimes other chat programs as well, so that's not going to look professional

Facebook或有时其他聊天程序 好吧，这样看起来不那么专业

if you are sort of following what's going on at chat... In chat at the same time.

如果你有点跟踪聊天的内容...... 在聊天的同时。

So, yeah, moving on from the basics to some more technical stuff. I'm going to explain

所以，是的，从基础转向一些 更多技术性的东西我要解释一下

a little bit more about using Skype and how you can optimize your call. So, in the Skype

更多关于使用Skype以及如何使用Skype 你可以优化你的通话。所以，在Skype中

settings, they have a place where you can go and check your audio. It's in the options

设置，他们有一个你可以去的地方 并检查你的音频。它在选项中

and it's audio options. In there, you can do a free... It's called a free Skype test

它是音频选项。在那里，你可以免费... 它被称为免费的Skype测试

call. And you can check that your audio microphone, your headset or your webcam is picking up

呼叫。你可以检查你的音频麦克风， 您的耳机或网络摄像头正在恢复

audio from you. So you go there, you check it, and then you do the test call, and then

来自你的音频。所以你去那里，你检查 它，然后你做测试调用，然后

you say something and then you can hear yourself back. You should do that before your call

你说些什么，然后你就可以听到自己的声音。 你应该在打电话之前这样做

so that you know if there is a technical problem, it's not you. So if you get on your call and

这样你就知道是否存在技术问题 不是你。所以，如果你接到电话，那么

the other person is like: "I can't hear you." You know that you've just checked, so then

另一个人就像是：“我听不到你的声音。” 你知道你刚刚检查过，那么

you can just politely put in the chat box: "I think my sound's working because I just

你可以礼貌地放入聊天框： “我觉得我的声音很有效，因为我只是

checked it using the test call option on Skype, but I'll check it again." You know, you know

使用Skype上的测试呼叫选项检查它， 但我会再检查一下。“你知道，你知道

it's not you, but you're just kind of saying to the other person: "I think it's you." Yeah,

这不是你，但你只是说 对另一个人：“我认为是你。”是啊，

that's really important to check your sound because you get a lot of dead time in a call

这对检查你的声音非常重要 因为你在通话中得到了很多死时间

if the sound's not working. And when you're nervous in an interview situation, it can...

如果声音不起作用。当你的时候 在面试情况下紧张，它可以......

It's this kind of small problem that can take you out of your positive, happy interview

这是一个可以采取的小问题 你出于积极愉快的面试

place. So check your sound.

地点。所以检查你的声音。

Before, you could also call a friend if you want just to make sure that your webcam is

以前，你也可以打电话给朋友 我想要确保您的网络摄像头是

okay. You can get their opinion. "Does my webcam..? Does my webcam look okay? Do I sound

好的。你可以得到他们的意见。 “我的摄像头......？ 我的网络摄像头看起来不错吗？我听起来吗？

okay?" Because sometimes, people have their microphones up too loud and you can hear them

好吧？“因为有时人们有他们的 麦克风声音太大，你可以听到它们

breathing and like mouth action, and sometimes "puh-puh" on the microphone. So you want to

呼吸和喜欢的嘴巴动作，有时候 麦克风上的“puh-puh”。所以你想要

make sure that your volume of your mic's not too sensitive.

确保你的音量 你的麦克风不太敏感。

The best advice I can give you for improving the quality of any call on Skype is to invest

我可以给你最好的改进建议 Skype的任何通话质量都要投资

in a headset. So headsets, you can get ones with the microphone extending to the front.

在一个耳机。所以耳机，你可以得到 麦克风延伸到前面。

You don't need to spend that much money and it will dramatically improve the quality of

你不需要花那么多钱 它将大大提高质量

your call. So I strongly advise you to do that.

你的来电。所以我强烈 建议你这样做。

As a less good, but better option, you can use earphones with... I think they often come

作为一个不太好，但更好的选择，你可以使用 戴着耳机......我想他们经常会来

with iPhones and things like that, you can use those earphones with the microphone here.

使用iPhone和类似的东西，你可以使用 那些带麦克风的耳机。

That can be okay. It's better than the general surround sound coming from your laptop or

那可以。它比一般更好 来自您的笔记本电脑的环绕声

something like that.

类似的东西。

And also, another technical thing just for you to know. When you Skype and you've got

而且，另一项技术性的事情只是让你知道。 什么时候你Skype和你有

your job interview, you might be tempted to put the busy status on Skype, it's a big...

你的面试，你可能会受到诱惑 把忙碌的状态放在Skype上，这是一个很大的...

It's a big red... Looks like that. It's this big red circle. "Busy. I'm busy. Don't talk

这是一个很大的红色......看起来像那样。就是这样 大红圈。 “忙。我很忙。不要说话

to me." You can do that, but if you do busy, the other person can't call you. So perhaps

对我说。“你可以这样做，但如果你忙， 对方不能打电话给你。也许吧

in the job interview situation, I would expect for them to be calling you so you've got a

在面试的情况下，我会期待 因为他们会打电话给你，所以你有一个

problem there. So I don't advise you to put yourself to busy. If your friends and stuff

问题在那里。所以我不建议你放 自己忙。如果你的朋友和东西

start trying to chat with you while you're taking your call, you can just ignore them.

在你的时候开始尝试和你聊天 接听电话，你可以忽略它们。

The other person can't hear that.

另一个人听不到。

Let's talk now about the quality of your voice. Something that used to be true for me, believe

我们现在谈谈你的声音质量。 相信，曾经对我来说真实的东西

it or not considering I work on Skype all the time now, is I truly used to be like a

是否考虑我在Skype上工作 现在的时间，我真的习惯了

freak on the phone. I used to be really nervous on the phone. I hated talking on the phone.

在电话里吓坏了。我曾经非常紧张 通话中。我讨厌通电话。

I was really uncomfortable. My voice was really shaky. I got over that just through doing

我真的很不舒服。我的声音真的很不稳定。 我完成了这件事

it. Just I didn't like being like that, so I was like: "Right, I'm going to talk on the

它。只是我不喜欢那样，所以我 就像：“对，我要谈谈

phone. I'm going to get over this." The other person can hear nerves in your voice and it's

电话。我要克服这个。“另一个 一个人可以听到你的声音中的神经

not unusual to be nervous in a job interview. But what I'm talking about is some people

在求职面试中并不常见。 但我所说的是一些人

are nervous because they're like: "On Skype, never been on Skype before." Or: "This is

很紧张，因为他们喜欢：“在Skype上， 从来没有在Skype上过。“或者：”这是

weird."

奇怪的。”

So I think you need to pay attention as well to what I'm going to call centring yourself.

所以我认为你也需要注意 到我要称之为自己的中心。

Just be calm before that call. Do something that makes you feel relaxed. Stop preparing...

在电话会议之前保持冷静。做一点事 这会让你感到轻松。停止准备......

Maybe do this: stop preparing for your interview the whole morning before. Spend some time

也许这样做：停止准备面试 整个上午。花费一些时间

relaxing because it's better that you seem composed and calm, rather than: "I know everything,

放松，因为你看起来更好看 平静，而不是：“我知道一切，

I know everything", but sounding very nervous.

我知道一切“，但是 听起来很紧张。

Let's talk now about just some general tips that I think can improve your interview performance.

现在让我们谈谈一些一般的技巧 我认为可以改善你的面试表现。

Get used to using Skype because if you've never used it before... I know it probably

习惯使用Skype，因为如果你已经 从来没有用过它......我知道它可能

sounds easy. "Well, what can be that hard? You just sit in front of your computer and

听起来很容易“那么，那有什么难的？ 你只需坐在电脑前

talk." Well, that might be the case, but I'm always speaking to people who've never used

说吧。“嗯，情况可能就是这样，但我是 总是和那些从未使用过的人说话

it before and they make... They make lots of excuses: "Oh, I don't know Skype." And...

以前和他们做...他们做了很多 借口：“哦，我不认识Skype。”和...

Or they don't know where the chat box is and you try to give them instructions, and they

或者他们不知道聊天框的位置和 你试着给他们指示，他们

can't really follow what you're saying. So just get familiar with how it works, and that

不能真正遵循你所说的。所以 只是熟悉它是如何工作的那样

way, you're not going to seem like a real technical like newb or something, newbie;

方式，你不会看起来像真的 像newb或者其他东西，新手;

doesn't know what they're doing.

不知道他们在做什么。

You could practice your interview of your friend. Ask your friend to ask you questions

你可以练习你对朋友的采访。 请你的朋友问你问题

on Skype. Got some police going by. You could ask your friend to do some questions with

在Skype上。得到了一些警察。你可以 请你的朋友提问

you so that you have experience then of doing a job interview on Skype.

你这样就有了经验 在Skype上做面试。

You could record yourself. Get used to wearing your headset. If you... If you've not used

你可以记录自己。习惯穿 你的耳机。如果你...如果你没用过

your headset before, that might make you feel uncomfortable, talking with someone with this

以前你的耳机可能会让你感觉到 不舒服，与此人交谈

like pressure on your ears.

喜欢你的耳朵压力。

But generally, just prepare as usual. You will be asked the same kind of questions.

但一般来说，只要像往常一样准备。您 将被问到同样的问题。

The main difference on Skype is you're not going to have to shake their hand, there won't

Skype的主要区别在于你不是 不得不握手，不会

be any physical contact that you need to do. But similiy-, similarly, simily-, similarly

是你需要做的任何身体接触。 但类似地，类似地，类似地，类似地

on Skype, you do need to worry about your presentation; that's the way... That's the

在Skype上，你需要担心你的问题 介绍;这就是......那就是

way you look if you're using a webcam. So you might want to stand in your Skype job

如果你正在使用网络摄像头的话。所以 你可能想要站在你的Skype工作中

interview. Some people like to... Like to stand on Skype.

专访。有些人喜欢...... 喜欢站在Skype上。

You need to think about what you're going to wear. So if you're in your house-right?-are

你需要考虑一下你要穿什么。 所以，如果你在你的房子里 - 对吗？

you going to wear a formal, formal suit for your Skype call? I don't know. It depends

你要穿正式的正式西装 你的Skype电话？我不知道。这取决于

on what kind of job you're wearing. I would say that maybe a formal business attire is

在你穿什么样的工作。我会 说也许是正式的商务着装

a little bit much for just sitting in your house taking the call. But again, it depends

只是坐在你的身边多一点点 接电话的房子。但同样，这取决于

what job you're applying for. So something to consider.

你正在申请什么工作。 所以需要考虑的事情。

If the camera is not going to see below your face, obviously you don't need to worry about

如果相机不会在下面看到你的 面对，显然你不必担心

it so much. But I would say a better angle is one that's a little bit further away from

它太多了。但我会说更好的角度 是一个离一点点远的地方

your face and gets the shoulder in... Shoulders in as well. And again, another aspect because

你的脸，肩膀在...肩膀也在。 再次，另一个方面因为

this is an online thing and not a real life thing - your profile pic is also part of your

这是一个在线的东西，而不是现实生活 事情 - 你的个人资料照片也是你的一部分

presentation, so you could change that before you swap IDs if you don't think that your

演示文稿，所以你可以改变它 如果你不认为你的话，你会交换ID

profile pic represents you really well. You can chan-... If you get a standalone webcam,

个人资料pic代表你真的很好。你可以陈-... 如果你有一个独立的网络摄像头，

you can change the position; there are lots of different positions you can do. But sometimes

你可以改变立场;有很多 你可以做的不同的职位。但有时候

camera right in front of your face feels a bit confrontational because when you watch

在你面前的相机感觉一个 有点对抗，因为你看的时候

the other person, it's like you're staring into each other's eyes and you don't do that

另一个人，就像你在盯着 进入彼此的眼睛，你不这样做

in real life, so you... I generally do a little bit to the side, still looking at them. If

在现实生活中，所以你......我一般都会做一点 咬到一边，仍然看着他们。如果

I want to look at them, I can turn and look in the webcam, but it's less confrontational

我想看看他们，我可以转身看看 在网络摄像头，但它不那么对抗

for the whole time.

一直以来。

So this is everything I know about Skype job interviews, all the basics, the technical

所以这就是我对Skype工作所了解的一切 面试，所有基础知识，技术

stuff going from my experience, a lot of my time on Skype. I'm sure it will be useful

从我的经历中得到的东西，很多我的 在Skype上的时间。我相信它会有用

for you. But just remember the main thing is about: you can give your best when you

为了你。但要记住主要的事情 是关于：你可以在你的时候尽力而为

feel relaxed, so just make that part of your preparation. It's not only just about the

感到放松，所以只需做好准备的一部分。 这不仅仅是关于

words that you use, it's about how you feel in a job interview.

你使用的词，它是关于 你在求职面试中的感受。

If you did like this, please do subscribe to my channel. I've got stuff like this. I've

如果你喜欢这个，请订阅我的频道。 我有这样的东西。我有

also got learning English stuff. I've got two channels as well, my engVid and my personal

也学习英语的东西。我有两个 渠道，我的engVid和我的个人

channel because I've got two YouTube channels, so I want you to check them both our and subscribe.

频道，因为我有两个YouTube频道，所以 我希望你检查我们和订阅。

Go over to the engVid website to find out a little more about this lesson. And until

转到engVid网站查找 关于这一课的更多信息。直到

you see me again, goodbye. Okay? I'm going to go and get on Skype. See you later.

你再见到我，再见。好的？我要去 去上Skype。回头见。