Phone chat/interview!!!
 

People I have sent out a couple of emails regarding jobs in sydney, just mainly cold calling if you like.

I have had a responce and have been asked to have a phone chat about things, origionally was only going to be a quick call. I now however have had an email saying allow 30-45 mins for the call!!!

I have no landline here in the UK so would it be best to use mobile or set up skype?

Also has anyone else had one of these sort of calls, advice would be handy!!!

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They'll be calling you so don't worry about it.

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I head out to start my new job in a few days & had 2 phone interviews and 1 video interview for it. Each one was about an hour (a couple of exams too).

Best advice is to be yourself & just talk normally, I don't know what line of work you're in but one of my calls was a technical grilling and the other a personality assesment. Mainly I think they want to know you're a normal human (not some nutter) and that you know your job.

Watch out for the lag on the phone call (was extra bad on video), as you can end up talking over them. Just take a few deep breaths and try to relax/not babble etc.

They will be calling you, try to use a landline as you will pay through the nose to receive a call on a mobile, I use skype a lot but wouldn't risk an interview for it, I've had some really bad lines at times.

Good luck, I expect it won't be as bad as you may think.

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Since when do you pay to receive a call on a mobile? The only time you would pay to receive is if you have the call diverted to your mobile.

As it's a business call, the business calling will cover the expense.

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I'm remembering paying to receive calls on my UK mobile when I was in the states but could well be wrong about receiving overseas calls when in the UK.

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had a few of these and never had to pay even though i received them on my mobile.

just relax and be prepared - i found that they were more interested in me as a person than my technical knowledge - they could see all my qualifications etc from my CV.

i stood up and walked around as it helped me think lol.

good luck :thumbup:

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Thanks for that, just hope that it's more an informal chat and not a full on iterview type thing!!

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not sure what work you are in, but im in engineering on the railways, so they kind of dropped things in that i should know about - so i elaborated and talked about them.

but all of the one's i have had have been quite informal to be honest.

i spent a few days reading standards etc to prepare, and found i was asked very little - if any - technical questions.

and they offered a job too lol.

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You only pay to receive if you are roaming. If you have a uk mobile on a uk network receiving is free. If you are aus/foreign mobile on a uk network you will pay to receive. Check with your operator for roaming rates. I dont think the OP is roaming

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Nope not roaming, here on Orange so should be fine...thanks anyway worth checking though...

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I a mechanical design engineer doing 3D CAD modeling

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Standing up is good as it makes you come across more confident over the phone.

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yes my hubby had a couple of telephone interviews for the same company - we now live over here, and bonus, they paid for all our shipping and flights ;)
not saying that will deffo happen but you never know ;)

good luck :fingerscrossed:

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Seconded. I had a telephone interview for a job I was offered and accepted. Though it certainly was an interview, the style was very informal and it mostly felt like a chat rather than a grilling. I think I came across well because I was able to converse fluently about my technical speciality.

But really, they weren't trying to give me a hard time or put me on the spot; very much the opposite in fact. I wish more interviews were like this as it gave me a good opportunity to find out more about them as well.

I just made a list of things I wanted to get around to asking about, and had a mug of tea with me :)

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Just make sure you are in an area with extra good mobile reception as lines can be dodgy at the best of times from fixed line to fixed line between Australia and Europe. Also, as Freebo pointed out, be very aware of the delay/echo you can get. Best is to wait a second or two before you reply to questions to ascertain they have finished the question ;) And of course, make sure your mobile is fully charged :p

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Well ended up taking the call sunday morning was on the phone for 1 hour 15 mins so think it went quite well so just waiting to hear back now so fingers crossed!!!

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:thumbup::fingerscrossed:

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good luck....let us know :)

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Standing whilst naked and imagining them naked also works.

Unless it's a video call.

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:rofl:

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you don't know how true that comment was :eek::eek:

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I didn't realise my webcam was on for my first interview and the guy said: "I'm sorry we can't hire you, I can see your nuts".

I thought he meant crazy ...

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We had an email today and the big boss now wants to speak to me on the phone this weekend.....

Positive outcome from the first call then!!!

Starting to seam all a bit real now!!

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Well done. Hope you get the outcome you want. Just take it one step at a time and see what happens :)

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well finally had my second call from the boss and basically the job is mine!!

Just waiting to hear about what the package will be....

Just need to get my visa (spouse) sorted out then could winging my way over to Oz for a new job and life!!! :eek:

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well done you - what part of oz is the job? :thumbup:

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The job is based in Sydney....just my luck probably the most expensive area as well!! :D

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Well done on getting your job, we haven't been o forum for a while so catching up.

So you got the job completely being interviewed by phone? My hubby was under the impression that he couldn't even think of applying for jobs until we were over. He is in accounting btw so it may not be the same for his job type??

Congrats again :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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I did that too, interview lasted over an hour, found myself 2 miles from home at the end of it:rofl:

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This. The basic rule is in Oz is: 'The caller pays what they expect to pay'. In other words if I have an Oz registered mobile and I call another Oz registered mobile I have no way of knowing that the person on the other end is overseas, so the person receiving the call pays from the outbound Int DSL (the point at which the call leaves the country), the person making the call pays whatever they would have paid if the person had been in the country.

So if the company makes a call to an overseas registered mobile, the person receiving the call pays nothing as the originator of the call had prior knowledge as to where the phone was registered and pays everything..

Yes, I work in telco, no I can't help you with your bill and I don't have a clue about iPhones or plans so don't PM me. :lol:

Forgot to say congrats on the job.

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thanks everyone just waiting to get drafts of the contract etc now...

oh and gettting visa paperwork in order :eek: