Telephone interview.
 

I cannot believe it. I have a telephone interview next week for a job I applied for a couple of months ago. :scared: I had completely forgotten about the job and got an e-mail out of the blue today. :D It was a really nice surprise as I have had a car accident today (no serious damage) and then I get the e-mail.

I'm hoping someone could provide me with tips on Canadian interview techniques. Also any input on what Red Deer is like would be great.

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Well done on the interview :) . Sorry about the car :( .

Can't help with Red Deer, but hopefully someone else can. It looks lovely from the photos in a post on the immigration forum :)

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Good Luck with the interview!

Piff Poff lives in Red Deer, maybe you could pm her.

:)

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Has anyone any tips on telephone and Canadian interviews.

For example: Is it normal practice for the person being interviewed to ask questions at the end? If they ask me about salary expectations I'm not sure what to say as I don't know what would be reasonable for my level of position and how much cost of living is, how have other people appraoched this question?

Thanks
Rgilbert

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Hi,

I'm from Canada and maybe be able to help a little (have only had one phone interview).

Yes it is quite normal in any type of interview for them to ask you if you have any questions. You should walk in there with at least a couple, maybe on job specifics, the comany or benefits. If something comes up during the interview you can always ask about that.

Also you may be talking to more than one person on the phone. When I was interviewed for an instructor position at a college I was talking with two people at once (they were in the same office on speakerphone). I later learned that normally when they interview in person they have a panel of three people sit in.

They may or may not ask about salary expectations. It really depends on the job and employers. I was not asked because the company had a pay scale in place based on education and experience. If they do ask you can always explain your situation the way you did on here.

You could check out this website, although I haven't really looked at it much myself so don't know what's there.

http://www.salaryexpert.com/?FuseAct...reeSalaryTools

Lastly, you really should look into the cost of living here so you have some idea what you can afford when they ask you about salary or when it comes up.

Here is a website to check out the housing prices (if you were to buy). I've already set the link up so you will be searching Red Deer.
http://www.mls.ca/PropertySearch.asp...fAreaID%3d4992

It's difficult to find a cost for groceries because you can't find that online. But here's a link for a flyer at Superstore in Red Deer.

http://www.superstore.ca/west/this_weeks_flyer.asp

Hope this helps a little,

Haley

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Thanks for the advice.

Rgilbert

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Just had my interview. :scared: Don't think it went very well. I was far too nervous. Oh well if I'm not lucky then at least it is interview experience.

I'll have to wait and see what happens.

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It is always hard to judge your own performance. Hope you get some positive news - when can you expect to hear? Good luck :beer:

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Thanks. They said they have other people to interview and would let me know in the next couple of days. :scared:

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Good Luck. I find that telephone interviews are harder. I prefer to actually see the person I'm talking to...

Either way it was an experience for you.

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I have had 4 telephone interviews ( 3 with one company for the same job ) and I love them. If you have prepped, you can anticipate the questions to be asked ( as I have asked the same ones when I have been the interviewer ) and have the answers written down in front of you and just look at them to prompt you when the questions arise.

last time I had 4 A4 sheets spread out on my desk ( you don't want the sound of paper russling on the phone ) with great answers prepared. :D

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Don't worry, good interviewers will take into account nerves and it shouldn't go against you. They must have liked you to give you an interview in the first place. Good luck. :)

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When I had my telephone interview a couple of years ago it was a bit of a surprise. They called me at 9am in the morning and I was still sleeping, of course I lied and said no I'm up when they asked if I was still sleeping. So I ended up doing the intire interview while laying in bed in my pajamas!

I've never had a more relaxing interview. I did actually get the job too.

Haley

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Sleep Country Canada?

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Bet it went better then you think. We all tend to be hard on ourselves after the fact and wish we had said this or that or hadnt said this.......

Good luck to you. keep us up-to-date!

karma sent.

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That would be perfect if it was!

But it was actually for a teaching position at a college. After I was working for a couple of years I told my boss about it (we're pretty good friends). She thought it was pretty funny.

Haley

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Thanks for all your support. Will keep you posted.

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Well it obvioulsy went better than I thought as I have a second interview in Red Deer next month. :scared: :beer: I'm quite excited and don't know what to think as it has all come as a bit of a surprise as I appled for the job in July. It sounds like they want the succesful candidate to move out as quickly as possible which taking into account current processing LMO times would be after Xmas.

They have said they will pay for my travelling/accomodation costs for the interview/visit to Red Deer but I am waiting to hear whether they will pay for my husband. I think its important he looks around Red Deer also as whether it works or not depends on how we both feel about the place.

Rgilbert

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Could have been worse, they could have caught you on the bog! Sound of the flush might have not gone down too well!

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Congratulations, Good luck with it!!

What is the job for?

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Hi
Well done for getting the second interview :)

My husband passed the recruit tests for Edmonton Police service this year and the application process was really hard on all of us. He did the main tests in Edmonton at Easter having previously been out as a family. We needed to see Alberta to see if we could live there, and guess what we loved it and looking at living in St. Albert.
Paul is a police officer here in Kent and has been for 14 years and they (EPS) came to the UK to recruit experienced officers so great for us. As well as the tests, in Canada, back in the uk they wanted 5 written references and 10 people to call. I also had to have a telephone interview as part of the background check! It lasted nearly an hour and I must admit I was really really nervous as I didn't want to let Paul down. Six of the ten also received calls from EPS and we were told a few weeks later that Paul was in.It was such a great phone call, then reality hit.
We are going out on PNP as Paul starts Jan 07 so it's a bit manic at the mo. We've sold our house and are in rented until the move but we were hoping on a summer move but I'm fine with the winter too.

Good luck with the interview and I hope you all love Red Deer.

Elli :)

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After a long chat with my husband I have decided not to accept the second interview. Over the last few months we had settled ourselves into the fact that we would have to wait another 2 and a half years for our PR visa. We had even planned out what we would do with our life over this time including having a family. I think that by accepting any job offer we would be moving just because it was Canada and not what we really wanted which was Nova Scotia. We really have our heart set on Nova Scotia which offers us a different lifestyle than Alberta. We have therefore decided that my husband would continue to look for a job in NS after our holiday next June which would still allow us to start a family and potentially move to NS down the PNP route.

It was a hard decision but it just didn't feel right and although I am wondering whether I made the right decision, I think I would have regretted it later if I had got caught up in the excitment and gone to Red Deer.

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I think you should stick to your original plan. It's all too easy to get carried away with emotions at this stage just because you got an interview....

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No no no.

Go and have the second interview as it's good experience for you. If you're made an offer you can always turn it down at that stage. You may even meet people who can help you in NS.

Why don't you consider moving to Alberta for a couple of years and then on to NS? You'll have Canadian experience, a credit history, and your company in Alberta may well pay your moving fees...

Think about it some more.

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Agree 110%. NS and NB are our targets but if I had been offered the job I was down to the last 2 in London Ont we would have taken it and carried on looking whilst in Canada, giving us all the stuff Canada2006 mentioned. Plus I had a free trip to Canada in December for the interviews and to see a part of the country I hadn't been before.

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By going on a work visa for the next 2-3 years it wouldn't allow us time to start a family and as I am almost 30 i'm not sure I want to wait that long. It wouldn't be fair to the company and myself to go for the interview if my heart wasn't in it just for the experience. I'm keen to start my new life in Canada but not desperate enough that I would make the move that wasn't right for both my husband and myself.

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Exactly! i stick to my earlier suggestion. It's too easy to get carried away with all of this without keeping to your original heart felt plan