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Awal Garg

5:03 PM

Hi there

uh, well, no one is here it seems :p

@enderland congrats! :D

enderland

5:56 PM

@AwalGarg hey funny, I got another one just now lol

kinda weird timing :)

Awal Garg

Well, I came here hoping I would get some tips for a video interview :D

enderland

@AwalGarg you mean like skype?

A: What are the points to keep in mind while facing an interview though Skype (video conferencing)?

There are a few things to keep in mind. Wear formal dress. Even if they won't see you completely, you will act differently while wearing formal attire vs casual attire. Make sure you are facing the webcam. If it's not centered on your computer (perhaps you have two monitors) arrange things such...

Awal Garg

No. I have to record a 1 minute video introducing myself.

enderland

I happen to have written an answer about this sort of thing

ahhhh

Awal Garg

oh nice

The thing is, they asked me not to recite a script. And no matter how hard I try, I always come of as I am reciting a script, even though I am not (technically).

enderland

5:59 PM

The nice thing about a video interview like this is you can watch your recording really easily

Awal Garg

Yep, I find it really hard to judge myself.

@enderland very good answer, +1

enderland

a good thought would be to ask some of your friends who know you and ask them how you are coming across

I think we are really bad at self-evaluating in this sort of thing

Awal Garg

hmm, I can do that.

True.

btw @enderland I look very young compared to my real age. Do you think it matters to the other person? (I know this is very broad of a question, but maybe some general stats or somewhere I can read about it?)

enderland

6:16 PM

A: How can I deal with people misjudging my age?

Spend some serious time thinking about whether what you do is reflective of someone who is older than 30 or 18. You want people to see you as a business professional. First, jmort253 briefly talks about this, but it really is important to dress like a professional. This is important. Really imp...

I have also written a long answer about that :)

Awal Garg

haha that's quite brilliant. You have written a lot of good answers, I checked your profile :P

enderland

@AwalGarg it's hard to come across as your age or older though

one thing I forgot to put in there is facial hair, if you can pull it off and the environment is appropriate

Awal Garg

> Is your hair an unkept mess or combed?

oh god yes!

I... I just combed my hair right this moment

enderland

Awal Garg

@enderland ok

enderland

6:23 PM

@AwalGarg a lot of it is because we humans tend to immediately judge and evaluate people based on cosmetic things, giving people the impression of "I am young" immediately sets these off

Awal Garg

true

@enderland Thanks a lot that really helped me. I will review those points more closely once more, and hopefully complete the video soon :)

enderland

@AwalGarg it might be helpful to just look at your video too and look for those things, watching yourself can be really helpful

glad to help :)

Awal Garg

Sure.

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