How Do I Know a Zoom Interview Went Well (Or Not)?

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

I feel like I did well in answering his questions, but not being able to read his body language or facial expressions in real life is throwing me off.

He did communicate that he had a few more interviews to conduct but that I’d hear from him this week because they’d want someone to start this coming Monday.

I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. A coach who helps people professionally in a number of different ways.

“How do I know if a Zoom interview went well? I feel like I did well answering the questions, but not being able to read his body language or facial facial expressions in real life is throwing me off. He did say that he had a few more interviews to conduct, but that I’d hear from him this week because he wanted someone to start this coming Monday. He said that so far, I was the only applicant to answer—to ask any questions, and that he was impressed by some of the questions I did ask.” And the writer says, “I found this somewhat odd given that they’re pretty typical questions to me.”

So the question is, how do I know if the Zoom interview went well?

So, I also have to add it not went well. So, my sense is that this job that you’re going for, you’re kind of like a commodity employee, that they don’t really care. You’re a body for a job.

So the question is, how did you do on the questions, and what facial expressions did they give? Did you notice any smiles? If they had a flat manner about them, a flat affect—you know, they don’t really care. You didn’t really connect with them as a person.

Now, the fun thing is when you notice those things. When you notice that they’re upbeat, when you notice that they’ve got a smile on on their face when they’re answering. Because, again, they’re only seeing you from—you’re only seeing them from here up. So you just have their face to go by, and whether their eyes change, whether there’s a smile on their face, whether they have any energy.

My guess is you got none of those. So from their standpoint, they’re still looking. Wish the answer was different, but they’re still looking, and they’re looking for someone who gets them excited.

You didn’t do that, unfortunately. You may have answered the questions correctly, you may have asked questions that were good questions, but you didn’t excite them, and that’s an emotional reaction.

If you act like everyone else, you’ll get the same results as everyone else because there’s nothing to distinguish you. My encouragement is let your personality out in the future. Let them see a smile on your face, a twinkle in your eyes. Let them see some excitement and life about you as you talk, and that will go a long way toward helping you.

Hope you found this helpful. My name is Jeff Altman. I’m called The Big Game Hunter for my time in search where I used to hunt down leaders and staff for organizations. Did it for more than 40 years.

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ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. His work involves career coaching, all as well as executive job search coaching, job coaching, and interview coaching. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 3200 episodes, and is a former member of The Forbes Coaches Council.

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