Here's a little article from one of our writers. It's all about Telephone Interviews. If you've thought you don'tneed to prepare for your telephone interview, think again!

RING RING – Telephone Interviews for your ACCA job


Ring!!!!Ring!!!!

• “Hello?”
• Sir/Madam we are calling from DD Audit Firm.*
• “Okay, and how may I help you? (meow, background noise of pet cats)
• Sir/Madam you submitted an online CV for an ACCA accountancy related job on our website.
• “So?”
• We need a telephonic interview before we ask you for a face to face interview…


The background pet cat was the least I mentioned. People even have more terrible experiences for their telephone interviews. Yes, many accounting companies are now starting to prefer telephone interviews before they call you onto their premises. Reasons could be many, but in light of growing accountancy applicants, many recruiters now need to be more efficient when finding their ideal candidate.

With the changing technological advancements, companies are one step ahead of us in using them. There are stories of people who were rejected just because their Facebook profile does not seems fit or show an inappropriate behavior. So next time, before you do anything inappropriate or extremely stupid on Facebook, don’t think your actions are going un-noticed. Accountancy companies are now even hiring their potential employees on social networking websites, especially, Linkedin. (Read our other articles on social sites like Linkedin, this could be your biggest advantage if you are serious about your career).


So, How to Tackle a Telephone Interview?

People form opinions and make judgments about us in the first 60 seconds they see us. People also make judgments about us based on the way we sound on the telephone. (For more on this topic I will strongly, and may I say very strongly, suggest you the book of Malcolm Gladwell, BLINK.

Because these accountancy recruiters cannot see us over the telephone they will form these opinions based not only what we say, but also on "how" we say it. In fact the message we communicate over the telephone is based primarily on these two important qualities;
(1) "What" we say (Verbal) and (2) "How" we say it.

There are many ways to handle the telephone interviews. Here are just a few thoughts...
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