In an interview, your non-verbal communication sends over 90% of the messages of your total communication.
It is essential for the success in the interview to be confident and have a positive body language. Having effective and confident body language. Your verbal communication just sends 7% of what you are sending to your interviewer.
Avoid negative body language. An interviewer wants to see how well you react under pressure. Avoid these signs of nervousness and tension.
- Frequently touching your mouth.
- Faking a cough to think about the answer to a question.
- Biting on your lip.
- Tight or forced smiles.
- Swinging your foot or leg.
- Folding or crossing your arms
- Slouching (drooping)
- Avoiding eye contact
- Picking at invisible bits of lint.
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Ashutosh Roy March 26, 2009 at 12:11 am
Good guidelines
aritrica March 26, 2009 at 5:43 pm
lovely, highly utile writeup.liked it a lot.looking forward to more antidotes of interview phobia.
jasbir March 28, 2009 at 2:28 pm
great! really appreciable ,i usually do such things in nervousness. i will surely try to improve.
john March 28, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Sweating is also one of the major sign of nervousness & tension. It can also be added in given points.
anuradha March 28, 2009 at 4:34 pm
sweating! Yes it happened but it is natural.so i recommend interviewer to take interviews in AC’s room only.