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translation - how to use tablets in your inteview Please help us settle our disagreement. A friend and I are looking for new jobs. I've been in many interviews, and every time I left my phone, laptop, etc, in my car. I think bringing these devices to an interview will make you look like rude and unprofessional. You seem not being interested enough in communicating with the interviewer since you don't cut out any potential distraction. My friend however, says it's an old notion. He thinks it's acceptable to take your mobile phone to an interview, cause you may be expecting an important phone call( from the office: we are all managers), as long as you explain ahead of time that you have to carry your phone with you. Who is right? You are, with one exception. Bill, CEO of communication coarching firm Communispond said "Interview is a process one or more people get to know the interviewee. Though constantly check your phone has become a common phenomenon (a recent study found administors check their smart phones an average of 45 times a day), but it is still rude to leave your phone turn on during an interview, left alone to answer it. " "Applogy in advance for having to take an important call may help a little, or may not." Tablets are on the other hand a different story. Bill said "Using tablets can make you stronger and give the interviewer deeper impression. Because an interview is actually about exchanging your information. If lots of information can been aquired easily on line, why not take advantage of it?" An picture previals against thousands of words. If you are an web designer, for instance. It makes more sense you show the website you designed than describe it with words." "No matter what field you are in, the tablets can help you convey information. You can use a diagram to illustrate the process you implemented a specific goal, or a bar chart to track the result of your last project. You can show photos as well." ------------------------------- To be continued...
Aug 1, 2014 1:44 AM