13 Phone Interview

Phone interviews will have their own etiquette. If you are interviewing by phone, try to work in the following:

• If the interviewer is calling you, identify yourself when you answer: “Hello, Jamie Jobseeker speaking”.
• If you are calling the interviewer, “Hello, this is Jamie Jobseeker calling for Ms. Hiring Manager”. (Or, if they identify themselves when they answer, “Good afternoon, Ms. Hiring. This is Jamie Jobseeker calling for our 1 p.m. phone interview.”
• At the end of the call, say something like, “Thank you for your time today. I appreciate it, and I look forward to hearing from you”.

•  22 Phone Interview Tips to Help You Nail the Call (The Muse) Advice to help jobseekers leverage their tone and voice as well as their surrounding environment during the interview.