{"id":646,"date":"2007-02-08T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2007-02-08T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/the-body-language-of-interviews\/"},"modified":"2007-02-08T12:29:35","modified_gmt":"2007-02-08T18:29:35","slug":"the-body-language-of-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/the-body-language-of-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"The Body Language Of Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.careerjournal.com\/~r\/wsj\/career_journal\/~3\/87616457\/20070207-mattioli.html\" target=\"_blank\">You Can Say Too Much Without Even Speaking<\/a> &#8211; this is so true. This article dovetails nicely with our <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-understanding-attitude\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sales Traits Series<\/a> posted earlier today. From CareerJournal.com:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>No matter what a job candidate might say, using the wrong body language can make them appear disinterested or even deceitful to recruiters. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I sat through an interview recently with a candidate who maintained eye contact without blinking. Ok, that may be an overstatement, but I was quite put-off by his intensity. Thankfully, I don&#8217;t think is mattered much to our customer.<\/p>\n<p>That faux pas just happens to be the first one listed in this article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>1. Maintain the right amount of eye contact.<br \/>\n2. Don&#8217;t fidget.<br \/>\n3. Be conscious of posture while standing and sitting.<br \/>\n4. Avoid &#8220;closed&#8221; body language.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>First, a quote straight from the article on point #1:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;People who don&#8217;t break from eye contact enough give me the willies,&#8221; says Mr. Moyer. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t agree more. Now, in case you were wondering what &#8220;closed&#8221; body language is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Body language such as crossed arms and clenched fists show defensiveness and tension, says Mr. Yate, who adds that they are physically closed positions.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nCrossing your ankle over your knee with hands locked behind your head in what Mr. Yate calls the &#8220;rebel without a cause&#8221; look can make you look like unruly or difficult to work with, he says. &#8220;<strong>It&#8217;s the way an angry 17-year-old sits<\/strong>,&#8221; says Mr. Yate. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, sit with your ankles crossed or feet flat on the floor and use open hand gestures which suggest friendliness, he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Can Say Too Much Without Even Speaking &#8211; this is so true. This article dovetails nicely with our Sales Traits Series posted earlier today. From CareerJournal.com: No matter what a job candidate might say, using the wrong body language can make them appear disinterested or even deceitful to recruiters. I sat through an interview recently with a candidate who maintained eye contact without blinking. Ok, that may be an overstatement, but I was quite put-off by his intensity. Thankfully, I don&#8217;t think is mattered much to our customer. That faux pas just happens to be the first one listed in this article: 1. Maintain the right amount of eye&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/the-body-language-of-interviews\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-aq","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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