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IN MY OPINION, I DO NOT WISH TO ELABORATE THE ANSWER IN DETAIL RATHER THAN THAT I WOULD JUST FURNISH SOME MANDATORY POINTS WHICH ARE TO BE KEPT IN MIND.
WHILE APPEARING FOR THE INTERVIEW YOU SHOULD BE CONFIDENT AND KNOW THE TOPICS THOROUGHLY WHICH HAS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE CLIENTS, EYE CONTACT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE THAT PLAYS IN THESE SPECIFIC OUTCOME, YOU SHOULD CONSTANTLY MAINTAIN EYE CONTACT WITH WHILE INTERVIEW TIMINGS AND BE DOCILE BUT AT THE SAME TIME BE STRAIGHT FORWARD IN WHAT YOU WAND TO DISCUSS & SPEAK TO THE POINT OF QUERY.
DO NOT STAND IN A DEFENSIVE POSITION OR CARRY A DEFENSIVE ATTITUDE, BE POLITE & IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER WHICH YOUR CLIENT ASKED YOU JUST TELL THEM TO PAUSE FOR A WHILE SAYING "I WILL GET BACK BACK TO YOU LATER" RECONFIRM IN WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DISCUSS AND CARRY ON WITHOUT ANY HESITATION BREATHING IN AND OUT WHICH ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THATS ALL THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.
Leaning back is lazy or arrogant, leaning forward is aggressive and slouching is just lazy. Instead, experts say to aim for a neutral position, sitting tall as if a string were connecting your head to the ceiling.
"Hold eye contact one extra eyelash," says charisma coach Cynthia Burnham. She says we tend to feel uncomfortable holding eye contact once a personal connection has been created. Don't stare, but try to hold your interviewers gaze for one extra second before breaking away. "Do this especially when shaking hands," she says.
Cynthia Burnham, a California-based charisma coach, says chopping or pointing motions can "cut up" the space between you and your interviewer in an aggressive way.
"Arms crossed over your chest signal defensiveness and resistance," says Karen Friedman, communications expert. "When they're open at your sides you appear more approachable."
"Sometimes we undermine how powerful or in focus we are by nodding like a bobble-head doll," says Burnham, a habit that's particularly common in women. "Nod once or twice with a smile of agreement. But find your still center and stay there."
"Stop fidgeting!" says Amanda Augustine of TheLadders. "The nervous energy will distract the interviewer. You want [him or her] focused on what you have to say, not the coins jingling in your pocket or the hangnail on your finger."
It's important to appear approachable and open, so don't try to control gestures or fidgeting by keeping your hands still. This is especially important when you begin to speak, says Friedman. "Keeping your hands in your pockets or behind your back inhibits movement and makes you appear stiff."
"If your tone isn't matching your facial expression you could find yourself in hot water," says communications coach MAtt Eventoff. "If someone asks what you're most passionate about and your face is in deadpan while you answer, it's not going to translate well."
Friedman says distracted or upward eye movements can suggest someone is lying or not sure of themselves. "It's important to look someone directly int he eye to convey confidence and certainty."
"It's important to be confident and look the interviewer in the eye," says Amanda Augustine, job search expert at TheLadders. "But then break away. Locking eyes with someone for an extended period of time can be interpreted as aggressive, not to mention creepy.
One mistake of body language use in an interview are what are known as "darty eyes". Darting your eyes a lot, or avoiding the interviewer's eyes while answering, may give off a bad vibe. Avoiding the eyes of the interviewer not only shows that you are nervous and not confident, but they may feel like you are not answering their questions honestly and may be avoiding an answer that they want to hear or are expecting something new and refreshing. Another mistake of body language are the hands. Many people have hands that tend to fidget, whether on purpose or subconsciously. Learning to control your hands during an interview will show that you are a poised person and are ready at any time to do something. The last mistake that I have noticed is foot/feet position. Some people cross their legs during an interview, others tap or move their feet. This is a huge distraction and not professional. Learning to keep both feet planted on the floor will take off the sloppy look that employers are not looking for.
For an interviewing for a teaching position, the worst mistakes made at the time of interview are follows.
1. Not looking into the eyes of the interviewer.
2. Getting dressed inappropriately.
3. Trying to dominate the interviewer.
4. Talk ills about your previous employer.
5. Take seat without taking permission or before the interviewer asks you to sit.
6. Evade the question asked by the interviewer and talk on any other topic.
7. Showing arrogance in your posture and attitude.
8. Showing lack of confidence or showing overconfidence.
Playing with your hair,touching your face are the worst body language
While there are a number of interview faux pas, especially related to body language, here are several key points...
First of all, job candidates should avoid nervous gesturing, such as fiddling. Secondly, they should avoid making uncomfortable facial expressions or holding awkward postures. Finally, candidates should not exhibit body language that is inconsistent with their true selves; honesty is always key when searching for an ideal career or job position.
You sit down in the chair and cross your legs. SlouchingBreaking Eye Contact.PointiNg..Crossed arms.FidgetingHands. Behind Your Back.
Avoid sitting on the edge of chair
Breaking eye contact
sitting with cross legs
playing with hair
taking support of table
Biting nails
The first body language mistakes that I should avoid during the interview are:
1. Avoid Eye contact and yawning
2. Avoid sitting with Legs crossed, hands inside the pockets and leaning over the chair in a relaxed
manner
3. Avoid meddling with paper weights or books which is on the interviewer's table.
4. Avoid tapping or making sounds by the pen on the interviewer's table.
5. Avoid touching your head, hair , pulling your dresses often and turning around.
It’s been said that employers can spot the right candidate within seconds, and that’s all about body language. Be confident, but not arrogant. Walk in with a smile, without fiddling with anything you’re wearing, and give a firm handshake. Firm, by the way, means just that; enough pressure to say you mean business, but not the Vulcan death grip that so many men (and some women) try and impose. Also, a floppy “dead fish” handshake is just as bad, if not worse. And if you’re sweating from nerves (or something else), wipe your hands before entering the room. That sweaty palm will not do you any favors.
Did you see the movie Contagion by Steven Soderbergh? A doctor played by Kate Winslet states that the average person touches their face between2, and3, times every day! You’ve probably touched it a few times while reading this article. Now, while you can’t stop yourself from doing this all the time, you must stop during the interview. We’re all guilty of touching our nose, our lips, and our forehead, but these all imply that we’re either nervous or dishonest. Perhaps we associate nose touching and dishonesty with Pinocchio. Also, you’re then going to shake hands again at the end of the interview. Any germophobics (think Donald Trump or Howie Mandell) will not be pleased that you’ve had your hands on your mouth and nose for the last half hour.
Look around you today and see how often you spot the leg wobble. It comes in many forms. Some people will be seated at a table and will jiggle one leg up and down beneath it. Some will cross their legs and jiggle one foot. And some will have both legs going at once. It can be due to nervous energy, restless leg syndrome, or just bad habit. But whether you do it a little or a lot, do not do it in an interview. The message you’re sending is loud and clear — I’m anxious, and I can’t wait to get out of here. And a potential employer does not want to know that you can’t wait to be out of his or her presence.
You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again — and there’s a good reason. When you cross your arms, you are saying that you are closed off, closed minded, defensive, or just plain bored. It doesn’t matter if you find it the most comfortable way to hold your arms; this is an interview, and it’s not a good idea to practice the most widely known negative piece of body language in front of a potential employer.
Have you ever been sat opposite someone who sat up so straight that you just couldn’t relax around them? It’s a strange feeling. They’re not really doing anything wrong; in fact, they’re displaying good posture, but at the same time it just seems like they’re being stiff and prudish. You don’t want to seem this way in front of the interviewer, and you also don’t want to make them feel uncomfortable around you, either. After all, who wants to work with someone who makes them feel awkward? So relax. Sit up straight, but not so straight it looks like you’re craning your neck to the ceiling. And of course, don’t be so relaxed that you slouch. This looks messy, disrespectful, and lazy.
You may very well have your hands full when you enter the room. This can be unavoidable, especially when going from one interview to another. If you can, go to the interview with everything you need in one suitcase or bag. When you’re called to the interview, rise gracefully and pick it up from the side of your chair, then sit it down beside you when you sit for the interview. If you’re playing a balancing act with pens, organizers, your cell phone, resumes, and other paraphernalia, you look ill-at-ease, clumsy, and unprepared. And if you start dropping things, you make it even worse.
It can be difficult to remember every point in a list, and some people will jot down memory aids and take them literally. One such point is “maintain eye contact.” Before you know it, you’re staring down the interviewer with a gaze that could put a statue to shame. As with all things in life, do this in moderation. You don’t want to have your eyes wandering the room looking for an exit, but you also don’t want to fix a laser-like stare into the interviewer's soul. Janine Driver, a body language expert with the nickname “the lyin’ tamer,” suggests that% eye contact is ideal, looking at the upper triangle of the other person’s face (this goes from the left to right eyebrow, crossing the bridge of the nose). If there’s more than one person in the room, make eye contact with each person. And don’t stare at the mouth or forehead. In fact, don’t stare, period. Remember to blink, please!
If you’re following rule number four and rule number two, you may be wondering what on earth to do with your hands. This can be especially true if you’re someone who uses his or her hands a lot when talking, to express enthusiasm or to convey a point. Well, that’s fine. After all, if it helps you elaborate upon what you’re saying, and it’s also a part of who you actually are, then don’t mess with a good thing. But be careful. Mark Bowden, author of the book Winning Body Language, suggests keeping your hands and arms in the “truth plane.” Ideally, this is an area that fans out degrees from your navel, stopping below the collarbone. Keeping gestures within this place keeps your hands away from your face, as noted earlier, and shows that you are calm, centered, and controlled. So, by all means use your hands, but don’t go mad.
People often believe that nodding in agreement at everything the interviewer says will stand them in good stead. That’s not actually the case. While it’s all well and good to nod in agreement when you do genuinely agree with something, you need to avoid the “nodding dog syndrome.” Nodding in agreement with everything, regardless of the message, makes you look somewhat sycophantic, perhaps even spineless. Even worse, if you’re not paying attention and then get asked a questionrelated to the issue you were nodding about, you could look like a real idiot. “Why on earth were you agreeing with something that you had no idea about?” Keep the nodding under control. Of course, on the other end of the spectrum, shaking your head should be kept to a bare minimum. No one wants to be sat opposite someone so disagreeable, and it’s also a sign of trying to dominate others.
In most interviews, you’ll be sat on one side of a desk with the interviewer sat on the other. This is standard practice, but with body language you can change this dynamic with both good and bad outcomes. For a start, if you purposefully shift your chair away from the desk, perhaps crossing your legs, then you're putting more distance between you and your potential employer. This is a suggestion of distrust or nervousness. Similarly, if you bring the chair up too close to the desk and start leaning over, you are being intimidating and also showing that you have something to hide. So stay at a comfortable distance from the desk, showing enough of your upper body to indicate that you have nothing to hide. If there’s no desk, follow the same rules. Don’t get so close that your breath is in their face, but don’t back off so far that you’re clearly trying to avoid them.
Of course, as with all lists, remember not to be so focused on this advice that you forget the main reason you’re in the room. Practice before the interview; don’t jot this down on the palm of your hand and become a body language robot. Be relaxed, be natural, and for the most part, be yourself.
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