Five Tips to Ace a Phone Interview | Entry-Level Rebel | BNET

Five Tips to Ace a Phone Interview | Entry-Level Rebel | BNET: "Last week we pondered whether it’s practical to look for a job long-distance, or whether it’s better to relocate and then begin your hunt for work after you’ve settled in. If you’ve weighed the issue and decided to apply to distant gigs, then there’s one thing you need to be prepared for: the phone interview. Of course, a first screening telephone interview is common for work closer to home as well, which makes blog CubeRules’ tips on acing a phone interview even more useful. The basic advice:
Print out a copy of your resume - After you send out 20 or 30 resumes over a couple of weeks, you start to not remember exactly what’s on the resume…. In addition, your resume should have good work results listed with your work experience (”improved cycle time by 20 percent, resulting in $100K savings to the department). These items will trigger explanations of how you achieved the results."