Recently I had to interview a few candidates, I work in a international company and the interviews are done in English, even if the candidate and I spoke the same language.

Being interviewed is stressful enough even more if it isn’t conducted in your native language.

You are nervous and still need to find the correct words it’s not for every one!

Typically the candidate is interviewed by two or three persons which can be pretty intimidating.

I know you are nervous and out of your comfort zone (that’s the idea!!). I’ve seen candidates stutter, trembling, sweat and taking a huge time to answer a question.

Fo me the hardest thing being forced to end the interview only because the candidate is not by far suitable. That’s probably due to bad phone screening, but the fact is that is a waste of my time and the candidates time to continue the process.

So here are a few tips to help you reach the end of an interview

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