When your interviewer begins the Zoom meeting, you’ll be more than prepared to dazzle them with your punctuality and preparedness.

Once you are in the Zoom meeting waiting room and being prompted to sit tight until the meeting host begins your interview, center yourself by taking a few focused breaths and going over your interview notes. Then, follow the meeting link provided by the hiring manager and sign in to your Zoom account. In the 30 minutes before your scheduled Zoom interview, take a moment to check your internet connection and audio on your computer. This way, when your interviewer is ready to start the meeting they don’t have to wait for you to join. However, when it comes to arriving early for Zoom interviews, the commonly held belief is to log into your Zoom meeting at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start of the interview. There are many different opinions on how early is appropriate to show up for an in-person interview: some say 40 minutes in advance, others say it is best to be 20 minutes early, personally, I'm a fan of arriving in the vicinity of my interview half an hour in advance and then entering the interviewer’s office 15 minutes before the start of the interview. How early should you be for a Zoom interview? For the rest of the Zoom interview best practices, here is a crash course in Zoom Interviews 101. The first secret to Zoom interview success is to treat it like any other job interview. The Meeting Owl Pro is an official Recommended Hardware Partner of Zoom and Zoom's only recommended 360-degree camera.

Zoom, one of the leading free video conferencing software, gained mass popularity in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic kept us all inside and left to socialize safely through use of remote communication tools. While preliminary phone and virtual interviews have been a step in the modern job search process for years, restrictions surrounding COVID-19 introduced a new normal to the interview process: Zoom interviews.

If you are in the midst of a job hunt, chances are you have done more than your fair share of remote interviews.

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