The entire first round was me talking to a webcam with a countdown timer and no human anywhere
Sixty seconds to think, two minutes to answer, two retakes per question, six questions. No interviewer. Just me, a progress bar, and my own face in the corner.
I've now done three of these in a month and they rattle me more than live rounds do. In a real conversation you can read whether an answer landed and adjust. Here you're performing into a void and then it's gone.
Two things I genuinely don't know: does using a retake count against you somewhere in the scoring, and does anyone actually practise these? I tried recording myself on my phone the night before the last one and it helped a little, mostly with not staring at my own face.
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AnonymousAnon Did four of these last year. The thing that helped most was sticking a note with three bullet points just above the webcam so my eyeline stayed up instead of drifting down to my notes. Sounds daft. Made a real difference watching it back.
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AnonymousAnon The retakes almost certainly aren't scored, they're there so people don't rage quit halfway. What some of these platforms do measure is time-to-first-word, which is a horrible thing to know. I stopped trying to sound polished and just start talking at about second three now.