12 things to NOT do during your phone interview! (Article Share)

I've conducted some great and not so great phone interviewing lately. So, there's no better time to share some tips about this.

1. Eat food, chew gum, drink
2. Act tired or bored
3. Get overly chummy or familiar with the interviewer – you aren’t to that point yet, no matter how friendly or down to earth she seems
4. Pay attention to anything other than the conversation & perhaps your resume. Do NOT surf the internet, check your Blackberry, or flip through a magazine!
5. Mention anything to do with politics, religion, your collection of antique wooden buttons, your deep fascination with Lindsay Lohan, etc.
6. Use a cell phone: unless you have an outstanding signal and NEVER drop calls, use a land line
7. Be unable to provide a concise bio – i.e., your two minute elevator speech
8. Say anything negative about your current employer or past employers.
9. Inquire too specifically about benefits, salary, etc. – save it for a face to face interview – phone interviews are for screening out unqualified candidates
10. Talk about yourself in the 3rd person
11. Know nothing about the interviewing company
12. Don’t have a list of your accomplishments in front of you, organized by topic or category

Source: http://www.practicalhacks.com/2008/05/28/12-things-to-not-do-during-your-phone-interview/