Can a "choppy" english have a big impact on phone interview for a job?

International Students
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<p>maybe was just badly prepared.</p>

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<li>this was a first kind of a phone interview that took more than 10 minutes.</li>
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<p>I recently had two phone interviews for intern position with Blue Cross. I think I’ve failed, here is why:

  • sometimes the voice was broken and did not understand fully what the person said and I asked to repeat questions (I was not able to use landline phone instead of cellular)
  • I speak English as second language, that means that when an employer talks too fast, I may not comprehend everything what he or she says and I am at risk at misunderstanding questions, maybe I answered something I did not understand?
  • I had problem with answering some questions, for example, in excel, how I would sort these? Damn I could have laptop beforehand if I know he asked me these type of questions
  • the career center at my college that is supposed to follow up and help me get a job or internship seem to not care if I get a job, for example before phone interviews I followed up with assistant director and she only wished me good luck. Carrer center is filled up only with students who get low wages, so thats what I think it is
    -(sometimes I get a feeling that I know “more” THAN them in what I am supposed to do)</p>

<p>-finally, I messed up a thank you letter, tere was still a big error even after cheking with my peer career advisor ,who made a lot of corrections but overlook this error, which was addresssing to a wrong name of company.
I catched it too late, after I sent in, then I resent message once again with a correct thank you letter</p>

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<p>Not to be rude, but I can see “choppy” English in your post as well, even in the title! I do think it has a huge impact in an interview, especially in an interview on the phone, because you aren’t using any sort of body language or anything else to impress the interviewer. Its only your voice and language. Moreover, the “thank you” letter wont help you much.</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>how would you correct my title?</p>

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<p>Omit the first ‘a’</p>

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<p>If you are having difficulty with telephone interviews, you need to practice your telephone skills. Stop by the ESOL office or the International Student office and ask for help locating a tutor or just a conversation partner. You could even practice cell phone to cell phone so that you learn how to work around the bad connections.</p>

<p>A lot of the job hunting (as you found out with the follow-up letter problem) is attention to details. You need to keep very good notes about who you speak with, and who you have written correspondence with. Your notes need to include the dates of the conversation/correspondence, topics of conversation, etc. You need to keep final copies of all letters and emails. Not only will you have records of all of your communications, you will know exactly what was said, and if it is a copy of a letter, exactly how you said it.</p>

<p>Job hunting is a real pain. I wish you all the best in your search for employment,</p>