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flyingkiwi · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:47 am Post subject: Skype

Hi all,
Um, I potentially have an interview coming up on Skype. I have the microphone all rigged up, ready to go, but the thing is: the interviewer wants my 'Skype number'.

What is the Skype number? Is it just your landline? Are you given one when you join Skype, because I haven't seen it.

Please help Smile

slodziak · Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 143 Location: Tokyo

Some people pay to have a skype number so that they can be contacted by people using a normal phone. If you don't have one you can't give the interviewer one. Your normal skype address should be fine - may even be what they meant to ask for.

Good luck with the interview.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

They are probably asking for your Skype user name.

Quibby84 · Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 643 Location: Japan

yeah probably because if they wanted your number then what would be the point of using skype? It would cost them to call you on the number but it is free if you both have it and exchange user names.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Your potential employer sounds cheap to me. How much could it cost them to call your home tel. number? Maybe I am just old-fashioned, but it doesn't sound very classy. Hopefully they can afford to pay on time too.

leosmith · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 54

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

I agree with Gordon in the respect that they are trying to save money. That may or may not make them cheapskates. If this is a relatively small school, they may not have the budget to come visit you, so having a phone interview is the next best thing but only if there is video used, and hence the use of Skype or similar program. To use Skype just for the audio is pretty cheap, yes, and I wouldn't even dream of using such a system to type my interview Q and A!

flyingkiwi · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject:

Hi guys, just want to clear this up that they want to see my face, so they would be using skype for a video conference. Berlitz actually wanted me to do skype, but I got them to interview me by phone, because because they offered an interview, I had never even heard of skype.

The last thing I need is, five minutes before the interview, to have the microphone stop working, the webcam go bust, etc, etc. Interviews are stressful enough as it is.