Online job interviews: Position the camera to show more than just your head

Some things are unique to virtual or online interviews. Here's one thing to consider: decide how much of your upper body should be visible on the screen of your interviewers? Are you ensuring that all of your face is visible on the screen? Is just showing your head that's visible?

When interviewing online, I have sometimes asked candidates to reposition their cameras, when all they had let us see of themselves was just a portion of their head or their chin or mouth was disappearing off the screen. 

I recommend that you let the interviewer(s) see as much of your upper body as they would if you were sitting at the table across from them, so that they can see you hand gestures - like the way I am positioned in the photo for this blog post. Especially so, if like me, you talk with your hands! This video on my Instagram page shows you what I mean.