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Quick Tip
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What posture is
acceptable in an oral?
Is it o.k. to use your
hands when in the oral board?
I have taken public speaking classes in high school and
college and have learned to use my hands to help emphasis
points, etc. I feel pretty comfortable using my hands to
explain myself, my question is will it hurt me in the
oral board. Chris
Reply:
Yes it's O.K. to use your hands. A Stanford University
study showed that getting a job is 15% knowledge and 85%
percent enthusiasm! How can you be enthusiastic
if you're a frozen statue in the chair? It can't
be done. If you can light yourself on fire with enthusiasm and bring the
excitement, emotional, the magic of the actual event in
a story, the oral board with stand up, applaud and
watch you burn.
I have candidates tell me, well, they said you can't
use your hands. Sit on your hands if you have to.
I always ask, "Who are they? Where is that written?"
I've never been able to find out who they are, or
where that is written in over 30 years.
It's perfectly acceptable to use your hands. If you
are already using them, you will cause problems trying
to stop. You will start concentrating on stopping
and that will throw off your timing, concentration and
presentation. A good rule of thumb is the keep your
hands and arms in the confines of your body.
When I play back a video for review during private
coaching sessions, many candidates go to a different
posture. Some even lean forward with placing their
elbows on their knees. I look for this different
posture. I will ask if that position is more
comfortable? If so, I encourage them to use it.
It makes for a better personalized delivery in the oral.
I've had candidates in an oral move the chair right
up to the table and place their elbows on the table.
After a candidate did that in an oral, one of our
rater's commented, "Did you see how he took it right
to us!" He got top scores. It was this candidates style and personality.
He was able to pull it off. You might not. It can
be risky. If you're going to try it, first ask the
raters if you can move the chair.
Also, when you're that close to the interviewers you
have to use the owl affect to talk to the raters.
That means you have to turn your head way to the
extreme right and left to make contact and answer
the raters questions. This can also violate the
raters healthy boundaries and make them feel
uncomfortable.
Sitting in a comfortable boundary for yourself and
the raters is critical. A healthy boundary is where
others end and you begin.
As each candidate enters the room at an oral board,
they have a tendency to pull the chair back a little
as they sit down.
After several candidates cycle through an interview
room the chair can end up further away from the
interview table than you want. If so, ask first,
and place it where you would feel most comfortable
to make your delivery.
I hope this helps.
Do you have any questions that I can answer? I am
just an e-mail or toll-free call away 24 hours a day.
Please do not wait until you are in the oral to try
and figure this out; thinking some kind of magic will
take place. It does not.
Luck is usually given to the prepared!
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