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>2. I’ve always treated it as a rule to look the interviewer in the eye.// Eye-contact is extremely nuanced. The difference between 'gives and maintains eye-co
by pbhjpbhj 5y ago
>2. I’ve always treated it as a rule to look the interviewer in the eye.//
Eye-contact is extremely nuanced. The difference between 'gives and maintains eye-contact', which is usually a sub-conscious positive in conversations, and 'is freaking me out with the staring' is tiny in person. Over webcam it's quite different, you can stare down the camera but you're not looking anyone in the eye.
This leads me to wonder if those with ASD have more success in interviews if the interviewer is appraised of their ASD ahead of time, or if they keep it private (I'd assume the former).
Also, eye-tracking comparisons between in-person and video chat might be interesting.
- ghaff 5y agoI've been shooting a fair bit of video on the computer for various purposes since the pandemic. My first couple of takes were total trash. My eyes were all over the place. (I'd worked on this a bit previously with other video but the computer screen and any notes in particular really draw your eyes away from the webcam.) So I've basically trailed myself to focus on my external webcam with maybe a glance down now and then to notes located at the top of the screen.