Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter has a post called Top 10 Ways to Blow Getting the Job, and a few of them are extremely applicable to candidates who will be video interviewing:

Inappropriate dress:  showing up for the interview in attire that is not proper for your industry and position.  You must dress as professionally for a video interview as you would if you were going in to meet with the hiring manager in person.  Here are some tips for appropriate interview dress. 

Not showing desire:  not showing the interviewer(s) at every point that you are ready, willing, and able to make a job change and that you want to work for them.   A video interview is the ideal chance to show your enthusiasm and desire for this job–before you even get in the door. 

Lack of knowledge:  not knowing about your business and profession, and not knowing about the company where you are interviewing.  Even though the questions you’ll have to answer are likely to be standard ones, there’s no excuse for not finding out about the company you’re interviewing with and what it is they need.  Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.  Here’s a link for what your pre-interview research should cover. 

Poor language skills:  inability to communicate effectively, inability to articulate ideas using proper English, using curse words or slang during the interview.  This, possibly more than any other factor, could knock you out of the running in a video interview situation.  If companies are using video interviews, there’s a good chance that they are interested in your presentation skills, as well as how you react under pressure.  Good language skills matter.  Avoid common bad habits.  (A video interview is a simple thing, but the pressure is tremendous once you know the camera is on–believe me.)

Interview On Demand will provide as much information as we can to make the video interview process as easy as it can be for you.  In addition to the tips on our website, here’s a link to techniques for a great interview and here are some previous posts you can go to:

Acing Your Video Interview

Be Confident On Camera

What to do if you get invited, but you don’t have a thing to wear (on camera)?

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