Re:Audio Engineer Explains NPR's Signature Sound
by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday March 09, 2023 @04:43PM
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I got my job in the middle of COVID lockdown and one of the key things the recruiter impressed on me was having a good place to do the interview. Not just the obvious stuff like no kids running around screaming. A separate space that could be quiet and undisturbed, paying attention to the background, tidying up so it didn't look visually cluttered and take away the focus from me, etc.
She did a good job of pointing out how the video surroundings made a substantial impact on how the candidate was perceived when interviewing remotely.
E.g. always a messy house, never any time to clean up? Move the desk half a metre out from the wall and flip the setup around. Now it will be clean 100% of the time as far as what the camera can see.