1. Your attire

Choosing the appropriate interview attire is the first step in mastering your body language. Along with dressing the part, ensure that what you're wearing is loose-fitting and comfy. Make sure your clothing is comfy before the interview. You'll consequently feel more at ease and assured throughout the interview as a result of this.

2. Think About Your Entrance

Even before you meet the recruiting manager, you can be judged by your body language. As you sit in the lobby, consider your interactions with the receptionist and your potential appearance. Do you tremble and slump? You never know who may be watching.

To project confidence and relaxation, take a few deep breaths and sit up straight in your chair. A video interview is the same. Even though you're not waiting in a lobby, the first thing the interviewer sees when your video loads will matter. Keep your gaze on the camera rather than a different screen or your phone by sitting up straight.

3. Take a stand

Employing managers will watch how you approach them. Stand tall to help you move with assurance and purpose. When you approach them, keep your arms at your sides comfortably and make eye contact. Additionally, watch out for carrying a lot of "stuff" while you stroll over. You may be carrying a bag or pocketbook, a portfolio, a bottle of water, and a resume. Before you begin walking, have everything assembled. This makes you seem more professional and well-prepared.

4. Give a warm handshake

Offer a "just perfect" handshake to immediately demonstrate your professionalism. Too firm or too soft of a handshake can give off the impression that you are afraid or weak.

5. Sit Properly

While you should be able to sit comfortably throughout the interview, it is not appropriate to take your shoes off and cross your legs. Additionally, if you sag or lean back in your chair, the hiring manager can get the sense that you're uneasy or don't take the position seriously.

To help you sit up straight, support your back while sitting. To help you sustain the pose without getting tired, try leaning slightly forward and keeping both feet flat on the ground. Avoid crossing your legs since it can be painful and difficult to uncross and recross your legs without appearing weird.

6. Handle It With Care

Are you guilty of picking at your nails, tinkering with your jewelry, or tapping your fingers? This kind of interview body language may give the impression that you are impatient or bored. Keep your hands flat in your lap rather than balled up or holding the chair's arms to assist control your fidgety fingers. Alternately, take notes while holding a pen in one hand and a notepad in the other.

7. Keep eye contact

While avoiding eye contact makes you appear shifty or uneasy, looking someone in the eyes makes you appear attentive and trustworthy. Just be careful not to stare so long as to make others feel uneasy; gazing is weird everywhere, including in an interview.

There are several interviewers present. Don't pass up this opportunity to show that you have a team-oriented approach. Begin by focusing on the person who is asking the question when one is asked. Make brief eye contact with others before bringing your attention back to the questioner as you complete your response.

8. Breathe

One area where your anxiety can be most obvious is in your breathing. Your breathing may be shallow and quick when you're anxious, which will make you speak shakily and quietly. Concentrating on your breathing is one approach to calming a speeding heart.

Try the 4-7-8 breathing technique before the interview by inhaling for four seconds, holding your breath for seven seconds, and then exhaling for eight seconds. This makes it easier for you to concentrate on breathing rather than the chaos in your head. When you can, intentionally take a few deep breaths throughout the interview to help you relax and produce a steady, confident voice.

9. Smile

A smiler or a frowner seems more friendly and trustworthy, right? People are drawn to joyful faces both in real life and during job interviews, and the feel-good hormones released when you smile will keep you calm and upbeat. Before going into an interview, put on a forced smile in a restroom, elevator, or another private setting.

Even a fake smile might make you feel better. Avert phony, suspicious-arousing smiles, though, when around your interviewers. Instead, reflect on your successes and your enthusiasm for this chance. Your radiant disposition will be recognized.

10. Respond

You can answer without uttering a word by using your body language as well! Nod occasionally to show that you are aware of what the interviewer is saying without speaking up. By doing so, you can maintain contact with the hiring manager and prepare for the interview. A lack of interest in the interview or even fear of the job could be communicated by staring off into the distance with your eyes out of focus or remaining motionless.