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Body language

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCore term

In job interviews & careers, body language means: The messages you send with your posture, facial expressions, eye contact and hand movements, often without saying a word.

In Turkish: beden dili

How it is used

Interview guides talk about positive or open body language: sitting up straight, smiling, nodding and keeping eye contact. Crossed arms or looking away may be read as nervousness or a lack of interest.

Example sentences

  1. Her body language showed she was confident and relaxed.

  2. On video calls, body language is harder to read, so tone of voice matters more.

Common collocations

  • positive body language
  • open body language
  • read body language
  • body language and eye contact
  • first impressionThe opinion someone forms about you in the first moments of meeting you, based on how you look, speak and behave.
  • job interviewA formal meeting in which an employer asks a candidate questions to decide whether they are right for a job.
  • panel interviewAn interview in which several people, such as a manager, an HR specialist and a team member, ask the candidate questions together.
  • video interviewAn interview held over a video call, or one in which you record answers to set questions on camera for the employer to watch later.

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