It's hard to make any recommendations without a bit more information.
1) Where do you find your view of the phone interview going from optimistic to feeling it's gone awry?
2) Are the positions you are applying for well within your skillset, related to last positions? Are they a level above or below your past experience? Lateral?
3) How much research do you put into your interviews?
4) Do you have a set of questions prepared for the interviewer? I have found (both interviewing, and being interviewed) that a single unique and well thought question can be a game changer in the interview process and can lead to better conversation with the interviewer.
5) Do you practice interviews / questions with yourself or a friend?
I also would suggest really putting yourself in the interviewers shoes, for each position. What do you think they are looking for? If you were interviewing, how would you want certain questions answered?
1) Where do you find your view of the phone interview going from optimistic to feeling it's gone awry?
2) Are the positions you are applying for well within your skillset, related to last positions? Are they a level above or below your past experience? Lateral?
3) How much research do you put into your interviews?
4) Do you have a set of questions prepared for the interviewer? I have found (both interviewing, and being interviewed) that a single unique and well thought question can be a game changer in the interview process and can lead to better conversation with the interviewer.
5) Do you practice interviews / questions with yourself or a friend?
I also would suggest really putting yourself in the interviewers shoes, for each position. What do you think they are looking for? If you were interviewing, how would you want certain questions answered?