zoom or phone for coffee chats?

hey all, scheduled a coffee chat with a VP alum at a BB that I will be interning at next summer ( IBD ). they confirmed the time and date and requested I send over a calendar invite today. do I assume it's a zoom call or a phone call? we met once before via zoom so I am leaning toward that. I have never sent over a calendar invite before on top of all this so wanted to get some clarification.

I am sorry if this is a dumb question but I literally don't know and I am not sure if I should clarify with them. I don't want to seem like an idiot and send over the wrong thing but I didn't know who to ask for advice besides you guys on here. let me know what y'all would recommend! thank u so much.

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Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎 , what's your opinion? Comment below:

The thought of having to seeing the joy in some young kids eyes before the world has had the chance to crush them just annoys me.

haha so true

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Overthinking it - just phone call, much easier to take while doing something simultaneously, or out on a run for food, driving etc. do not make me command 20 minutes of attention unless it's a formal interview

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eloquence , what's your opinion? Comment below:

If you've already met over Zoom fine to keep doing that

generally I prefer phone calls, camera on is annoying when you do a ton of these, but I won't decline a zoom or anything

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Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎 , what's your opinion? Comment below:

Some people like Zoom, but I would prefer a phone call.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee

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Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎 , what's your opinion? Comment below:
C.R.E. Shervin

Or....maybe it could actually be Coffee. I wouldn't say no to a face to face.

Yeah face to face is good. A chance to suck up to your future boss.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee

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