[rubyfan]

What's your specialty that you have experience with that others don't?

It helps to have one thing that someone needs. I started my last gig by having more JavaScript and web experience than most others in my market at the time. I landed the role because one company was making a significant investment at the time I was looking.

Think about the one or two experiences you have that might be hot in the news or in corporate sectors... Hadoop, JavaScript, Machine Learning, Cognitive Computig, Analytics, Robotic Process Automation, Microservices, Internet of Things, etc.

As far as the speech, just be up front that you are a hard worker and deliver results but that you prefer text/email as your primary means of communication. Look for interviews that have a proof you can code, those will tend to actually evaluate skills and ability over trivialities like verbal communication (this is especially trivial in remote work).

Good luck!