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When Interview Nerves Get the Best of You_Weekly Q&A_04.04.19

4/25/2019

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 ​​When interview nerves get the best of you.

  • Open with story of nerves
  • Knew I had to deal with it b/c interviews are a fact of life
  • Too many people stay stuck b/c they fear the interview or just accept the fact that they may never get the job they want b/c they are “bad” at interviews.
 
So what did I do?
 
I prepared a lot.  But way in advance of interviews.  I really began to think about my career as a story and would practice coming up with stories to talk about my successes, how I made a difference and things I was proud of.
 
That way when it came time for an interview, I didn’t need to prepare as much – I just needed to review my stories and think about how I would frame them for this particular job.  Years later, interviews are almost a piece of cake b/c I have gotten so used to “storytelling”.
 
I also prepared for the worst to happen.  Like rambling or my mind going blank and thought about how I would handle it if it happened.  And it still occassionaly happened but I was able to overcome it quite easily b/c I had already figured it all out.
 
I also focused on using my nervous energy as just regular energy to show enthusiasm.  After all, the same nerves are firing!

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