
Why do we fear interviews?
All I see on this site is how everyone is FEELING they bombed interviews!!!!! Listen, FORGET the fear of answering questions right or wrong!!!! Remember the FACTS!!! An interview is JUST selling who and what you have to offer a company and finding out what they have to offer you! We all say we have great communication skills - frankly, I'm not the best at it...BUT give me a piece of paper or computer and you got yourself some great writings!!! Listen, WE MUST BE CONFIDENT IN WHO AND WHAT WE ARE - THEN SELL IT - hard!!!! Don't lie and don't exaggerate, just pretend that your interviewer is your best friend and (s)he is asking you questions about who you are and what you want in life. NOW, some things you would tell your best friend that you shouldn't tell your interviewer. You don't have to go into real private conversations. I mean, pick and choose what would benefit you. The interview is what's going to get you into your dream job - what are you going to do about it? Are you going to crumble in fear with all the questions in your head stopping you from being you; or, are you gonna sell yourself so wisely and proficiently that they would be blind NOT to hire you! Come on folks, YOU KNOW WHO AND WHAT YOU ARE - your experience...your skills...you know what you are capable of...so, why are we so afraid of interviews???? Because we are so afraid of answering wrong - saying the wrong thing, wearing the wrong thing, forgetting everything important....well, what I say to that is YOU'RE UNDER MY FEET!!! STOMP STOMP STOMP....no more! If you gotta pep talk yourself - which is what I do...I'm great at interviews....it's just getting that second interview and competing with others that I'm not great at. I need a job - yes, but do I need it more than the next person? I don't know! THAT'S my weakness. Something that I need to work on! I'm just as good as the next person, if not more qualified. I've always had a hard time asserting myself. So, I get all the fear and questions and doubt....BUT when you are confident in YOU - you're fierce and NOTHING/NOONE can stop you!!!!! NOW, go out there and SLAM these interviews and show them who's BOSS!!!!

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Way to say it Vickie!! Good advice here. Thanks for the boost.
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