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Bad interview anxiety

LegacyUser · 2021-05-05 19:49:38

Hi all, I had an interview last Friday and my nerves got the better of me despite being extra prepared. The interview was for a local government position and disappointingly but not surprising I only placed 12th on the panel. The interview was over zoom and I remember practising breathing exercises in the minutes leading…

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#32 24-05-2021 10:03am
Lux23

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I suffer terribly from interview nerves, and the one thing that has helped is being extremely prepared and getting a good night's sleep. But I won't lie; I still feel like a failure every time I walk out of an interview. My big issue is that I'm not too fond of silence, so instead of stopping and thinking of a response, I keep talking and come out with some nonsense. Then there have been times when I wasn't nervous at all and answered the questions perfectly well, but I probably came across as boring or uninterested.

So I don't really have much advice for you, only to say you're not alone and despite my shortcomings, in the last five years, I did three interviews and got two jobs from three by being as prepared as possible.

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