Stressing Out

cheeky-peach

I know it will do no good but i'm really stressing myself out over an upcoming interview. It'll be a new and exciting oppurtunity for me and I really want to embrace change and put my best foot forward. I'm fed up in my current role for numerous reasons and I feel that this is making me put a lot of pressure on myself for this particular interview.

HELP!!

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cheeky-peach wrote: »

I know it will do no good but i'm really stressing myself out over an upcoming interview. It'll be a new and exciting oppurtunity for me and I really want to embrace change and put my best foot forward. I'm fed up in my current role for numerous reasons and I feel that this is making me put a lot of pressure on myself for this particular interview.

HELP!!

Have you ever done CBT? If so those techniques can help. Otherwise get some calms from the chemist. Herbal relaxant and can work quite well.

mcpitman

What is stressing you out? Is it the process of being interviewed or the fear of not being able to answer the questions you are asked?


What level of job is it, how different is this to what you do now?


If the process of being interviewed is stressing you out, approach it as a practice interview. Nothing ventured nothing gained and if you don't get that new job, you still have one and have more experience of being interviewed.


If it is the content of the interview dependant on the level of job, read the job description, look at what they are looking for and you can begin to imagine the competency based questione they will ask you and start to have some prepeared answers ready.
Think about the STAR (or STARo) technique if asked competency based questions (ones that start with "tell me about a time when...." or "describe to me how you would approach....")
Situation - background or what you were doing
Task - what you had to achieve
Action - what you did to achieve the end result
Result - what happened and what were the outcomes
Overview - what you would do differently next time or what you learnt from the experience of this task


From an interviewers point of view, nerves are not always a bad thing, they can show you are passionate about the role and really want the job.


Too much nerves (inability to speak, hyperventilating etc) could highlight you are a basket case who can't handle pressure.

Good Luck

cheeky-peach

It's purely that I'll get flustered and not be able to answer the questions with a thorough enough answer. Basically, worrying over things out of my control which isn't good! I know it'll be competency based and I'm aware of the STAR approach (just need to remember it on the day). The job is similar to what I'm doing now (same profession, different industry) but should provide me with better advances to my career. I'm putting so much pressure on myself!

xapprenticex

read the job profile/requirements and have answers for why you meet every criteria and have an example of when you did it, doesnt have to be in your current job.

like public speaking, the nerves go away after 30 seconds, if you were not nervous then that would mean you didnt care about the job.

Ive interviewed people, shook their hands and felt their hands trembling, its very normal.