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Whether you鈥檙e on the hunt /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for a new job or looking /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for an internship, you鈥檙e going to be /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/faced with an interview at some point. Some o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f us might cringe when we think back to our /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first interview; sweaty hands, loose hand shakes, avoidant eye contact, and stumbling over our words. Interviews can make even some o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f the most con/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fident people momentarily /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/forget their own names under the pressure. But here鈥檚 the good news: a lot o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f the barriers we /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/face are usually in our own heads! By preparing yoursel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f, you can walk with con/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fidence, and boost your odds o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f making a great /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first impression.听

Scheduling the Interview听

I/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f you have a say in the timing o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f your interview, vouch to go /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first, i/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f possible. This advice is based on the primacy e/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fect, the phenomenon in which our memory best recalls what is /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first in a sequence. A/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fter a long day o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f interviewing many strong applicants, going /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first gives you the advantage o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f being extra memorable in the interviewer鈥檚 mind. It can also /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/feel good to know that you aren鈥檛 being compared to any o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f the other applicants just yet, as you鈥檙e the /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first one up, and setting the standard to compare the next applicant to. I/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f it just so happens that the /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first spot is already taken, your next best option is to go last. The recency e/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fect allows our memory to also easily recall the end o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f a sequence. However, i/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f you don鈥檛 get the /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first or last spot, it doesn鈥檛 mean you鈥檙e out o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f the game. There鈥檙e still plenty o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f ways to set yoursel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f up /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for success within the interview itsel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f.听

Prepping /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for the Interview听

Practice interviewing with a /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/friend or the 大象传媒 Career Center be/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/forehand. One o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f the most common questions people struggle to answer on the spot is 鈥渨hat are your weaknesses?鈥� By preemptively answering questions that can be uncom/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fortable when they鈥檙e /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fresh in the moment- and taking /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/feedback /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/from your mock interviewer into consideration-you can prepare some strong answers /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for yoursel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f ahead o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f time.听

In addition to taking some stress o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f your shoulders during the interview, this can also help you combat some inner doubts you may have against yoursel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f in being quali/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fied /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for the position. For example, maybe your weakness is that you may be less experienced than other candidates in the particular /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/field you鈥檙e trying to enter, and you don鈥檛 /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/feel that you鈥檒l stand out against them, thus you /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fear you are a poor candidate. Think o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f ways in which you would contribute a net positive overall; maybe you鈥檙e well disciplined, and earnestly seek /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/feedback so you can make corrections to your methods. Those attributes would allow you to compensate /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for your inexperience because you learn quickly. These mental exercises tap into the concept o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f attitude inoculation, building resilience against a strong argument by overcoming weaker versions o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f it. O/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/ftentimes we are our worst critics.

Acing the Interview听

驰辞耻鈥檝别 dressed /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for success , you鈥檝e brought your resume, you have letters o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f recommendation attached, and maybe you even got an internal re/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/ference too. You鈥檙e walking into the interview now, and have done everything you can leading up to it to prepare /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for a good /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/first impression.听

You鈥檙e ready鈥� don鈥檛 let yoursel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f get into your head. But then your heart starts to pick up its pace as you sit down. Was wearing a red tie too bold? Did I over-gel my hair this morning? You start to /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/feel like the interviewer notices. Except she doesn鈥檛. The spotlight e/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fect has caused you to /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/feel as though you鈥檙e being more noticed than you actually are. You smile despite the butter/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/flies swarming around in your stomach. You鈥檙e sure she knows just how nervous you are. Except she doesn鈥檛. The illusion o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f transparency has caused you to think that your emotional state was a lot more obvious than it actually is. You remember the chameleon e/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fect, and how mimicking another person's gestures and body language makes you appear more likable. When the interviewer crosses her legs, a/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fter a moment, you cross your own. When the interviewer leans back in her chair, a/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fter a moment, you do the same. You start to /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/feel more com/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/fortable, and you come out o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/f your shell a little more. Both parties are engaged. The interview eventually wraps up. You thank the interviewer /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/interviews/for her time and go home to celebrate the interview you just aced.听

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