| Are you scared of being interviewed? Did you ever | | | | the prospective employer, how often you practiced |
| miss out on a great opportunity because your job | | | | possible interview questions - if you don't have the |
| interview anxiety kept you from showcasing your skills | | | | nerves when it's showtime, if you falter when the |
| in a convincing manner to a prospective employer? | | | | money is on, you won't land that job. |
| Psychologists report that fear of job interviews is one | | | | Job interviews are not the perfect way to find the |
| of the most common causes for heavy emotional | | | | right prospects. In fact, they are unfair and inadequate |
| stress. | | | | in many ways. Because it takes a different set of skills |
| The Difference Between Being Nervous and Feeling | | | | to get a job than it takes to do a job. There are |
| Anxious | | | | people who are excellent job hunters, but lousy at |
| Yet, to a certain extend being nervous about a job | | | | doing a job once they got it. And there are people |
| interview is perfectly normal. In fact, it's very similar to | | | | who are excellent at getting the job done, but they are |
| stage fright. Even professional actors experience | | | | incapable of landing the job. |
| stage fright. But both professional actors and good job | | | | Reasons and Symptoms of Job Interview Anxiety |
| hunters are able to manage their fear in a way that | | | | Maybe it's because they feel uncomfortable |
| energizes them, and actually helps them to present | | | | showcasing their talents and achievements. Maybe |
| themselves in a convincing manner. | | | | because they are so afraid that a tough question |
| The problem is when the fear spins out of control and | | | | might "knock them out" during the interview. Whatever |
| mentally paralyzes you. Remember that fear is | | | | the reason, there are many ways in which job |
| actually an important survival mechanism evolution | | | | interview anxiety manifests itself. Your voice may |
| installed in us: it mobilized our energy resources and | | | | shake when you speak. You might have cold and |
| strength when our distant ancestors needed to | | | | sweaty palms, a pounding heartbeat in your chest, |
| escape a menacing sable-tooth tiger or fight another | | | | irrational and racing thoughts and difficulty to |
| kind of predator. Unfortunately, our physiology hasn't | | | | concentrate and respond to questions in a coherent |
| yet adapted to 21st century modern living challenges, | | | | and convincing manner. |
| and thus we respond with inappropriate fight-or-flight | | | | Many people suggest visualization exercises - to |
| patterns in non-life-threatening situations too. | | | | picture yourself in your mind successfully doing an |
| Why Sometimes Preparing Yourself For The Job | | | | interview, talking confident and persuasive, connecting |
| Interview Isn't Enough | | | | with the interviewer. But there's a lot more to "the |
| It doesn't matter how much you prepare yourself for a | | | | mental game" than that, and if you don't visualize the |
| job interview, how much you data you research about | | | | right way, it can actually do more harm than good. |