Season 2: Career Foundations
Moving from Scared to Confident in the Interview Process (S2 – Ep8/20)
In this episode, we are talking about moving from scared to confident in the interview process. For most people, the entire process of interviewing is what creates stress, anxiety, and sometimes panic. For others, interviewing is just another piece of the career puzzle.
To get to the root of your anxiety about interviewing, we are going to explore self-efficacy, self-esteem, and self-confidence.
I spent about 8 years in career development in high education and my master’s degree is in College Counseling and Student Development, which means I took a lot of counseling courses and because of the nature of my job, I focused a lot on these 3 “self” beliefs.
So what do these 3 “self” beliefs have to do with interviewing? Well, everything. Most people think if they prepare enough for an interview they won’t be scared. While preparation is extremely helpful to lowering your interview anxiety, the root of the stress comes from how much you believe in yourself.
Having said all that, I know that someone you are just trying to make it through an interview and the time it takes to get to the root of your self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-confidence is more than you have right now. So I also talk about tactical strategies to move from being scared to being confidence:
1. Prepare and Practice.
2. Timing.
3. Healthy Habits.
4. Articulate Your Goals.
5. Know that you will mess up.
Fear and confidence are tricky emotions because sometimes it feels like we don’t have any control over them, but the reality is, we do. It definitely takes work, especially if we are coming from a place of low self-esteem or low self-efficacy, but it can be done.
A big thank you to positivepsychology.com where I was able to obtain the definitions needed to make this episode possible.
The networking episode I referenced: https://ridethetidecollective.com/2020/04/22/three-3-networking-strategies-for-experienced-professionals-s2-ep4-20/
The other interview episode I mentioned: https://ridethetidecollective.com/2020/04/29/tell-me-about-yourself-s2-ep5-20/
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