Posted by partlycloudy on September 22, 2004, at 15:18:29
In reply to job interviews getting me down..., posted by steelmagnolia25 on September 22, 2004, at 7:06:57
(The only reason I can give advice like this right now is I'm on a manic upswing...)
The best thing to do is to turn this around completely. You are the person interviewing the company, OK? You are la creme de la creme, and they have to meet YOUR standards for employment. Attitude and body language says more than words, especially in an interview environment.Questions about grades and your personal history... I guess I might question what bearing that would have on the position being offered. I don't lie in job interviews, but you can hold back the amount of details you give. Once I was asked about getting a reference from my last job (which I had quit from on bad terms), and I told them that they weren't likely to get a good reference from the boss because of interpersonal problems; I was able to give them more than enough references from peers and outside business associates and they were more than happy with that.
Having said all the above, I think the interview process can be very stressful. I have to psyche myself into that positive, almost agressive place in my head in order to come across as someone who knows what they do is done well.
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