Relax during a job interview
Fewpeople actually like job interviewing. It's nervewracking trying to showyour“best” self to a perfect stranger. That's not easy, but thereare some ways to pull yourself together and feel more confident.
Prepare solid talking points. It's always best to overprepare for possible questions by not only researchingthe company and the person interviewing you, but also by preparing answers andpracticing those responses. Review the skills and experiences requested in thejob announcement and have two to three examples of how you have demonstratedeach one.
Remember：It's a twoway street. This is a conversation, not an interrogation(审问).
Remembering that this is a back and forthdiscussion, whereyou can—and should—ask questions as well as answer them, can help you feel morecomfortable.
Just breathe. Your body will relax a lot. You wantto avoid upper chest breathing, as it tends to just move your stress upward toyour face.
Ifyou go into an interview picking apart your outfit or imperfect responses, you're only hurting your chances of coming off as calm and collected. Turn offyour negative selftalk and then create a different selftalk message, like “I am here to share the best ofmy ability and that is all I can really do.”
Work it out. Putting in some gym time on themorning of your interview can help you get rid of any nervous tension. Exercisehelps calm your nervous system and tends to reduce the intensity of physicalmanifestations(表现形式)of stress such as restlessness.
A．Stop the negative thoughts.
B．Put your idea into practice.
C．When faced with an interviewer, youmay be nervous.
D．Before you walk into your interview，take a few deep breaths.
E．You're trying to prove you're the onefor the job and that you can handle stressful situations.
F．Don't forget that you're not the onlyone being interviewed—you're also interviewing the organization.
G．This will strengthen your answers andallow you to show how your experience is relevant to the job or organizationfor which you're interviewing.
