Comments on: Won’t you be my neighbor?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:20:16 +0000

Let us know how it went. Then go have a cosmo.

By: amy

amy — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:12:42 +0000

yes, good luck!

By: ~the alamogordo kid

~the alamogordo kid — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:14:08 +0000

Good Luck today!

By: MRI Webmaster

MRI Webmaster — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:30:58 +0000

You’re absolutely right, and its something I’m generally reluctant to do, or just plain forget to because I’m nervous. I did have one rambling, 7-pronged question and one enthusiasm dampening interviewer. I need to remember they’re not just interviewing me for a job, I’m interviewing them for the job of boss as well! A dash of judgment as an antidote to anxiety–I’m gonna have to develop this idea into a clinical tool…

By: ~the alamogordo kid

~the alamogordo kid — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:58:58 +0000

Here’s my interview mentality that has helped me in many interview processes, and maybe you already use it, being the psychologist. Or I could be completely wrong, but either way it helps me. I figure that most interviewers are trying to impress either themselves, other interviewers, or you with the questions they can come up with. SO, whether admitted or not, they are as interested in making an impression as you are, which puts you in a position of judgement, too. If, while being interviewed I am rating the interviewer in my head, it makes me much more relaxed about my own impression.
Once, I was interviewing in front of a promotion board in the Air Force, a panel of eight Senior NCOs. One of them asked the most drawn out STUPID question, obviously going overboard in the best question contest. The rest of the panel just turned and stared at him while he tried to disappear in his chair. That’s when I knew I had it in the bag.
So rate your interviewer. It’s just the right amount of distraction to take some of the edge off of your anxiety without taking the clarity out of your thinking.
Works for me, anyway.