Tips for Managing Interview

Job interviews are tough. Interviewers ask tough questions, sometimes about things we’d rather not talk about (past failures, for instance), and your professional life is on the line. Job searching is stressful, and the interview takes that stress and turns it up to 11.

Stress is natural and can be good. It’s a physiological response that allows us to survive: it’s a powerful motivator and increases physiological responses, which sharpen focus and improve physical responses. However, it’s not meant to be sustained for long periods of time, which where we get into trouble.