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Not always so…here’s why… Sometimes interviewers are distracted or in a bad mood over something internal in the company that has nothing to do with you. But you can still recoup if you keep your cool! One job candidate reported that the employer looked down and stared at the carpet the whole time. Most people would be thrown off by that reaction, lose their momentum and be convinced that it was all their faults. Sometimes these kinds of interviews are perfunctory, meaning that the candidate already has the job and the meeting is just a formality. The candidate conducted himself as if nothing had happened and received an offer later on, despite the bleak outlook during their session. He later learned that the person interviewing him was preoccupied with a pending company lawsuit—but the hiring manager had already been sold on him through personal recommendations. The lesson here is to not allow the mood of the other person to deflect from you. Don’t miss a beat—and network your way to your next opportunity!

Then maybe we won’t feel so intimidated and overly conscious that we are being judged as if trying out for a part in a Broadway play that we freeze and become tongue-tied or draw a blank. Remember interview success is based on one question at a time. Know why you are there and what you have to offer. The interviewer is not (we hope) some sadist looking to shred you apart under a microscope to see you squirm—although sometimes it may feel like it—but to get an overall ‘feel’ of who you are in relation to the work and company. Only YOU dissect yourself in a self-deprecating way—without the same motive to show who you are in relation to the work and the company—but to put yourself down.

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Try not to convey annoyance or impatience with an interviewer even when it’s your hundredth time around and you’re tired of the whole scene:

You also do not want to show anger no matter how poorly you feel the interview is progressing. Be careful not to give away this subtlety. It’s an interview saboteur. Maybe the interviewer wants to gauge your temperament or maybe he/she doesn’t know how to interview someone for a job. It’s not your problem. YOU just give as good an interview as possible. Richard Nixon, our 37th United States president, lost his original bid for the White House to John F. Kennedy, in history’s first ever 1960 television debate by panel interview between two presidential candidates. Historians believe that television first held the pivotal, telling moment on who would win the election because Nixon appeared stiff, angry and lacking confidence. This interview performance cast him in a less than attractive light because of his appearance, both in lack of shave and poorly fitted clothing, facial expressions, demeanor, body language and tone. You guessed it…the rest is history.

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