hey there in this video you'll learn four things you can do right now to set
yourself apart and become confident in your next interview I'm Natalie Fisher
I'm a speaker and I help new graduates people who have been out of college or
university for a couple of years maybe and just not seeing the results the job
offers that they like I'm here to help so I help recent grads confidently get
in charge of their careers and line those job offers so stay tuned
so when you go into that interview room it's very normal for you to feel nervous
pretty much everybody has experienced this so you're not alone most people
will tell me that they feel jittery sometimes they feel shaky or sweaty and
if they feel like everyone is staring at their every move and it just makes them
feel really uncomfortable and this can lead to having a really nervous even
negative energy when you first get into the room so I want to talk about four
actions that you can take before the interview to set yourself up to show up
confidently and almost so that showing up confidently is inevitable for you so
that's the goal so the first is preparation is the antidote to fear so
if you are prepared if you're as prepared as you possibly can be going
into the interview you're going to do a lot better than if you didn't prepare at
all like if you have no idea about the company and you've no idea about the
role so it's basically like a test so do you feel better when you study for the
test or when you haven't studied for the test that's what it is
so exactly you always feel better when you study so interviewing is like a test
you got to study for it so there are two types of prep that you want to do first
first you want to do the company specific research and the second is that
you want to prepare your stories which we're going to talk about a little more
in this video further on the second thing you can do is recall your
highlight reel so recall the times that you really did a great job on something
for example a task or a project or recall when you were told that you did
an outstanding job you got a good grade on a paper you got a kudos from an
instructor a teacher or former boss and came up with a creative solution to
something or a good idea or you helped somebody out a whole lot and they were
just really grateful these are indicators that you have the value and
reminding yourself of these instances will not only help you when answering
questions but it's also going to help you feel overall better about yourself
and that's what's gonna bring the confident energy into the interview
someone who goes into an interview and is remembering great things that they've
done is going to be doing a a lot better they're gonna show up a lot
better they're gonna show up like that person that needs to be there thinking
about the competition or thinking about other candidates and how much more
experience they might or might not have that's gonna make you feel low down so
remember you are the thinker of your thoughts and before the interview and
the days leading up to it you want to only think thoughts that are going to
help you feel confident in the interview so you can control what you think about
so make sure you focus on the right things number three have your stories
ready to go so I am a big believer in stories there what's landed me my job
offers and my clients and everyone I know who I talk to so in one form or
another you need to prepare your interview stories so I have a video it's
called six stories to nail an interview and it's gonna give you the breakdown of
all the ones you need and you can click below to check out that video I'll link
it up for you you want to have at least a few stories prepared before you go in
and the good news is that these stories you can use at every interview you go to
it's a one-time preparation thing but you really got to get them down so you
got to love that because you only have to prepare them once number four see
things as you want them to be not as they are right now so what I mean by
that is imagine yourself feeling great as you go into the interview imagine
shaking hands with that interviewer smiling laughing and it just feels
natural you're just a natural and interviewing and everything just flows
well you imagine them smiling at you you imagine them nodding the way that
professional athletes win gold medals this is what they do is they visualize
the elements that picture themselves winning and they do that every single
night so it's as much of a mental game as it is the strategy and what you say
and what you do so there you have it four things you can do right now to show
up confidently in your interview so thank you so much for watching and
remember answering the questions is one thing but there's a lot more to
interviewing than just answering questions so we covered a few of them in
this video in fact all you have to do is treat interviewing as a real skill
because that's what it is it's not just something you do and fail out or not
it's a skill that you need to learn so if all you do is answer the questions
you've already lost so if you want to get started with me you can learn more
by clicking the link below I have a free guide that I put together for you and
you'll get free instant access to it right away when you click the link below
it's called the free guide to ultimate situational interviewing what you're
gonna get when you download the guide is you're gonna get an in-depth look at the
formula for storytelling and interviews that's gonna help you quickly
communicate that value right away with every question that you answer you're
going to get a series of concrete examples the top ten most commonly asked
situational interview questions where I break down the answer step by step and
you're gonna get fill in the blank templates for each question so you can
start filling in the blanks and getting your own stories down on paper and if
you're still getting stuck because preparing for your own interviews and
preparing with the stories in your head it's tough I've worked with a lot of
people and most people have trouble coming up with this right away so I've
included a little help 25 questions to come up with your own stories much
quicker so these questions are designed for you to ask yourself ask your friends
ask your old colleagues or classmates and you're gonna have stories flooding
in so fast you can't even know which ones to use so you'll get all this in a
beautifully designed workbook especially especially prepared to help you prepare
for that interview coming up and by the end of working through it I can pretty
much guarantee you're gonna feel a lot more confident if you go through and do
the exercises so click below and grab it now and don't forget to give me a thumbs
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