Okay, you got the interview. Now, it's time to work on you being calm so you can
answer the questions you're going to have in the interview. Watch closely, I'll
train you on how to calm yourself down and get that job.
So, you got the interview and it's getting close to the day of the
interview. Now, of course you want to do good in the interview, right? But you need
to pay attention to the mistakes you could make. So here's some really messed
up things you could do that pretty much will ruin the interview for you. Okay, so
let's talk about what you can do to mess it up. Number 1 is for you to be
fidgety with your fingers. Moving your fingers a lot. Doing all kinds of weird
funny things, playing with a pen, playing with paper tapping on your chair. Keep
your fingers calm. How your fingers move indicate how your thoughts are moving.
And if your thoughts are zooming all over the place, a way that you can calm
yourself is to calm those fingers down. And if you need to like interlock your
fingers and just put them on your lap, just to hold them still then you do that.
Because fidgety fingers demonstrates to the person who is doing the interview
that you have scattered thinking. So, be careful the fidgety fingers. You will
ruin the interview. Okay, next one is your eye movements. If you keep looking around
the room while they're talking to you or asking you questions and you keep your
eyes just zip around, it tells that you... It's a tell. In body language is called a
tell. It tells the person who's interviewing you ,you can't focus.
You can't think very well. You can't think in consistent thoughts. And so
you're going to cause yourself to be in a place of not getting the job. So, keep
your eyes on the interviewer or to look at your notes. Or to look at a brochure, a
handout, whatever they're pointing at. But be very, very conscious of your eyes
moving slowly and keeping most of the focus on the interviewer. Next one is
that when you get to the place you're doing the interview at, something to
really pay attention to is of course your posture. Your slumped over in the
chair... You know, lean meaning you're not straight up and down in the chair. You're
kind of bent over like this, it demonstrates to the
interviewer that you have a lot of responsibilities in your life and you
could end up bringing drama to the office. So, to sit up straight actually
demonstrates that you have some management skills. You can manage you, you
can manage your life and that you shoulder things well. Because you are
sitting up straight in your chair. Next is your mouth. If your mouth is tight
meaning your lips are pursed together, then if your lips are tight together,
then that also expresses to the interviewer you're stressed. So, to help
you in being calm all the way through this interview. Keep your hands nice and
calm, sit up straight, keep good eye contact,
and keep a nice gentle smile. Now, notice my smile has my mouth slightly open. Now
watch this. Which one do you want mouth closed or mouth slightly open? A mouth
slightly open says that you engage well with people. It says that you're
teachable. And when you hold your mouth close like this. (This is going to be
laugh doing this.) When you hold your mouth closed like this, it actually shows
that you're stressed. And it actually is going to facilitate stress. So, when you
smile, just keep your mouth slightly open. So, we've covered hands, we've covered
eyes, we've covered mouth. And all of this is just to help you calm down. So you
feel nice and confident in what you're doing. Don't wait until you get to the
interview to practice this. At home, sit in the kitchen chair or set in the
lounge chair, set on the couch. Because you don't know where you're going to be
sitting when you get to the interview. And if you practice sitting in the chair
in the kitchen and then you get there and they have you set on a couch, you're
going to feel so awkward because you don't know what that's gonna be like. So,
practice these skills on the couch, on the kitchen chair and the lounge chair.
The front steps. Just so you're well versed in how to adjust so that you can
do what I'm sharing with you here to keep yourself calm, keep yourself
confident and so that you can do a good job. And pass
the interview, right? I mean it took a lot to get this interview. It really took a
lot to get this interview. So, it's your turn now to practice these things to
keep yourself calm. The last one I'm going to share with you has to do with
your breathing. If you're breathing is short and shallow, it's going to stress
your mind. And then it's going to dump all kinds of chemicals in your body that
are going to cause you to give off this vibration of nervousness. So while you're
sitting there in the interview, take them... You know, just check in and make sure
you're breathing deeply to help calm yourself down so you don't look anxious
and uptight. You know during that whole experience. As an added extra bonus tip
here, I think if I was going to an interview, I would have like a little day
planner or a pad of paper and a pen. And when I'm sitting there in the interview,
I would have my pen and paper there to take notes or to write things down than
I need to remember. But bringing a small pad of paper and a pen to the interview
shows that you are teachable. That you're willing to take on assignments, you're
willing to take on tasks, you have a place to write things down. Now, you could
pull out your phone and that could be the place that you go to punch in your
notes and things like that. But I don't know... To me when somebody pulls out
their phone and they're pushing you know the the screen, you don't know if they're
texting watching videos or what they're doing? But a pad of paper with a pen
definitely says you're in the interview, you're listening, you're paying attention
to the people who are doing the interview and it shows a lot of courtesy
to them that are in the interview. So, to keep yourself calm, you're going to practice
your hand movements being nice and still. A smile with your mouth slightly open,
great eye contact, sitting up straight in your chair. Breathing deeply and taking
notes. That will keep you calm. And you have a much higher chance of getting
that job. Because that kind of person I would hire. I do a lot of interviews.
And I watch a lot of people in the interview process. And boy, some people
who really have it together mess up the interview because they're just super
uptight in that experience. So, congratulations on getting the interview.
Now practice so you're ready for it. Hey, congratulations on getting your
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