Natalie FisherCEO, Natalie Fisher Coaching

4 Ways To Land The Job You Want This Year - Meet 4 People Who Did It & How - PODCAST EPISODE #223

23 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief podcast excerpt, the speaker shares a personal strategy for handling interview anxiety. Rather than trying to over‑prepare and rehearse every possible answer, they emphasize trusting the knowledge and skills they already possess and presenting themselves authentically. By doing so, they report a noticeable calming effect on their nerves, allowing them to appear calm outwardly while feeling more centered internally. The speaker contrasts this approach with their usual high‑anxiety state, where they feel frantic and try to cover every point through intensive study. The key takeaway is that authentic self‑presentation, grounded in existing competence, can significantly reduce interview stress and improve performance.

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Trusting what I already know and being able to use that and show up to the interview with that, with just exactly who I am, not needing to over-prepare. And it really made the biggest difference when I showed up for this interview because it really just calmed my nerves completely. I am high anxiety when I get into these situations. I have a— I'm always told I look very calm, but on the inside I'm just scrambling and I'm trying to come up with all the right answers and what exactly, you know, study out, like studying for it essentially and making sure that I'm hitting every point and that just made all the difference.