Nic overcame interview anxiety by treating preparation like deliberate practice: she rehearsed common questions repeatedly, internalizing answer structures and using pauses to ground herself. She credits systematic preparation with transforming her confidence and ability to perform under pressure.
You did it! I know! I'll never have to do one again. That's so good! I'm so happy for you. Well, I've never liked interviews ever, um, and always been really nervous in them. I think that made me reluctant to put myself out there. Practice was what I needed, and focusing on not just the preparation of what I wanted to say, saying it and saying it confidently, or as confidently as I can. It was total luck actually that a friend forwarded it to me the day before the webinar, and I kind of went from there and thought, this is something I need to invest in. I found it really useful to go over the same questions again, so kind of doing a question, not being able to stop halfway through because you thought you messed it up, just keeping going, but then having a discussion and then trying it again. It's almost like having done the best version of a question that then roots itself in your head and you can kind of bring it back up again. I kind of felt I was rushing into answering them more than I would have liked, but was aware that— of the structures and was trying to think of them. I was thinking, have I summarised? Oh, I forgot to summarise on that one. Right, the next one I'm going to summarise, that's my ending. It kind of gave me a bit of grounding, I guess, meant that my nerves didn't run away. Yeah, it's definitely worth investing in. It's, you know, you've invested many years already in your career and the consultant interviews are just so different to anything else that you've done. And even if you think you're a natural at interviewing, You want to come out of an interview knowing that you've done your best and that you've given yourself the best chance.
