Tessa Davis explains how pre-interview stress spirals into panic when you focus on feeling unprepared or fearing competition. Instead of fighting the nerves, reframe them as positive energy and remind yourself of the work you've already done. You're qualified for this.
to feel stressed before your interview, and sometimes that can move into panic because you feel like you're running out of time, you feel like you're not ready, and things can spiral from there. So you start to tell yourself that you're not gonna get the job, that there's someone else who's better or the favorite anyway, or that actually the job doesn't really matter to you anyway. These things seem like small things, but they massively affect your mindset. So what's important is to get in a frame of mind where, yeah, you're nervous. Of course I'm nervous going into every single interview. You're nervous, but the nerves can be channeled in a positive way and you don't let them overwhelm you. What you want to do is to be able to tell yourself, do you know what? I've prepped for this. I've worked hard, I've practiced, I've done as much as I could do with what I had available, and I'm ready to give this a go. And actually, I am the best person for the job, and there's no reason why the job can't be mine.
