Interview coach Tessa Davis says believing someone else is the favorite sabotages your performance. Large interview panels score candidates equally, so no one's pre-selected. Your mindset and confidence on the day determine the outcome.
Please don't believe that there is a favorite for the job. This is one of the most common things that people tell themselves to talk themselves out of the job, and it really does because as soon as you tell yourself so and so is the favorite, the locum's the favorite, the person who they know is the favorite, whatever it is, you are going to affect your performance by that negative talk. And actually mindset is a massive part of what's going to get you success in the interview. I can't overstate how mindset and confidence can absolutely transform, and I see it with the people that I coach. At the beginning they don't believe they can do it, but actually by the end they believe they can, and that belief affects their confidence, affects the answers that they give. So, um, a substantive consultant interview is a level playing field, okay? They're gonna have to score people. They've got a big panel so that they can score people, um, in an equitable way that is fair across everyone. So, um, don't have in your head that someone's the favorite, someone's not. It's fair game. The job can be yours. You just need to do the best you can on the day.
