Imagine you have been applying for jobs recently. Today an
invitation to an interview arrives. How do you feel as you
read the letter? Elated, inspired and raring to go? Or terrified,
resigned to your fate and overcome with a sense of impending
doom? Does this second description sound like the way you
would be feeling? Feeling down about your chances, writing
off your skills and experience and convincing yourself that
you won’t get anywhere? Perhaps that is the way that you
have reacted to being called to interviews in the past. There is
nothing more likely to make that gloomy prediction come
true than mentally closing down your chances of success
right from the outset.
You should feel excited and enthusiastic if you get the
chance of an interview. Wasn’t this why you applied for the
post in the first place? After all, you went for the job because
you wanted a chance to prove to the employer that you
would be the best person for the job. You put in all the effort
needed during the application process because you wanted to
be awarded the position. It is very rare to receive a job offer
without having a job interview first, so getting an interview
brings you closer to your desired goal.
