Do you feel you need to raise your confidence in your job interviews? Join career expert and award-winning author Andrew LaCivita as he discusses job interview confidence: boost yours with these protips! -------------------- SEE FULL WEBISODE ON MY BLOG -------------------- Check out job interview confidence: boost yours with these protips on my Tips for Work and Life Blog with the video, podcast, full transcript, and more!: http://milewalk.com/mwblog/job-interview-confidence-boost-yours-with-these-protips/ -------------------- CONNECT WITH ANDREW -------------------- Join Andrew’s email list: http://milewalk.com/mwblog Get Andrew’s books and training: https://www.milewalkacademy.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/andylacivita Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrewlacivita Twitter: https://twitter.com/arlacivita LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlacivita Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alacivita iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tips-for-work-life-andrew/id1120387046 -------------------- SUMMARY -------------------- Confidence and the way you exude it is one of the most important ingredients to a successful job interview! Let’s level-set here. I know you all have varying degrees of confidence. Whoever you are, however confident or non-confident you are, think about when you were most confident. You probably felt super-knowledgeable about what you were doing or discussing. Knowledge breeds confidence. You also probably felt very prepared. Preparation breeds confidence. So, the first thing I want you to do is just take a deep breath. Remember, if you are in a job interview, you are likely qualified for that job and you can do it effectively. That’s why the employer invited you in for an interview. So take some comfort in that. Now, the preparation part is something I can really help you with.  That’s what we’re going to focus on in this video. Before we dive into that, I want you to think about the context of three biggest aspects of what’s happening in a job interview: You’ve got you, and your story, and what you’re all about. You’ve got the employer, the questions they’re going to ask you, and the responses you give them for them to determine whether you’re a good fit. You’ve got the questions you’re going to ask the employer to determine if they’re a good fit for you. Know your story. I’m sure some of you are out there thinking, Andy, I live with myself all the time! Of course I know my story. I won’t argue with that, but there’s a huge difference between knowing what you’ve done, being able to recall it in detail under duress, bringing real life into it with the color and details you give your story when you share it with somebody. Let’s paint the scene. You start the interview. It’s all about your story in the beginning. Somebody just asked you, “Tell me about yourself.” Or how about this one, “Walk me through your resume.” That’s the best because now you can waltz right through it, you’ve got your resume to use as a crutch. Like I said, remembering what it is you did isn’t so difficult. But, being able to share your story with some real life, that’s where the confidence comes in. So, before you go into a job interview, I want you to think back. Sit down with your resume, pour your favorite cup of coffee, and sit at the coffee table. You’ve got no distractions. You’re not under any duress. Go through your resume and think through the highlights on your resume and all the bullets you’ve got laid out there. What was actually happening at the time you were doing that? Remember, some of these activities you performed might be ten years old, but they could still be very, very relevant to what the employer wants to know. Who was on the project? What were you doing? Think about what the air smelled like. Think about the business problem. I have a great aid you can download I call my career achievements journal. It’s got 14 points you should address for every major project in your career. Use thos