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When I was younger I was able to go into interviews with the mindset of, "it's their decision and it's okay if they don't think I'm a good fit." It made interv
by user68858788 8y ago
When I was younger I was able to go into interviews with the mindset of, "it's their decision and it's okay if they don't think I'm a good fit."
It made interviewing easy, and in a lot of cases even enjoyable. Unfortunately for reasons still unknown to me, I'm not able to get into that mindset anymore. Interviews are extremely stressful now. No amount of rationalizing will help.
- crispyporkbites 8y agoprobably because you have bills, expectations, and reality hits hard when it wants to take a punch at you
- user68858788 8y agoThat's probably true. Another factor is that I have support roles on my resume, and now it's really hard to be given a chance at anything other than support. I had an easier time getting programmer interviews when I had no experience, but that's another topic.