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> "Practice. Go on interviews even when you don't need a job." I'm ambivalent about this kind of advice. On the surface it seems right, and I've never been mor
by the_af 5y ago
> "Practice. Go on interviews even when you don't need a job."
I'm ambivalent about this kind of advice. On the surface it seems right, and I've never been more comfortable in interviews than when I was thinking "I don't need this job", at the same time interviews are incredibly stressful time wasters. For a lot of people, interviewing is one of the most stressful situations they are going to be in, barring life or death situations.
Just the thought of 18 to 30 interviews a year makes me anxious and I don't even need to interview now.
I'm not a young person anymore, and interviewing more is not going to help me either. It's like pulling my teeth: not something I want to practice.
- cyberlurker 5y agoI think it can be good to see what’s out there, and interviews allow you to ask questions to the employer too. I’ve found it can be a good temperature check of how much I like my current job and organization, are my skills competitive, what’s my monetary worth, etc. I love the feeling of “I don’t need this job” during interviews but I feel a lot of stress when I want the job/need it for some reason. I feel for people who NEED to interview often.
- unishark 5y ago> Just the thought of 18 to 30 interviews a year makes me anxious and I don't even need to interview now. That was their life as a contractor. I think the advice was just to do more than zero, not necessarily go to such an extreme. You can't really hold a full-time job and do that much interviewing unless it's just tiny screening interviews.
- benhurmarcel 5y agoIsn't that the point? Stressful experiences become less stressful as you practice and get used to them. I used to be stressed out speaking in front of 20 colleagues or landing a small plane. Not anymore.