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Are you terrified of actually going through the interviewing process, or are you terrified of getting rejected? It seems like you feel that you're afraid of ge
by CocaKoala 12y ago
Are you terrified of actually going through the interviewing process, or are you terrified of getting rejected?
It seems like you feel that you're afraid of getting rejected, but if you're turning down in person interviews, that seems like you're worried about the interview itself and not what happens after.
It's important to clarify because they're two very different problems. Turning down offers to interview is silly; if you get rejected from the job, you haven't lost anything (because you don't have the job now anyways) and you get the experience of interviewing. Based on how it went, you can then start pinpointing where your weak points are and start trying to shore them up.
Don't be so concerned about nailing the first interview out of the gate; interviewing is a skill like any other, and it's okay to need some practice.
- amatxn 12y agoI believe it is a bit of both. I have a high expectation of myself and haven't really failed before - I've been offered the job after all but a few interviews in the past. Then I decided I wanted to shoot higher and had phone screens at Amazon (1) and Google (2) - 2nd video interview. These rejections have skewed my view.