You survived a job interview. You may have done an amazing one, but it is not always the best candidate hired in these situations. Yet, what will make you better for your next potential employer? Feedback from those who interviewed you! Talking with them and hearing their feedback can help heal any burned ego by making sense of why they did or didn’t hire you, as well as giving insight on how to improve yourself moving forward, so this doesn’t happen again…
Have “you” had an interview where things seemed like they went fine, only to find out later that “they” chose someone else? It’s frustrating, isn’t it?! But when we ask for feedback (after our “burned-ego”, you don’t hear anything back?
“You are probably sick of interviewing people who seem to like you during the meeting, but then don’t even contact or give feedback on whether there is an open position in their company after that?”
Reach back once you have had time to lessen off from this rejection — it will help ensure these employers can get a different genuine impression when they contact you.
It can be a gamble when you reach out for feedback. Sometimes, nobody will respond, but that’s okay! Move on and go back to critique yourself — I bet you’ll find more than one thing worth mentioning in your own work. Feedback is always helpful if it comes or not, so don’t let anything stop you from going after what makes sense for the story.
One of the most important lessons I learned as a job seeker was to take feedback seriously. In other words, when you get negative or positive feedback, digest it and think about what new skill sets might be needed to get your next interview to go better than this one did. The more interviews you do, the easier they will become, because eventually there will come that perfect fit opportunity out there!
When you see an opportunity and have the chance to seize it, make sure you are prepared. You can prepare by practicing with other people to get feedback on how your presentation is going so far. Recording yourself will also give you a clear picture of where improvements need to be made before presenting for real. Practice is the key, and when your mindset is strong, it’s easy to keep going, no matter what type of obstacles you face.
One should always do their best and be proud of themselves. But, there will come a time when you have to practice the same techniques over again, so that it becomes second nature later in life when something new is introduced. It’s important not to get too discouraged with repeated practices, because they’ll all pay off either big or small; hardly remember what helped once before to keep going forward.
After your first few interviews, you’ll notice the interview process is pretty much a repeat. The interviewers ask different questions and make their own assessments of what they think about you, but at its core it’s the same thing over again. Try to remember everything from one job application, so if there are similarities between jobs, merely go ahead with another round for practice’s sake.
It is that moment when you go to the next round and the next round. Until then continue moving forwards; if it’s not your turn for a third, don’t sweat!
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