Job Interview Nerves

Many people get quite nervous around the prospect of going for a job interview. Some of this nervousness is that the stakes around getting this new job can be quite high. The new job can make a big change to someone’s life both in income and status, or just that thought of not getting that ‘dream job’ results in trepidation.

Coupled of this is the fear of the unknown. You may not know the people who are interviewing you. You probably don’t know the questions they are going to ask of you. Also add into this, is the fear of failure. Worried that you will be so overcome with nerves that you won’t give a good account of yourself, or that you may mess up in some way, making you look stupid. Plus the handling of the disappointment of not getting the job. Telling your loved ones, friends and colleagues that you failed.

All these combined can add up to someone being very nervous, in the days preceding and on the day of the interview itself. Unfortunately the nerves and worry feed off one another.  For example, you might worry that you’ll be so nervous on the day of the interview that you won’t be able to answer the questions clearly. Or that you’ll dry up in some way the day or you will  launch into answers without really thinking them through. All of these worries just contribute to making you more nervous.

But there is good news here. Understand that having some nervousness is natural and some nerves can serve you good in an interview. They make you more alert, they sharpen your mind and they shows that you care. You will be excited about the possibility that you can get this job. So a little bit of nerves is good. And also remember that the interview panel, or the interview person, they want you to have a good interview. There’s nothing worse. I’ve been there myself, of actually interviewing people. Knowing after five minutes that the candidate is not suitable and the interview still has another 25 minutes to go. The interviewers want you to be successful. They want you to be the candidate that they are going to hire.

These interview nerves are an automatic subconscious protective response. Hypnotherapy aims to change this subconscious protective response, which in turn reduces your nerves. Alongside this, Hypnotherapy can also boost your self-confidence going into that interview. Just one single session is required and this should be held as close to the day of the interview that you can manage.

So if you want to take control of your interview nerves and fears, rather than them controlling you then enquire today.