3 Ways Of How To Handle A Job Interview Gone Bad

Ever had a bad interview which you wish you could just forget? ….yea, it happens to the best of us. This is the kind of interview that you wish you could just forget that it ever happened… You look back at how you answered those questions and you can’t help but cringe.

Don’t sweat it…it happens and you can’t go back to that interview room and change everything to picture perfect…so, this us what you do.

1. Don’t Over Analyze
It’s perfectly normal to mentally rehash every detail of an interview immediately after that final handshake: Did you remember to smile? Ask questions at the end? Did you really convey that you’ve been working on your delegation skills, or did you come across as a total control freak?

As you think more and more about each question and answer, there’s a good chance you’ll start dwelling on small mistakes you think you made—like the way your voice slightly wavered when you talked about your weaknesses, or that you were too vague about your five-year goals.

In most cases, you can rest assured that these are slip-ups you don’t need to address—because they’re much more obvious to you than to anyone else, and probably didn’t have a significant impact on your interviewer. Plus, they’re mistakes that will look much worse when highlighted to your interviewer the next day than if you just let them go.

2. Determine Your Plan of Action
I’ll be honest: Damage control can be risky. Some interviewers will appreciate the extra elaboration on a question you think you botched, but to others, it will simply draw more attention to your mistake.

So, it’s important to pinpoint if the errors from your interview are important enough to bring up again—and if bringing them up is going to help you. To determine if it’s actually worth doing damage control, you should ask yourself a couple questions

3. Learn From It
The most valuable damage control you can perform is to learn from your blunder and prepare well for your next interview.

What was the core cause of your mistake? Did you get nervous and fumble over your answers? Consider enlisting a friend or career counselor to conduct a few practice interviews with you. The more comfortable you become answering interview questions, the less nervous you’ll be when you’re in the real thing.

Maybe you just forgot to mention relevant experience or bring up a certain point that you wanted to bring up. These signs point to a lack of preparation, so before you head into the interview, try writing out a few bullet points of accomplishments and other specific points you want to address. Keep these tucked in your notepad, so that before that final handshake, you can glance down and make sure you covered absolutely everything.

I know, messing up an interview sucks despite the blunders, if you’re the right fit for the position, the hiring manager will know.

What are some of the biggest blunders have you committed in an interview?… share with us.

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