{"id":150,"date":"2014-09-19T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rohithmvk.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2014-09-19T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:51:35","slug":"blowing-up-a-job-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rohith.co.in\/index.php\/2014\/09\/19\/blowing-up-a-job-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Blowing up* a job interview."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four biggest blunders I made in a job interview.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

How extremely out of touch can you feel, on attending a job interview? That too, when the job description perfectly matches your resume?<\/em><\/h4>\n

Few weeks before, I attended an interview for a job I had aspired for. And lost it. Miserably. The moment I came out of the room, I was sure that I blew it. Anything which can go wrong, went wrong. Even the basic things to be taken care of before attending an interview, was missed.<\/p>\n

What all went wrong? This is an honest review of, and a reminder to, myself. After all, the most positive thing that can come from a failure is learning from the mistakes, right?<\/p>\n

Here are the four biggest blunders I did.<\/p>\n

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  1. Preparation:<\/strong>
    \nMy biggest mistake<\/span>. Allowed myself to be caught off-guard during the interview. I knew which country that job was for, and I have never been experienced in the Payment systems & networks of that country. And I didn’t find time to even check the basics of them. Of course interview was on short notice, and availability of time in a busy schedule is partly attributed to it. However, I had proved myself multiple times that I can find time, even in midst of all pandemonium, latest by preparing by myself and passing the ITIL foundation. Lame excuses aside, I didn’t prepare at all.<\/li>\n
  2. Practice:<\/strong>
    \nRealization:<\/span> I’m grossly out of touch in attending serious technical interviews. The last time I did one – six years ago. For my current job, the technical interview was well within my comfort zone. Hence I didn’t realize what I lack, when the interview grows out of it. Besides, I have never attended an in-person face to face with a panel – for more than 6 years. Here, I feel my career should have been a bit more dynamic, than being stable. Maybe, I should practice in front of a mirror. Maybe I should apply for silly jobs and attend more interviews, before trying for that serious one.<\/li>\n
  3. Ego:<\/strong>
    \nThis failure, was a necessary slap on my Ego<\/span>. I didn’t even bother to ask for clarifications, even when I didn’t comprehend some questions clearly. For an instance, when my interviewer asked on my justification for a career move, I started answering about my first job change – instead of asking which one he meant. Finally, when he clarified it, I realized that my answer went horribly wrong – and that shattered my confidence. Through the interview, I never came out of it. Not only one, there are two more instances in the 30 minute interview, where I had to be interrupted by the panel – for beating around the bush. Get clear understanding, and answer to the point – I will be doing precisely this, next time.<\/li>\n
  4. Confidence:<\/strong>
    \nI was low on confidence<\/span> throughout the interview – ever since I had to be interrupted first time. By the end of it, I was so low, that I even didn’t ask any questions to the interviewer. They didn’t ask whether I have any, and I didn’t ask proactively. One of the stupidest blunders. Coming out of the interview room, I had a lot of questions to ask, which I didn’t do.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    When all four mistakes above are made in a single interview, no one should expect, in the weirdest of dreams, that he might get hired. Mistakes happen. I hope I could correct them, or at least some of them, before my next job interview.<\/p>\n

    Do you also have ‘that’ interview that taught you what not to do? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n

    *To<\/span> cause<\/span> to<\/span> fail<\/span> or<\/span> break<\/span> down,<\/span> as<\/span> by<\/span> operating<\/span> at<\/span> extreme<\/span> or<\/span> improper<\/span> conditions<\/span>. Definition by thefreedictionary.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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