How to beat the fear of any interview

This is a really psychological approach, so stick with me here. We’ve all been in that situation, a pending interview on the horizon, pressure building, nerves jangling; it’s a common scenario and a common pitfall for many of us. But maybe times are about to change (well they are since you’ve decided to read this), fear of interviews could be a thing of the past if you just adopt a simple methodology, no matter the scale, no matter the consequences; it’s all down to your outlook.

It’s time to start viewing positions of pressures, situations of stress, in a different light. Take them as an experience. It sounds too obvious, it sounds like a cliche building, but there’s really truth in this. Picture this, your interview is just an exchange of information, from one party to the another. Your interviewer is just one half of an information exchange, between one human mind and another, a type of exchange that happens multiple times; whatever happens that exchange will still happen and maybe, just maybe, they’ll learn something positive from you.

Their journey has spanned throughout their existence, through their own personal timeline to meet you at this very moment, a collision of two threads of existence, a blink in your respective lifetimes; view it this way and you’re both meant to be there, at that moment in time, whatever the outcome. It’s a miracle you’re even in that position.

When you boil things down, it’s really only a position of pressure because hegemony tells us that interviews have to be that way. There’s no pressure.