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thinking through all aspects of how you present yourself so that
you make a strong, friendly first impression, and of not letting
the interviewer’s power games or curve-ball questions get
to you.
But even with all that ammunition, you may suddenly feel

wobbly or uncertain at some point in the interview, and that
can trigger an outburst of nerves. Part of it may be down to
tiredness. Perhaps you’ve been doing several interviews over

the past few days and the strain is kicking in. But you may be
the twenty-fourth candidate this interviewer has seen, and they
will be feeling jaded too. Why not be the one who brings some
energy back into the interview?
Come into the room with a realistic approach: don’t bank

everything on this particular position. Because if you give it your
best shot and you don’t get the job, then maybe, just maybe, the
job was not the right one for you.

One sure-fire way to keep a positive and upbeat mood is
to avoid moaning about your current job, or complaining in
general. If the first thing you do at an interview is to blame the
dreadful state of public transport for your late arrival, and then
carry on bleating about your current boss because he doesn’t

understand quite how talented you are, and round it o≠ by
explaining that one of the reasons you want to leave your job is
that one of the other sta≠ members is holding a grudge against

you, the interviewer is more than likely going to conclude that
the problem is not with everybody else – it’s with you.
Whatever else happens during the interview, you want to
go out on an upbeat note, and leave behind the impression

154 get the job you really want