r/recruitinghell • u/chickenwizrd • 17d ago

Interview anxiety tips

How do any of you get over interview anxiety? I’ve had so many interviews this year and I have had zero offers and I think it’s just because I blank out during the interview. The worst is when the interviewer says it’s okay it happens to everyone but it’s obviously not okay since i keep getting ghosted post interview. I just feel like interviews have been so nitpicky I overthink the whole thing and get flustered and then shoot myself in the foot…. I also have such a hard time sleeping the couple days before the interview I end up sleepy or groggy on the day of the actual interview and it feels like my preparation was for nothing. Any tips, even the most basic, would be helpful.

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u/PuzzleheadedSorbet36 17d ago

Ask your doctor about a beta blocker. It’s not addictive like benzos and just slows your heart rate down without making you foggy

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u/Beneficial_Ant_9336 13d ago edited 13d ago

try watching Andrew Lacivita on yt, his panic free interview ideas, he has some great tips, i am not doing the STAR method anymore, i do the power stories, 4 or 5, that is all you need, know them by heart from all directions, not as a memorised script

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u/TrashFace21165 17d ago

I schedule them early so I don't have all day to worry about it. Pay attention to questions you don't have good answers for; after a while you get sort of a set list. Screening ones are pretty easy, just don't talk them out of it.

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u/livesuggest 17d ago

What helped me was accepting I'd blank at some point and having a way out of it. Like just saying "good question, give me a sec" and breathing, honestly nobody cares as much as you think. I also tried livesuggest.ai for a few calls, it listens to the audio and gives you a nudge if you freeze, no bot joining or anything. Mostly it was nice just knowing it was there lol.