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Not feeling very confident...

  • 07-06-2009 12:26am
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    I have a kind of a job interview on monday and i'm really really not feeling very confident about it.
    Firstly this is the first time i've applied for a job and i've never done such a thing before so I really don't know how its all gonna be.
    Then i'm just very nervous about it all.

    I'm not a very confident person I could say. The past couple of years have been pretty tough and that has really worn down my confident. I've become more self conscious and I just feel very uncomfortable with myself. I'm not confident about how I look, how I dress, my physique, my persona and I'm really not sure how I'm gonna manage it on monday.

    Like this is a job that requires me to interact with people, be outgoing and there's a lot of communicating involved.
    Problem is lately i've ended up becoming a bit of a loner. I lost most of my school friends since i moved to college and I've been struggling to make any proper friends in college. I've managed to lose most of my people skills.

    Now what's required for the job is certainly something i can manage once i get the time to adjust to it. I am slightly outgoing. I like meeting and speaking to new people and such. But its just my communication skills are pretty much non-existent.
    Which is why i'ld like to get the job cuz I think it should help me with my communication skills, confidence and make me better with people.

    And this is why I'm scared I'll make a hash of it all and if i get rejected it might damage my confidence even further.

    One part of me urges to back out of it all. The other wants to soldier on for if i've gotta step into the outside world and start somewhere!
    I just don't feel good about any of it.


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  • #2
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Hiya unconfident, let me start by saying that I interview people for jobs on a regular basis. What I look for in a person is not only whether they are able to do the job but I also look for signs that this person is 'human'. In other words, I ask myself, is this person decent, honest, nice? Could I picture myself working with them on a daily basis?

    Be yourself, the same way you would be with friends at a nice night out in a restaurant. Be friendly, smiling, and generally act like someone who likes to be around other people :)

    The fact that you think you could do the job already shows me that you are confident about that aspect, that's great! When you go for interview just relax, believe me when I say that the person/people interviewing you are really hoping that you are the right person for the job, you wouldn't have gotten the interview if there wasn't something they liked about you already!

    Sounds like you have what it takes, just go in there and impress them by being yourself! :) You can do it. Best of luck :)


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