How to handle a disastrous job interview

By on September 28, 2009 in Uncategorized

job interview tips

Even the most successful and experienced candidates can come across an interview that suddenly takes a turn for the worse and starts heading down the drain rapidly. If you get the feeling that your interview is heading that way then trust your instincts, there probably right, maybe you feel the interviewer is losing interest in you and the conversation or that the interviewer is aiming to stop short the interview.

When this happens most people confronted with it will have the same reaction, panic and start to lose confidence, withdraw into them selves and prepare to give up. Try to remember however that at this stage you have nothing to lose, if you give up and walk away with your tail between your legs you have failed the interview and lost the job if however you try to work it around and bring life back to the interview you maybe will still stand a chance.

At the very least the interviewer will see that you are determined and that you don’t give up when confronted with the first hurdle, which works in your favour.

Here are some tips to help and guide you should the interview start turning into a disaster:

If you sense the interview is rapidly turning into a disaster take the bull by the horns so to speak, confront the interviewer head on and ask outright for example you could say something like ” Excuse me but this interview doesn’t seem to be going very well, what do you think?” If the interviewer agrees with you then chances are the interview won’t succeed or go any further but at least you tried to turn it back to positive.
If the interviewer likes your open way of doing things you might get lucky and he/she might say “let’s start over”.
Always remain positive throughout the experience and ask what mistakes you made so you can correct them for future interviews.
If you are open and honest and deal directly with the interview going downhill then remember you have a 50-50 shot of turning it around and starting fresh.
Some interviewers will conduct the interview as though they are playing poker, you will have no idea what they are thinking or of how the interview is going. Being open with them can often snap them out of this and steer them away from any negative thoughts of feelings they may have had.
Remember even if you don’t get this job you will have gained experience and changed the interview from a negative one to a positive which is in your favour.
Never pretend that a disastrous interview is going along fine, by doing this you are only wasting your time and that of the interviewer and negative feelings will only linger it is better to end the interview on positive feelings and not get the job.

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