I I Ain’t Get The Job BUT Here’s How I Prepared 📝
No I did not get the job I was working so hard to get unfortunately. I was going to make a bunch of depressing posts about it but nahhh. I’m semi over it and a new year is on its way so on to new things hopefully.
But heres a bit of background on how I prepared this time.
🤖 AI
So we have Teams now which came with copilot so I decided to try it out to generate me some practice questions. With this role I couldn’t really use YouTube since this isn’t a popular position. It gave me a good amount so I saved them on my OneNote for future.
✍️ Writing down everything
So I like to write out questions and answers. It just helps me memorize things easier. Also during the interview I will scribble to keep my nerves down.
💡 Check lighting
I recently won a prize from lemon8 which was a selfie light. So I used this just in case they wanted to be on camera. The lighting was amazing but I didn’t need it lol. But before the interview I always check all my equipment to make sure it’s on and working to avoid any hiccups.
And that’s it. Pretty boring right lol. Let me know how you prepare for interviews.
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Interviews are just so stressful for me. I am great communication and great at what I do but in interviews all of that goes through the window and it’s just so embarrassing and frustrating