I Had a Job Interview and I Bombed It

[Dillon]

I posted on my profile that I had a job interview for an environmental consulting firm and I was excited about it, I was prepared and was ready to knock it put of the park. Well that didn’t pan out like I had hoped.
I struggled in my interview with mainly behavioral type questions about myself where more than half I just made some stuff up. I’ve never or rarely have problems with that type of format of interview but I’m thrown questions such as “do you work well with a team or by yourself”, “what is your management style”, “why did you decide to pursue our company”, and even the easiest of all “what is one thing your are most proud of”. I felt myself stumble each and every time to the point I was repeating words/phrases, I went blank multiple times, and I was mispronouncing words that I’ve never done before.

The whole vibe of the interview was weird which of course both hiring managers seemed uninterested but it was like a corporate office environment I wouldn’t be happy in anyway. After the interview was over though and I got in my car I just start blaming myself and getting emotionally upset.

Besides that point though it’s been like what 6 months now of unemployment and I’ve tried a lot of things to improve my interview performance and while it has gotten better a little bit I’m still nowhere I need to be to verbally express to these employers why I’m interested in the job and to persuade them I am more than capable.

I do have another interview on Tuesday and I’m just hoping this one goes well and I do my best.

 

[Outdated]

Communication skills in interviews will improve with practice but it's not the sort of thing you can practice at home where you're not under the same pressure. Don't kick yourself too hard, the more interviews you go to the more your skill will improve.

 

[Dillon]

Communication skills in interviews will improve with practice but it's not the sort of thing you can practice at home where you're not under the same pressure. Don't kick yourself too hard, the more interviews you go to the more your skill will improve.

Yes true and plus I haven’t had one in over a month so maybe I’m just rusty.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I’m sorry you are going through this. These kinds of interviews are really tough for us.

You mentioned the interviewers seemed uninterested. This is a clue they already know who they are going through but they have to interview a certain number of people, or some other bureaucratic regulation.

I’d suggest applying for many jobs and get as much interview experience as you can. You can always decline a job if it’s something you don’t want.

 

[Masked Man]

It's this corporate game you have to learn how to play. I had to engage in team building exercises today myself and I have to say I hate them but they're required, unfortunately.

You can google these questions and have sort of pre-prepared answers. Mostly you have to be able to deliver them in a convincing manner. So think of these interviews as just practice. You got this.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Over the years I had hundreds of interviews, some went very well others not. The ones that went well were where I got along well with the interviewer. My First position the person doing the hiring had a Phd in chemistry. We both enjoyed the conversation.

 

[Dillon]

I’m sorry you are going through this. These kinds of interviews are really tough for us.

You mentioned the interviewers seemed uninterested. This is a clue they already know who they are going through but they have to interview a certain number of people, or some other bureaucratic regulation.

I’d suggest applying for many jobs and get as much interview experience as you can. You can always decline a job if it’s something you don’t want.

About that I’ve applied for various amount of jobs between Christmas and last week and I have 8 other interviews so far throughout this month, probably be getting more.
One I have on Tuesday is working at a hotel as a front desk associate. Of course completely out of my field I just thought of applying to anything like customer service to at least make some money.