About to receive an offer that I feel is quite a stretch - I’m worried if I over-embellished myself in interviews. It’s in an area that I did only ONE project on over many years as consultant. Help?

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You're underestimating yourself. You can always pick up whatever you need on the job. They saw something they like when they interviewed you. Go for it!

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Take it and run, you got it!

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I never lied about my past projects but did try to connect other types of projects into that area. They bought it. And now I’m like, shit, do I actually have the skills??

The job is senior and pays me $25k more.

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We are consultants, expected to learn new skill in every project. Don’t worry, you should be fine.

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Not exiting yet, but this is a genuine fear of mine

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You’ll kill it. Congrats!

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This is how I feel after my phone screening for cloud. If it’s something your passionate about, go get it!

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