Does anyone else feel like you fake this persona for an interview then go back to who you really are after the fact?

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Yeah I’ve been interviewing this week. After the interviews I get so tired from faking that I would like to take my career to the next level with the interviewer’s company that I have to take a nap 😴

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I’m actually afraid I oversold myself in an interview and got the offer. Now I have to deliver. I told the truth about my experiences, but also now I have to replicate past success when in actuality I just kind of glued things together and amazingly it worked.

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Impostor syndrome

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Yeah totally, I was pretty extroverted in my interviews but I’m pretty introverted day to day

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Most definitely. People who do well in interviews know how to turn it on and off

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I've done so many job interviews and executive meetings the last 10 years that my whole personality is now fake. I don't know how to turn it off anymore. I now speak to my family and friends that way too. It's over for me. Save yourself.

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Even on the job. I grew up piss poor so when I’m not at work dealing with folks, I prefer to go back to my normal life 😌

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Hells yeah. How else would I get a job?

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