Has anyone in here ever thought they did really poorly on an interview that you just knew you weren’t going to get an offer, then out of nowhere you’re surprised with an offer?

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I think it has a lot to do with imposter syndrome

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Nearly every single time I interview. I swear I forget everything I've ever learned about my field every time I step foot into an interview. Even nearly 10 years post-grad, the interview anxiety hasn't dissipated much.

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In this market, you can bomb pretty bad and still get an offer.

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Yep. It has happened more than once. Usually if I think I did bad, its quite the opposite.

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I feel like every time I think I bombed it I did great lol

Yep, my current job. Showed up late and was under qualified lol

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(1/2) Hi all, based in the UK 🇬🇧, would appreciate your advice on how I could break into product management.

Context: Graduated in 2019 (Finance), 2 years at EY as a business consultant on mix of pmo projects and tech projects where I was developer (data vis, power platform, sql, vba, data analysis etc.). Joined Google on a 6 month contract as a data analyst.

Should I be applying for product analyst roles? Should I apply for strategy consulting? Could I go straight for prod mgmt roles?

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