How do you deal with job interview anxiety?
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I would like to know about the client interviews (especially in data science or machine learning roles).
Are these interviews tough?
Are these interviews meant to assess technical knowledge? For example, what is binomial distribution, what are different data structures in python, ml algorithms etc.
I would request each of the nagarrians to share their thoughts irrespective of the technologies you are working.
I am thankful to you for taking time and helping me out.
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Got messaged by a C3 . ai recruiter. Read that wlb is bad and that the interview process is absurdly long, but the Glassdoor reviews are 4.2 and can't find actual hours worked posted by anyone. How's the culture really? I'd be aiming for DS consulting, something more functional but with DS/ML concepts as my differentiator.
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Not sure about others but for me, it’s practice. The more interviews I have given, better I have got at it
Touché. Practice makes perfect. Repeat your stories and even the intonations will become rote
I just think that if it doesn't go well then it's not for me. This mindset helps a lot! Also if you vibe well with the interviewer, it is likely you will get on with them when working together. If not, then it's probably not the right team for you!
Something about your resume and/or experience has caught their interest to interview you. At this point there are most likely just a few questions related to that experience as well as culture fit to access your candidacy. You already have your foot in the door here 😉
Practicing with someone else works. Also….fwiw, I’ve found the less you care the better you do.
Apply. Relax. Prepare. For the big companies there are online postings of the process and the types of interviews. You could also ask a recruiter for the type of interview (convo, tech, behavior).
I sucked at interviewing when I graduated college and it hurt me badly. I went on Glassdoor to find out about the type of interview (typically behavioral at the time) and then I would write out the stories and memorize them. 6 stories can apply to 20 different questions. Preparation and practice calms the nerves and allows for more improvisation.
Outside of prep for technical exams, what worked for me was drilling myself with behavioral questions until I could recite answers in my sleep, and blocking off the evening beforehand to just to relax so that I was fresh the next day. I still got insomnia sometimes if I was nervous, but it definitely helped. Sometimes I skipped caffeine the day before to help with my sleep.
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The job is right or it isn't. They either want you or you don't. They either want the stuff you know, or they don't. I am the summation of all my past successes and failures, which means the failures were just as formative assuming I've learned from my mistakes. My skills are top notch, my decisioning is sound. People have paid me money for a long time because of how much I know. The question now is: is this job opportunity wasting my time, or do I see better path to success at this new job.
Its a job interview. It goes both ways. You don't have to like the job. YOU have the power to say no or to recognize that if it isn't to your liking that YOU also can end the interview. Once you realize that the continuation of a job interview isn't a bachelor style rose ceremony but instead is a discussion about sharing a mutual interest - the stress is a whole lot less.
Take long deep breath…you have done it a lot of times and you are good at this
I practice as much as i can, either knowledge or the interview scenario itself
Also just be completely honest with your experiences and your involvement in them. Speak to what you know and if you truly don’t understand a topic you can just say it. For cases it is just practice, practice, practice
Wim Hof Breathing and voice warm up video
I get anxious if I am worried about something going wrong. The only way I have found to alleviate that is by becoming more and more certain that nothing can go wrong. Clearly, you can never be sure, but the closer you get, the better.
Write down everything you can think of that could go wrong. Maybe you forget a statistic you wanted to share. Maybe you spill coffee on your shirt. Maybe you aren’t acting casual enough. Maybe they ask you a question you are not prepared to answer.
Write it all down and then figure out ways that you can prevent those things from going wrong. Practice your plan to prevent these issues over and over. If a part of you plan is to research the company, then research the heck out of it.
If you do enough preparation, you will go into the interview either thinking that nothing bad can happen OR there’s nothing else you could have done to prevent it from happening.
Then, look your interviewer in the face and think “I am just as good as you in every way but I respect you”
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I have a simplistic approach... I'm there to tell them what I know and actively think through questions. I don't place some lofty expectations/value on the position such that it would cause me to overthink and stress about trying to craft a perfect response.
Everyone is different, but a light practice to know what are the key areas I want to address (strengths and evaluation of blind spots is enough), over practicing leads ppl to sound rehearsed and try to search for exact answers which will invariably make them more nervous
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Ty! For the advice and encouragement
Approach it with a mentality of, if it’s meant to be it will be. You’re not there to oversell yourself and deceive them into giving you a job, you’re there to understand what they need and whether you can give it to them with the experience you have. If you can’t then it’s okay, the sooner you figure that out the better.
Surprised nobody has mentioned beta blockers yet