I am in a new field of work and It's scary for us in Tech. How do I stop being scared of interviews ? In a 6 month I will have completed my certification and start my career in network engineer I am very excited.

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Just be yourself, go to the interview and speak like you would have a normal conversation but it is a different setting.

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Don’t lie or exaggerate on your resume. We smell it a mile away. Don’t say you know DNS because you got a certification and network + for example. Did you actually set up a DNS server, with A records and/or cname configurations in a work environment? A lab is fine but you have to be upfront. Confidence and not arrogance is what your looking for and honesty is the best policy. Think about it for a moment. These are just human beings that are trying to find a candidate that can fill the role that they advertise for. It’s literally a contractual agreement. The company pays for services that you can offer them.  if you don’t have those skills then they’re not gonna keep you or hire you. If you have those skills , walk in their confident and enjoy the interview and if you don’t get the job, then it doesn’t make a difference. You got interview experience. It’s more along align of interviewing practice then.

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