Panicked and tanked during my interview. Answers were incoherent and unstructured. How common is this? Will my recruiter block me for other roles? Had general, behavioral, and hypos over course of 45 mins with just day or two to prep post screener. Feel terrible - had been seeking this opportunity for years.

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Don’t beat yourself up, statistically most don’t even make it to the interview stage.

If what you’re saying is true then you probably did get places in the no hire category. They won’t block you, you’re free to apply to other roles but getting no-hire is likely not going to incentivize them to go head hunt internally for you.

There’s no shame in pausing to ask if you’re being clear, I’ve had people do that with me and I have always seen it as they are able to read my expression that I’m confused, which is a plus. If you find yourself in this spot just pause and ask, then start over only bringing forward the key points. Think ELI5, and TL;DR.

My advice is to keep in touch with said recruiter, work on the STAR method, work on your story telling, and try again!

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Plenty of people don’t get in on their first try! You’ll likely be sidelined for 6 months so you show growth in the next interviews. Use that time to practice and hone your narrative. This only really applies to a single job ladder so you can apply to other types of roles and this interview shouldn’t affect that.

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