Thinking about moving soon but dreading interviews. At every mid/end year assessment or for promotion I’m told I massively undersell myself. I just can’t do the talking myself up stuff. I can talk my team members up easily, but feel like an idiot bigging up my own achievements. To me I just do my job. And advice here?

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I worked with an interview coach for my last search and it helped tremendously. Happy to send their info. We wrote our interview questions and answers together and did practice sessions a few times a week. Having someone give me assignments to prep and hold me accountable also made me much more disciplined in doing the work. Interviewing is a skill and I realized (after many years of struggling) that I needed to dedicate the time and resources to building it. It is uncomfortable for me as well but practicing helped me get used to the discomfort and accept that this is what I needed to do to get a job.

Good luck!!

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IBM you have to do it. Step out of yourself and view yourself like a “product” you created. Think of all the bells and whistles you build in to it. Keep a journal for it the entire performance year. During the review process create an elevator speech to “pitch” your product

This is something I wish I learned earlier

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