Nervous for my first job interview...

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#1 TheGrinchh
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Hopefully if I get this job I can replace my current one. The job I work work right now didn't have me do an interview, lucky me. I'm very nervous though. Don't want to stutter, be red-faced, etc. A retirement home job would be much better than what I'm doing now. (pregnating female cows by reaching down in their with a needle and ejecting sperm. Sucky pay for such a dirty job...) 

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Hopefully if I get this job I can replace my current one. The job I work work right now didn't have me do an interview, lucky me. I'm very nervous though. Don't want to stutter, be red-faced, etc. A retirement home job would be much better than what I'm doing now. (pregnating female cows by reaching down in their with a needle and ejecting sperm. Sucky pay for such a dirty job...) 

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Where do you even get such a job?

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#3 TheGrinchh
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[QUOTE="TheGrinchh"]

Hopefully if I get this job I can replace my current one. The job I work work right now didn't have me do an interview, lucky me. I'm very nervous though. Don't want to stutter, be red-faced, etc. A retirement home job would be much better than what I'm doing now. (pregnating female cows by reaching down in their with a needle and ejecting sperm. Sucky pay for such a dirty job...) 

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Where do you even get such a job?

Farm. Produce alot of cows so there's always meat supply.
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#4 JML897
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After the interview you'll think to yourself, "why was I so nervous about that?" I used to get really nervous about interviews until I began realizing that they're not that bad.
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#5 deeliman
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When your interviewer makes a joke, always laugh. And be prepared for questions like, why should we hire you and what are your good/bad qualities etc.

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#6 Pirate700
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Just try to keep calm. Also be prepared to answer the always idiotic interview question of "what is your biggest weakness". It's a popular one.

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#7 The_Lipscomb
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Just talk to him/her like a normal human being with respect.. It's extremly easy to do once you get the hang of it.

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#8 deeliman
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Just try to keep calm. Also be prepared to answer the always idiotic interview question of "what is your biggest weakness". It's a popular one.

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Kryptonite? lol
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#11 mahlasor
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  There really is no point in worrying before the interview, you dont even know what they are going to ask anyways.  Just dont make anything emotional, there.  I worry that I wont be alert and will be tired.  Personally I did an interview on Monday and I just kept it simple, didnt really get into why I left my job, I just kept everything simple.  The question was simple, so I will answer it simply.  Dont be too friendly either, keep things kind of a mystery so they wonder what you could be like to have working.

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Lol Here's a sample interview question: Q: how do you think your experience with artificially inseminating cows will help you in the retirement home field?
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#14 mahlasor
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  Btw, your job is really weird...  

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#15 hippiesanta
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It's easier to get a job without trying too hard if you are good looking and well dress
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#16 one_plum
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Everyone goes through that, so at least you'll know that there's nothing unusual about how you feel.

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#17 Serraph105
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Just try to keep calm. Also be prepared to answer the always idiotic interview question of "what is your biggest weakness". It's a popular one.

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lol yes

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#18 MrGeezer
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lol yesSerraph105
These are kind of humorous, but there's something that bugs me about this. The guy being interviewed is a confrontational smartass. He's treating every question as being stupid, and just an attempt to stroke the ego of the guy asking the question. He's acting as if the interview is just some stupid bull$hit process designed solely to humiliate him and make him feel inferior. Bottom line, he's acting like the company (and the interviewer) are the bad guys in this situation. He's acting like he doesn't want the job. In which case, why the f*** is he even there? No one put a gun to his head. If he clearly doesn't want the job in the first place then he shouldn't be applying in the first place.
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The point of an interview, in a nutshell, is that the HR rep or boss will pretty much never work with you, or even see you again, none of the questions are relevant or matter, it's a test to see if you are an idiot. If they ask what you're biggest weakness is and you say you have a crack addiction, well there you go, it's pretty much to see if you say anything retarded or act really strange. If you're normal and just answer the questions like any normal person without being all jittery you always pass.
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#20 norm41x
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Best thing to do for a job interview are these:

Shave: No matter how much it hurts to reveal that baby face (or that double chin for us fat ones), there will be hair on your face 5 to 6 days later. Unfortunately, corporate doesn't think of facial hair as presentable.

Shower: Look clean.

Dress up: I hate wearing slacks and tucking that shirt in that makes my gut look like a suffocating pumpking, but business is business and business is tucked in button up shirts, slacks, and dress shoes. Boots are acceptable too.

Smell good: Don't overdo the cologne/perfume.

Attitude: Be funny and positive. No one likes awkward people. Don't go overboard on the jokes though. I usually make jokes about me making rookie mistakes on my first job. "There was a spider on a 94 pound bag of concrete that I didn't notice until I lifted it up. I screamed like a girl and threw it on the customers truck." I used to work at the Home Depot and that happened lol.

Anyway, that's how I do my interviews. Just act like you would with anyone else in a more professional manner. Never hurts to bring some personality into your professional image.

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#21 KobeBeanBryant8
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It is completely normal to feel nervous before a job interview.
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#22 ZomBViperKing
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If you look too nervous in the interview you will most likely not even get a call back.
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#23 mahlasor
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

Just try to keep calm. Also be prepared to answer the always idiotic interview question of "what is your biggest weakness". It's a popular one.

Serraph105

lol yes

  Loved those, its just a trick question to see if you would say something out of the ordinary.  Just remember, you dont have to disclose anything you dont want to.  Remember self discloser (talking to tc), you dont have to disclose anything you dont want, because they wont know anyways.  Its a new job, so your past job probably is not an indicator of future performance (in my opinion).  

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#24 hoola
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Just realize that they are people.  They eat, crap and sleep just like you do.  

It all depends on the interviewer(s).  My first one was 4v1 and it was pretty easy because the interviewers were relaxed but still professional and they asked good and relevant questions.  My second interview was 2v1 and the interviewers were terrible.  They asked stupid and inappropraite questions like "how much do you want to be paid" and "I see you just graduated from college, so why do you want to leave your current food service job?" plus they were 15 minutes late for the interview and honestly seemed to not care.

A nursing home job will probably ask you good questions because of the nature of the job, they want to make sure you are a good person who wont mess up and accidentally kill someone.  

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#25 Deadpool-n
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They really aren't that bad.

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#26 GummiRaccoon
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Hopefully if I get this job I can replace my current one. The job I work work right now didn't have me do an interview, lucky me. I'm very nervous though. Don't want to stutter, be red-faced, etc. A retirement home job would be much better than what I'm doing now. (pregnating female cows by reaching down in their with a needle and ejecting sperm. Sucky pay for such a dirty job...) 

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Work on pumping yourself up before the interview.

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#27 JohnF111
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You have a job so the worst thing that can happen is you have to go do another interview, I had no job so getting a job interview was a pretty big deal, I was more nervous because if I didn't get the job I had nothing to fall back on. Just go with it, who knows maybe you'll get the job and laugh at why you were so nervous.