Job Interview Nightmares

Formal job interviews are often not enjoyed by many people. If you are employed the chances are you have had some sort of interview. There are many ways this can be a daunting experience.


Imagine the situation, the night before the interview. You desperately want this job. The pay, conditions or work suit you better than the current job that you are starting to hate. So you sit down to diligently do some preparation.


As you look thought your CV you start thinking there must be hundreds of people that have better experience, they might even have family in the company or just can talk a good game. To calm yourself down you start practicing those ideas you have seen on the internet. Imagining the interviewer naked works for a few minutes until your realise they might be doing the same to you.


Your sleep is disturbed with dreams of turning up to the interview naked and forgetting everything on your CV. You sleep in and barely make it to the company on time. Out of breath, crumpled and flustered you wheeze your interviewer's name at the receptionist. When she asks your name you go blank and you get the impression the receptionist thinks you are an idiot.


A short wait eventually brings out the prune faced harpy that is to be your interviewer. She attempts a smile and you feel like you are at a funeral. Attempting small talk you manage some glib, obvious comments about the weather, traffic and something your mate told you about a declining economy. Thankfully the interview room is close by.


The prune faced cow offers you a coffee knowing full well you will spill it down your front. After the mess has been cleared her face cracks in to the approximation of a smile and she says "As a gentle start to the interview, based on your CV what can you offer our company?"


Realising you can't remember anything on your CV and that you have not brought any spare copies you mutter things about how much you have enjoyed working for you last company. You are convinced she thinks the CV is a fake when you come to the conclusion that she said "gentle start" and that implies things are about to get worse.


Old Prune Face decides to increase the pressure by asking you what you can contribute to the company. Fumbling for an answer you eventually settle on enthusiasm and working to the best of your ability. Irritatingly she mentions that they expect that from everyone in the company and asks if you have anything else to offer.


Panicking for any answer you realise that she might be thinking of you as prey you try to calm your nerve by thinking of her as naked prey. But the only image you get is of you as naked prey. Now you have completely forgotten the question. The interview seem to go on for ever.


As the blood stops pumping round your body your old cow tells you that she has finished all her questions and asks if you have any questions for her. Trying to appear keen you ask her when will the organisation make a decision. She answers the question, and leaves you outside the company wondering if you have got the job.


If any of this strikes a chord with you then imagine how different this could be if you had an air of confidence, a way of making small talk that builds rapport, a formula for being able to answer any interview question and deal with any objection. Add in the final element of covertly implanting post hypnotic suggestions that you are the best candidate for the job.


Seem impossible? May be not, many of these skills are naturally occurring and you have definitely seen others do this as part of their daily lives.


Some people just stroll through life always getting what they want, including the best jobs. I am sure you have seen people like that. These are the people using these skills, sometimes naturally, sometimes they have been trained. In the majority of situations these skills are quick and easy to learn.


Your CV will pull a lot more interviews if you just add some NLP and psychological techniques. Spending just a couple of hours CV Writing would pay you back dividends. It may take a couple of hours working through a Hypnotic Interview Answer formula, but once it is done you will be able to answer interview questions powerfully for life.


Building rapport, banishing interview nerves and taking control of the interview can be learnt in as little as half an hour even though they don't seem easy skills.The only question is how much people are prepared to devote to mastering these interview skills because just a couple of hours is the difference between a great job and just the job you are doing now.