首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Seeing Your Way Past Interview jitters It is not unusual to experience a mild attack of nerves before a job interview. But t
Seeing Your Way Past Interview jitters It is not unusual to experience a mild attack of nerves before a job interview. But t
admin
2010-05-26
23
问题
Seeing Your Way Past Interview jitters
It is not unusual to experience a mild attack of nerves before a job interview. But there are engineers whose interview jitters are intense enough to be harmful. They have such overwhelming apprehension and fear that they either become tongue-tied or proceed to talk themselves out of the job. Even many capable and articulate (表达力强的) engineers act stiff and awkward in interviews, often fidgeting or sitting on the edge of the chair.
When we’re anxious, we frequently become self-conscious spectators of our own behavior during interviews, observing and judging our every utterance and movement. This not only makes us more anxious and less convincing, but also divides our attention.
Excessive self-consciousness is particularly true among engineers who go to interviews with a do-or-die attitude. Trying too hard to succeed increases tension and reduces effectiveness. "The self-imposed pressure of trying to ace an interview can make some people focus too much on how they look and act," says Steven Berglas, a psychiatry instructor at Harvard Medical School. He feels that those who are overly conscious of their grooming, speech, body language, and other interviewing behavior frequently "suppress those elements of their personality that won them the interview in the first place."
Perfectionist engineers particularly experience high anxiety during job interviews. Because they have a strong need to do well and have such inflated expectations of their own performance, any real or imaginary deviation from their self-imposed high, and often unrealistic, standards triggers excessive nervousness and self-critical ruminations. From one slight, innocuous mistake they automatically assume the entire interview will turn out badly.
This anticipation often drives them to behaviors and statements that would seem selfsabotage to an innocent bystander.
REDUCING TENSION
Although you may feel your blood pressure rise, palms moisten, and stomach tighten before an important interview, you can control these reactions.
According to H. Anthony Medley, author of Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed, there are four sound reasons why you have nothing to fear but fear itself, and they can help you keep an interview in perspective.
1. The interview centers on the subject you know best: yourself.
2. If you’ve done your homework, you have a decided advantage: You know more about the interviewer’s company than it knows about you.
3. Interviewers expect job candidates to be a bit nervous.
4. You have nothing to lose. You didn’t have the job offer before the interview, so if you don’t have it afterward, you’re no worse off.
Some interview failures may be inevitable. Most engineers have experienced at least one. The important point is to refrain from exaggerating the importance of an interview situation. Also, if possible, generate several interviews; don’t pin your hopes on just one. A winning at-all-costs attitude seldom wins a job offer.
It is detrimental to adopt a confrontational stance with the interviewer. If you feel overly tense or belligerent, it is helpful to pretend that the interviewer is a good friend. A little make-believe can go a long way toward calming hostile feelings.
One interesting method of lessening interview stress is suggested by Lawrence Darius, president of Corporate Communication Skills Inc. , New York. He is convinced that one of the more effective ways to overcome interview jitters is to separate yourself from your performance. "Just as an actor or actress creates the character in a script, you must try to create a character for the position you’re seeking," he explains. "You probably have an image of the ideal engineer or, better yet, of the perfect candidates for the job. How do they differ from you? How do they walk, talk, and act?"
Daralee Schulman, a New York City-based career counselor, teaches her clients to relax before an interview by doing this exercise: "Visualize a serene and beautiful scene, perhaps a moonlit beach, while becoming aware of the rhythm of your breathing. On each breath in, think ’I am’ and on each breath out, think ’calm.’ Ten repetitions of ’I am calm’ breathing done in the reception area before an interview can ease your tension." A "reliving" of a past interview in which you did well boosts your self-confidence, too.
A more advanced and exceedingly effective breathing technique is offered by Dan Lang, who conducts stress-reducing workshops in New York. First, exhale totally, imagining that you are relaxing all your tension. Next, close your mouth and place your right thumb on your right nostril so that it is completely closed. Then slowly and deeply inhale and exhale through your left nostril a couple of minutes, or 25 to 30 times. This enables you to tap into the right hemisphere of your brain, particularly the limbic part that governs emotions. You will experience an immediate reduction of fear and anxiety resulting in a more relaxed, in-charge feeling.
THE POWER OF VISUALIZATION
Many top athletes experience almost overwhelming stress before important events. However, most of them have learned--through the new sports psychology of visualization--how to manage performance anxiety, improve concentration, and enhance athletic performance.
Tennis champion Chris Evert, for example, used to carefully and repeatedly visualize every detail of an upcoming championship match in her mind’s eye. She pictured her opponent’s style and form, and then visualized how she would counter and respond to every possible maneuver or tactic.
Golf great Jack Nicklaus programs his "bio-computer" for success this way: "I never hit a shot, even in practice, without having a sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head. It’s like a color movie. First, I ’see’ the ball where I want it to finish. I ’see’ the ball going there: its path, trajectory, and shape. The next scene shows me making the kind of swing that will turn the previous image into reality."
There are significant emotional parallels between sports and job interviews. Through visualizing your ideal interview performance, you can build confidence and reduce anxiety to manageable levels.
Visualization of a successful interview is impressed upon the memory. When the actual event happens, there is complete confidence of success, as if one had done it before with a positive outcome.
Through visualizing your ideal interview performance, you can ______.
选项
答案
build confidence and reduce anxiety to manageable levels
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/nlV7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Becausehisfatherhassuddenlyhadaheartattack.B、Becausehiswifehasbeenbehavingstrangely.C、Bemusehismotherissti
Thewaythatpeoplespendtheirmoney,andtheobjectsonwhichtheyspendit,arethelastareaswherefreechoiceandindividu
Thewaythatpeoplespendtheirmoney,andtheobjectsonwhichtheyspendit,arethelastareaswherefreechoiceandindividu
A、Inasupermarket.B、Atashop.C、Inagrocery.D、Atarepairshop.B女士说自己一年以前在店里买的MP3播放器。由此就可判断对话发生在商店里。
A、Heforgottoassignhomeworktohisstudents.B、Hehasnotimetogivetheclass.C、Heisill,buthehasaclasstoday.D、He
Teachersalwaysplandowntotheminutewhattheirstudentswillbedoing.Thisisgoodforkids,becauseitteachesthemtosta
With950millionpeople,IndiarankssecondtoChinaamongthemostpopulouscountries.ButsinceChina【C1】______afamilyplan
I’musuallyfairlyskepticalaboutanyresearchthatconcludesthatpeopleareeitherhappierorunhappierormoreorlesscerta
8WaystoCopewithYourMumLikemostbigprojects,learningtomanageyourmotherisbesttackedinsmallerstages.Here
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacompositiononthetopicIsCET-4Necessary?Youshouldwriteatleast120
随机试题
四个音节的语音段落也称“_____”,它两字一顿,整齐匀称,是人们喜闻乐道的一种语言格式。
阅读下面的诗词,回答问题。乡村四月作者:翁卷绿遍山原白满川,子规声里雨如烟。乡村四月闲人少,才了蚕桑又插田。这首绝句虽然只有短短四句,却十分注意前后呼应,请具体分析之。
比移值
下列对于脐带的叙述,哪项不恰当
关于苯二氮类药物中毒的临床症状与解救,下列说法错误的是
中国甲公司向美国乙公司出口一批机器零件,美国公司在订约时通知中国甲公司该批零件的最终销售地国是巴西。中国甲公司交货后,美国公司将这批零件大部分运往巴西,而将其余的一少部分改在美国境内销售。后某公司依据巴西的法律和美国法分别提出专利侵权索赔。下列说法正确的有
一、注意事项1.申论考试,与传统作文考试不同,是对分析驾驭材料的能力与对表达能力并重的考试。2.作答参考时限:阅读资料40分钟,作答110分钟。3.仔细阅读给定的资料,按照后面提出的“申论要求”依次作答。二、给定资料材料一
下列程序PrivateSubform_Click()score=Int(Rnd*10)+80SelectCasescoreCaseIs<60:a$="F"Case60To69:a$="
下列选项中,不能用作标识符的是
A、Theytendtobeolderthantheirpursuers.B、Theytendtobemuchlessthanmenbillionaires.C、Theytendtobehardertofind
最新回复
(
0
)