Interview Phobia

After sending my resume through JobsDB's 'Quick Apply' button at the end of the job opening, I felt elated. Hopeful, maybe with a tinge of nervousness. I'm applying for my first job and I'm not really sure if I'm going to make it.

I'm been looking for potetial jobs and part time jobs 2 months after graduation. I considered publication, call center, writing gigs... but none of them fit my schedule as a senior college student. There were too many limitations like dorm curfew, location, working hours, class hours, rest hours. I needed money but then, I finally decided to wait until graduation. Fate didn't cooperate.

It was probably because everything has its perfect timing. Do you believe that? Just 2 days after my online application, I received an email from the company, saying that I was being invited for an interview. Mighty great!

But oh my, god. What should I do?

Aside from stage fright, I may also have a phobia of interviews. The last interview I had, I blew off my chances to get in a Computer Science major. The moment the interviewer asked the milliom dollar question, my mind went on auto-pilot and the next thing I knew, I was on my way out of the room. Looking back, I could say, "What the hell was that?"

I'm up for a JOB INTERVIEW. I need this job. I can't mess this up.

So I thought of a sort of mantra to help me fight the fear:

The interview is just a normal conversation between two normal people. I will be asked questions and I wil just have to answer. It's a normal conversation.

That's what I thought. I kept telling myself that it would just be a conversation like others. There's nothing to worry about. Except that I often lose my breath just by standing up and reciting in class. I'm such a loser.

I had 3 days to prepare. .