The 11 most common fears that people have voiced to me about interviewing are contained in the following checklist.
- I fear they will ask me a question I don’t know the answer to.
- I’m afraid I’ll sound like I’m bragging.
- Do I have to say I was fired from my last job? Can they find out?
- Everyone says I am under/overqualified. What should I do?
- Do I have to submit to drug testing, credit checks, or personality tests?
- What should I do if an interviewer asks me an intrusive or illegal question?
- I don’t know what to do with my hands during an interview.
- I fear I will just “freeze up” in the interview.
- I had to answer technical questions. They were easy, and I knew I had answered them right. The interviewer said I answered them wrong.
- Do I have to reveal how much money I made at my last job? How and when should I bring up the issue of salary?
- How do I explain that I was laid off?