Nervous Before A Job Interview?

Most people find the job interview as a situation where it is expected much of one. Then the nervousness come creeping, but is it really bad?

You know it quivering in your stomach and your hands are sweating. Perhaps because this is the job you've been wanting for a long time and now finally have the opportunity to get.

Then of course comes the nervousness creeping, inconvenient as always. But according to experts, need not necessarily be negative.

It's perfectly normal to be nervous before an interview, and nervousness do not hinder. For some it may still be as much nervousness that one becomes paralyzed.

This says Espen Skorstad, specialist in work and organizational psychology, and author of the book "The right person in the right place". He points to various reasons why many become nervous before the interview.

Especially the thought that something goes wrong, and that we therefore do not get the job, is common. For others, the meeting with a new situation cause nervousness; and wonder what they will be asked and where it ends.

One way to avoid such situations is to practice, either with a friend or through interview training held at universities and colleges, explains Skorstad, adding

I do not think you directly should attempt to hide nervousness. Most are more or less nervous facing a challenging task.

It is also possible to mention your nervousness to your interviewer, which can "relieve some of the pressure."

The media group Schibsted offers trainee programs that are both popular and sought after. In Norway, every year around 60 young and hopeful for an interview with them. Morten Hatlem, responsible for trainee programs to Schibsted, explains that the interviews is a tense situation for both them and the candidates.

Both we and job applicants are of course interested in the interview to work. Therefore it is important for us to ensure that the situation is as positive as possible.

Hatlem explains that it is therefore important to have strategies to make candidates less nervous.

We want, as far as possible, to create confidence and headroom in the interview. Meanwhile, we notice that many are especially nervous the first few minutes. Therefore, we often start of the interview to present your company to help candidates relax.

If the candidate fail to give a fair picture of himself, or dry to unleash, as we have in many ways lost a candidate, says Skorstad, experiencing many ways to withdraw nervousness on.

Someone is talking so much that the interviewer does not reach, while others bring out a single word.

Also Skorstad agrees that nervousness can hinder.

It is of course negative when nervousness seems obstructive for the feat, one gets completely Iron Curtain. This does not mean that nervousness just want to be negative, adding Skorstad, and continues.

A right amount of nervousness could increase performance. Think of athletes who always perform better in competition than in training.

This tells us that a certain amount of psychological and physiological stress is important to deliver a good result, but it's too much nervousness, it will weaken performance.

Hatlem agree with Skorstad that positive nervousness may be tightening their candidate, although he is still candidates who fail to create positive energy out of nervousness.

For those who are very nervous, I think it is important to create some mindset. For example, ask the interviewer never knowingly questions to put some firm. No interviewers are served by such a situation and the purpose is solely to form a picture of the person.

At the same time I think that during the interview is important to think through the positive aspects of those one being interviewed by. This can make it easier to conduct a dialogue with them, says trainee responsible Hatlem and concludes fooled.

The fact is that there are future colleagues who interviews you.