Oh goodness. I have a job interview in about two hours. I’ve been using my awesome googling (haha, wow my browser acknowledges that as a word) skills to figure out how to prep and dress. It’s a bit difficult though because this is just a lowly part-time temporary cashier job at a bookstore and most information out there is for interviews in professional fields.
I’m a bit stressed out about the whole thing, but according to the linked article in the title “…women, although typically more stressed about interviewing, performed better than their male counterparts in interviews thanks in large part to the way in which they coped with stress.”
How do we cope with stress differently?
"They would do things like seek social support from loved ones, friends and colleagues about their anxiety and do practical things like practicing mock interviews with their friends. Men, on the other hand, reacted with more maladaptive coping strategies. They would pretend it was not happening, ignore it, watch TV and do things that relieved stress, but hindered performance later.“
Oops. I think I pulled a bit of a man here. I did talk about it a bit with someone I trust though, and am reading through common questions asked at interviews. I think I’ll be able to wing it pretty well though, I become almost neurotically polite and sensitive when dealing with strangers, particularly those in positions of authority.
I’m mostly worried about what I’m going to wear. I don’t own a suit and most of my nice clothing I left at my mother’s house. I didn’t shave my thighs so I can’t wear shorts, and I have a blister on one of my heels and I’m afraid any of my nice shoes will aggravate it.
I have a few pencil skirt sand dresses, but no nice trousers, only jeans. Most of my dresses aren’t really appropriate for a job interview (not that they’re too revealing, they’re just too casual).
Also, glasses or contacts? Such a difficult decision. And obviously I’m going to need to wear make-up, which is a pain.
Aghhhhh.
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