I've been pretty lucky in life. I have only ever had to navigate myself through two interviews. The first was to get into college, I had the grades so it was all pretty straight forward and this allowed me to get an apprenticeship. The second interview was when I took on a midday supervisor role and because I was already volunteering there, it was all rather informal so I didn't have usual nerves kicking in as I'd already become familiar with the staff and my surroundings.
Fast forward to now. After passing my Level 3 in Supporting and Teaching earlier this year, I have been on the look out for my next challenge, a teaching assistant job. Jobs seem so few and far between lately so when I saw one come up, I knew I had to apply, in my head thinking I probably won't hear anything back. Queue me starting to panic when I got a further phone call asking me to come in for an interview.
I'm not going to lie, I was a mixed bag of emotions by the time I had ended the call. Excitement was definitely there but I couldn't help but be a bit fearful, like a ball of nerves had suddenly gathered in my stomach. The silly thing was though my initial thoughts were, "what am I going to wear?" I've always come across as quite a confident person on the outside but inside I have anxiety issues so I knew that I'd have to prepare for this interview.
And this is where some of my lovely fellow bloggers have come in handy. I enlisted some of them to give me their advice on what to do both before and during an interview and now I'm able to share with you all their very best tips on just how to navigate a successful interview, as well as including some of my own ideas now that I have come out the other side and lived to tell the tale.
