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Interviews are just humiliating

I've done lots of them, diligently prepared and have done mock interviews with friends. However, the failure rate is extremely high in my case because they'll ask one question I didn't anticipate and that's it, boom, job gone. Imagine in an exam, you come across one question that you might not have the answer to, you'd still pass or even get a high mark, not so with interviews, they are awful experiences because you're dealing with a minefield, one wrong step and you're done. I've always been a misfit and have never been accepted by any group, I think interviews are an extension of that. When talking to friends and family I realise, I'm not that bad and am just as good as anyone else, interviews are the inverse, a constant reminder of one's inadequacy and inferiority but they're false and completely scripted. I've found that I've passed interviews where…


I've done lots of them, diligently prepared and have done mock interviews with friends. However, the failure rate is extremely high in my case because they'll ask one question I didn't anticipate and that's it, boom, job gone. Imagine in an exam, you come across one question that you might not have the answer to, you'd still pass or even get a high mark, not so with interviews, they are awful experiences because you're dealing with a minefield, one wrong step and you're done.

I've always been a misfit and have never been accepted by any group, I think interviews are an extension of that. When talking to friends and family I realise, I'm not that bad and am just as good as anyone else, interviews are the inverse, a constant reminder of one's inadequacy and inferiority but they're false and completely scripted. I've found that I've passed interviews where the interviewer does not stick to a procedural box ticking script, but the majority of interviewers are box tickers unfortunately.

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