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Interview Test Anxiety?
I just took my first Board today and after embarrassing myself and
boring the hell out of the gentlemen interviewing me, I wanted to enlist
your help for any future interview I might have.
You’re not alone. I often hear from candidates who say they bombed or
get real nervous going into or during their oral boards.
On a recent phone call I had difficulty understanding the caller. I
thought we had a bad connection or he was on a cell phone. I said, “I’m
sorry I can’t understand what you’re saying?” After another attempt by
the caller, I again said, “I’m sorry I can’t understand what you’re
saying?” During the third attempt I realized the candidate was
stuttering.
He had read this posting from one of our candidates and wanted to know
what he go do to prepare:
To make a long story short, nothing counts until you have the badge,
nothing. For all of the candidates out there that don’t believe this,
try passing and ranking #1 on orals with a stuttering problem . . . I
did. Thanks Captain Bob---Dave.
The panel expects you to be somewhat nervous. When candidates become
overly nervous, their mouth goes as dry as the Goby Desert, the panel
members can be a little stressed too. When this happens, I suggest the
candidate stop, gather their thoughts and tell the panel, “I’m real
excited about this opportunity and I’m nervous about making the right
impression.
This seems to clear the air, relaxes the candidate and the panel
members. It’s out in the open now and the panel members will do their
best to extend gestures across that long table to help you relax. The
panel might even let you revisit a previous question like the following
candidate:
I completed my first sentence...and went completely blank!! I mean
BLANK!! I actually felt a tumbleweed roll through my head!
I stammered a little, chuckled once and had nothing to offer! I looked
into each of their eyes kind of laughing to myself and received a couple
chuckles in return, and then one of the panel members threw me a bone
and offered to move on to the next question in which I offered a
heartfelt "Thank you, that would be excellent".
>From that second on, I was crystal clear and the remainder of my
interview was totally solid. I was calm, I didn't panic, spoke clearly
and offered insightful answers. I was then offered to revisit my "blank
out" question, and somehow the flood-gates opened and this time answered
that question like it was the only source of knowledge I possessed in my
head.
Getting back to the candidate on the phone, as soon as he told me he
doesn’t usually stutter, I gave him the above solution, it was out in
open just like in an oral board, he relaxed and amazingly enough stopped
stuttering. He opened up, his personality came forward as he gained
confidence. He was going to try this formula on his next interview.
The more you practice with a tape recorder the more it will smooth
things out.
You can find more about stuttering here:
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This just in!!!!!!!!!!!!
Capt Bob,
This was the 14th full time test I have taken over the last 2 years and
up until now I haven't made it past the interview process.
I just wanted to say thank you for all the help you have giving me over
the last couple months. I ordered your Gold Package Program back in
November to prep for a Firefighter oral interview board in Maryland. I
followed the directions in the DVD and took all the advice I could
gather from the material. I studied night and day for about 2-3 weeks
with a digital recorder and friends/co workers. Many of my friends and
buddies at my part time fire department joked about the tape recorder
deal and continuously talking to myself, but who's joking and laughing
now?
Today Feb 15, I received an offer with the Montgomery County Fire Rescue
Division in Maryland (DC Area). Ever since I was about 5 years old this
is something I have dreamed about doing and I can't even come close to
explaining how good it feels to have achieved this goal. It really does
feel like I have just " Won The Lottery ". My first day of the Academy
is May 16th and I can't wait.
The oral interview board is what put me above all the rest just like you
stated over and over again. I used all of the golden nuggets I could
think of and made sure my interview stood out from all of the others. If
anyone doesn't think this program can work, think again. I did what you
told me to do and followed your lead every step of the way and because
of that I scored in the top 25 out of over 2,000 candidates. Just wanted
to say thank you for making another firefighters dream come true.
God Bless and Be Safe
Firefighter/EMT
Roger
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Information Products on How to Get a Badge.
Web site: http://www.eatstress.com
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