The Real You

Your palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on your plaid tie, mom's spaghetti. You're nervous, but on the surface you are calm and ready.

A modified version of Eminem's "Lose Yourself"? Absolutely. A valid representation of emotions and motions as you head into your job interview? Just might be. A fluid, flawless self-aware rap won't get you an offer (unless you are interviewing for Lead Wrapper at Macy's, ba dum tss), but answering questions in your truest form just might.

There are countless of practices on how to hype yourself up, calm yourself down, etc., but there is only one thing to keep in mind. This interview is about you. How you fit into the organization. How the organization fits your needs. If you can execute the tasks required by the role. If you can succeed being you, the all encompassing you; your skills, your experience, your personality.

While in the waiting room, you have already done all that you can do. You have researched the organization. You have already acquired the skills that you hold. You can't miraculously gain new ones in the minutes prior to the interview. You have experienced your experience. That won't change from the seat in the lobby to the seat in the interview. The years of successes and failures, passion and heartbreak, gain and loss that molded your personality won't all of sudden unravel.

So breathe. The only thing you can do is be you. It's hard to mess that up. Best thing that could happen is you are the missing puzzle piece to complete the company's vision. Worst thing that can happen is that you are a piece that belongs to a different puzzle. Everything and nothing change as soon as you leave that interview. So I leave you with this, will the real you please stand up?

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This post was sponsored by Stallion Consulting Group, LLC.

Stallion Consulting Group provides one-on-one career coaching and also partners with companies to improve their recruiting processes.

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