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Analyze your failure

 

It is always a good idea to review your performance after every interview. Make notes of your observations. Think about them and practice to improve your weak points. Use these notes in future interviews so that your performance improves constantly.

 

If you don't get the job, then it is necessary to analyze why you failed. Doing the following exercise would be of help:

 

·         What post was the interview for?

 

·         What were the good things that happened? How did you feel?

 

·         What were the things that went wrong? How did you feel?

 

·         How could you have handled the interview differently?

 

·         What positive steps can you take to ensure success at future interviews?

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Detailed Analysis

 

A more detailed analysis would be:

 

·         Was your initial preparation adequate?

 

·         Does your initial approach put off the interviewer?

 

·         Are your answers incomplete, unsatisfactory or unconvincing?

 

·         Do you argue with the interviewer and differ in opinions in an unpleasant way?

 

·         Do you get diverted and do not highlight your strengths and, perhaps, only your weaknesses come through?

 

·         Do you appear too keen to get the job?

 

You could do well to remember that not getting a job is not the end of the world. There is no need to feel despondent and lose confidence in your self-worth. Only one candidate can be selected out of the many that apply. There could have been someone just marginally ahead of you. You may have been under-qualified or, as it sometimes happens, or you may be too good for the job.

 

 

It's not the end of the world if you don't get that job. Keep at it. Your perseverance is bound to pay.

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