Thanks for writing this! I’m interested in how you think one should prepare for interviews like these. Did you write out your thoughts and what messages you wanted to communicate beforehand then try to work them into the conversation? Do you meditate or exercise etc. to calm yourself down before the interview takes place?
Doing any form of exercise that activates the parasympathetic nervous system, instead of the more anxious sympathetic is a good idea. I usually just try to sit laying back and not clench fists or contract the peripheral musculature to be more at ease.
About preparing for an interview, you should have a mindset in which you can say what you want to say while also saying what they want you to say in one breadth, since then it’s less likely to be cutoff.
Thanks for writing this! I’m interested in how you think one should prepare for interviews like these. Did you write out your thoughts and what messages you wanted to communicate beforehand then try to work them into the conversation? Do you meditate or exercise etc. to calm yourself down before the interview takes place?
Doing any form of exercise that activates the parasympathetic nervous system, instead of the more anxious sympathetic is a good idea. I usually just try to sit laying back and not clench fists or contract the peripheral musculature to be more at ease. About preparing for an interview, you should have a mindset in which you can say what you want to say while also saying what they want you to say in one breadth, since then it’s less likely to be cutoff.