Those hours, days, and weeks between interviewing and waiting to hear back can leave even the most confident people questioning everything from their people skills to their personal hygiene habits. But how can you tell if you really bombed a job interview? For starters you can ask yourself these questions:Did you make a bad first impression? Obvious reasons to answer this as 'yes' would be if you arrived late, noticed you were dressed inappropriately, or addressed your interviewer by the wrong name or title.
Did you come off as unfocused or uninterested? Signs of this are if the person interviewing you ever had to repeat questions, ask you lots of follow-up questions on the same topic because your answers were too vague, or if you struggled and were awkward when answering common/simple questions about the job and/or company.
Was there a general lack of rapport? Where you casually leaning back in your chair and cracking jokes when the interview started only to find the other person serious, stiff, and not amused? (Or vice versa).
Read more bad interview clues and tips here, plus remember that even bad interviews are good for something: experience!
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Alex Rudloff says: (9:53AM on Jun 29th 2009) Vote Up Vote DownReport2/5
Bad interviews are incredibly awkward.
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Christopher Finke says: (10:33AM on Jun 29th 2009) Vote Up Vote DownReport2.5/3
The best interviews are the ones where the interviewer abandons their "script" and the two of you just start conversing. If the entire interview felt like a monotonous Q&A between you and the interviewer, you probably won't be getting a call from that company.
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Corve says: (10:02PM on Jul 21st 2009) Vote Up Vote DownReport2/5
You know when you have bombed an Interview. Interviews can be hard but you have practice and get used to it. The more the interview becomes a conversation the better chance you will have getting a second call. I was just on an interview today, it went well. Although some candidates were complaining of being nervous I was very relaxed. You have to allow yourself to be in the moment before entering that office.
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