toofarnorth Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Have a job interview on Wednesday that includes a presentation and i'm already getting nervous. I'm fine in things like exams as its not such a public humiliation if all goes wrong. How does everyone else get on with nerves and have you any techniques for combatting them?
jawillwill Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Imagine everyone else in the room naked. It's a bit easier to do this if you turn up naked yourself. Resist the temptation to masturbate though. I think that's where I went wrong.
hutch Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 prepare, prepare and prepare again. Make your presentation to yourself in the mirror several times PPPPPP
Dog Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 I can offer you the best advice I have ever experienced the other day. I had to go to the dentist for a filling on my back tooth. I hate the dentist at the best of times, and the thought of 3 injections, drilling and filling was making me nervous. However the way I got over it was by sheer fluke, I was desperate to go to the toilet, and I was touching serious cloth for 2 hours before, when the dentist had finished the treatment, I can honestly say I didn't even know she had started as I was concentrating on keeping the mole down the hole.
Micky Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Good job fellas, so far the guy has to turn up naked, gaggin' for a shyte with a gob full of Beta Blockers - great advice, the jobs as good as his...!
OLYMPIC Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 I know it sounds stupid but just be as relaxed and calm as possible don't dwell on the negatives of what could go wrong to much.If your presentation is good and sound the people interviewing you are bound to take a certain amount of nerves into account,remember it's a stressfull situation and they have probably seen it all before. So don't worry and good luck. But if all else fails the above advice of not having a shyte in the interview is sound.
Doctoroncall Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Most times nobody can tell if you're gone wrong while presenting so don't make a big deal of it if it happens, also they don't want to see you fail (if they do I wouldn't want to work for that company anyway!). and never say "hopefully" in a presentation!
CB Fry Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 prepare, prepare and prepare again. Make your presentation to yourself in the mirror several times PPPPPP If you do want serious advice, do what the man says above. Saying your presentation out loud for real is by far the best practice. Actually hearing yourself talk through it is far better than sitting in front of powerpoint thinking about it. That said, Jawillwill's comment made me LOL a lot.
toofarnorth Posted 7 December, 2009 Author Posted 7 December, 2009 Cheers. Some good advice and other interesting ideas. I've got two evenings to go over it as its almost completed, so will just hope for the best. I do have that strange habit of trying to make jokes when i'm nervous so i'll have to try and avoid that.
Clapham Saint Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 First off make sure you know the subject that you are presenting on. So many people just learn what is specifically in their presentation and fall over as soon as they are asked a question. Second, SLOW DOWN. I guarantee you a talking quicker than you think.
Master Bates Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Do NOT smoke a joint, I repeat, DO NOT SMOKE A JOINT
Pilchards Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 The things you have to do to get a job at Mcdonalds these days!!! In my younger days I could just roll out the skip to serve the burgers.
tpbury Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Get absolutely caned the night before and just wing it. Now, where did I put that JSA cheque... On the other hand, if you've got a girlfriend or mum to practice your presentation to, you can be assured you will have had your most difficult presentation before you've got to the interview! And again, if you've ever listen to someone give a presentation, you can guarantee they've practiced it in front of other people, if not, they will be bad.
gonzo Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Imagine everyone else in the room naked. It's a bit easier to do this if you turn up naked yourself. Resist the temptation to masturbate though. I think that's where I went wrong. Thanks, I've now got tea over my monitor and keyboard as I spat my drink out laughing!
benjii Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Cheers. Some good advice and other interesting ideas. I've got two evenings to go over it as its almost completed, so will just hope for the best. I do have that strange habit of trying to make jokes when i'm nervous so i'll have to try and avoid that. Don't joke. Seriously, it's not worth the risk. Unless the chap interviewing you is a right "geezer" and has already struck up a conversation with you about the footy etc... just don't bother. Especially to a panel, which is bound to contain a mix of personalities. Also, don't feel tempted to fill silences (which I suspect is what you mean by the tendency to crack a gag). Answer any questions concisely and with certainty (even if you are not certain) and then shut up and await the next one. Remeber, you have already passed at least one hurdle to get there (I presume). They want to hear what you have to say.
RedAndWhite91 Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 Don't do what I did in my French GCSE. I didn't write, prepare or learn my presentation. It didn't work at all.
Jillyanne Posted 7 December, 2009 Posted 7 December, 2009 You can ask one of the Mods for a name change you know.
Big John Posted 8 December, 2009 Posted 8 December, 2009 tell them that you are nervous. just hearing the words coming out of your mouth will relax you. don't tell the 'woman tied to the railway lines' joke
richie Posted 8 December, 2009 Posted 8 December, 2009 If you are doing it on powerpoint, make sure each line appears one at a time and not all at once. Keep the amount of words brief and to the point. Both these things will help to keep their attention. For each bullet point you have on the slide show have a couple of sentences prepared for each one so you dont end up just reading what's on the screen. They can do that themselves so there's no point in you being there then. Practice it in front of the mirror word for word as you want to say it on the day. A handout might be good at the end to giver them to summarise what you talked about.
richie Posted 8 December, 2009 Posted 8 December, 2009 ps get a remote for your slide show so you dont have to keep pressing buttons on the PC!
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