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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HR Bitch here: Firstly, I can suss out if someone is just a nervous interviewer but will be a great employee.

Secondly, practice, practice, practice. Write out each question you have a hard time with, come up with answers, and rehearse giving them. Then practice with other people. [/quote]

Unfortunately, the company I will be interviewing for is very cut-throat and competitive, I think having a bad interview because of nervousness will totally cost me the job. I will practice, thank you[/quote]

OP, have you been happy in past jobs with great bosses, easy-going co-workers, little conflict, etc?  I am asking because if that is the kind of environment where you thrive, I wonder if you will be happy in a place that is very cut-throat and competitive.  I much prefer to work in places that are not at all competitive and have not lasted long at jobs where cut-throat was the environment.  [/quote]

You’re right , I am a very easing going person and would definitely prefer an environment that is not cut –throat, however I have realized that in my field if I want to grow and be challenged, I have to get out of my comfort zone. For ex, don’t have any issues at my current job, I could probably stay here for the next 10 years, but I am not challenged, I know everything the job entails, and I have zero motivation. I feel like I need to get out of my comfort zone, and find something more challenging, otherwise I will never grow as a person or will have a stalled career, but you’re right it is a risk and I might end up hating it [/quote]

I'm also wondering how you haven't had the difficult co-worker, the difficult client, or difficult boss ever?  Did you have jobs not in your field, maybe in HS or while going to college where you dealt with that kind of thing?  No group projects in college where someone tried to take all the credit and do none of the work etc? Is there someone that other people have issues with but you handled that person well? I can't believe that anyone lives such a conflict free life at every single job and if by chance this is true, I would worry we would hire the person and he/she would quit.

So a few questions, is there maybe a job that is more challenging but less cut throat than the ones you targeted?  What is your 5 year plan I.e. you see yourself going to this intensely competitive , cut throat job and in 5 years you will do what with the new skills/knowledge?  Can you honestly see yourself still there and moving up to more responsibility?  You say you are easy going and anti-confrontation, does that mean you are a doormat and don't speak up/stand up for yourself or does that mean you've cracked the code of doing such in a way that makes everyone feel good rather than abrasive/ruffling feathers?  If you have cracked the code of having steel when need be but doing it in a way that doesn't leave hard feelings, how do you know this and what are the examples?  Do you possible defuse a situation without it ever escalating to a big thing?

I think the bottom line with the job is besides having the skills, the company has to believe you want that job not just any job, and you will bring some of those soft skills to the job and be there long enough that you aren't wasting their time to hire you.  If you believe it yourself and have done your homework (understanding how your technical skills, soft skills, and goals align with the job opportunity) and radiate that confidence and sincerity, I think it comes through in the interview.
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Hello,
No, I actually did not work in HS or college. I’ve had 3 jobs in my life and yes I have dealt with difficult people but not in a confrontational way, I always diffuse the situation, let the person vent, calm them down , find out what the problem is and offer different options/solutions. I am not in a client facing role so most of my dealings have been with internal people. I do not consider myself a doormat,  yes I’ve had experiences in college where people did not pull their weight in group projects, I eventually just took it on myself because I did not want my grade to suffer because of someone else. I remember one instance where we actually had to kick someone off of our group because she just was not pulling her weight. In the workplace, I react the same weight, I will give people leverage to do what they’re supposed to do, but if they don’t , I usually take it upon myself to do it because I feel like for the job to be well done I have to do it myself. The job I am talking about is at one of the Big4 and yes it is very competitive and cut throat, I am a very competitive person by nature and I perform well under pressure and challenging environments, I do feel that this would be a huge step-up in my career and will help me develop skills I have not yet developed due to the fact that I have not been exposed to such an environment before. The companies I have worked at so far have been pretty much laid back with easygoing people for the most part. But does it mean I wouldn’t strive in a different environment just because I was not expose to it? I think in the end it is all about the person’s character, not necessarily what they have been exposed to. Unfortunately, in the job market and interviews, people do focus a lot on past experience, I am aware that past behavior somewhat predicts future behavior, ( that’s what we are taught in Finance :)) But is it always the case, does past behavior always predict future behavior? If that was truly the case then wouldn’t we all be able to predict the future and know for sure who the best person to hire for x job was?  
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