Choking during interview

My personal experience is I've had 3 jobs in 20 years. 2 of them I thought I botched the interview / didn't make a good connection with the team. Got an offer anyway. I've had other interviews where I thought I nailed it and would have bet money on an offer only to never heard a word back. There are so many factors that make hiring a crap shoot.

 

Oh sweet. Are you an Aerospace Engineer?

Anyway. I wouldn’t worry too much about it. There are other companies. Keep your head up.

 

Once I learned how to conduct good interviews myself, I became a much better interviewee.

Not meaning you know all the questions that will be asked, or the 'right' answer. More how to formulate your answers, bring out experiences that you want to be sure they hear (even if they didn't directly ask) and how to ask questions of the interviewer that reveal your depth of thought and skills. (not 'how many days vacation do I get')

Point is, if you feel like you will be having more interviews, learn how to conduct them. If you are not a supervisor or manager, or your firm doesn't offer quality training on the techniques, find a class on the topic and take it on your own.

 

I am a mechanical engineer, for now anyway. I just wanna put people in space, but traving all over the world doing cool stuff before that might be better for me anyway. Broaden my horizons and learn alot about alot of things

 

They make a pill for anxiety. Doctor prescribes it.

I used it for a huge presentation. It puts ice in your veins. My doc was happy to write me a script.

 

Must be ATK they good at grading potentials Good Luck! I have many friends that work there and at Boeing who is also good at grading potentials

 

^^Truer words have never been spoken. Great advice right here

 

I have totally choked in a couple of interviews and if is meant to be it will be. As a good friend of mine once said, sometimes the job you don't get is the best thing that could happen.
You will be fine, keep on trucking.

 

I catch people off all the time in interviews. All the other interviewers follow the program with SMART or STAR type routines.

I describe intended function of a device and then show a design drawing and ask the interviewee what's wrong on the drawing and to identify critical areas.

There is no right or wrong answer really. I'm looking for how someone connects the dots between discussion of function and how the design might achieve said function. If a person can think for themselves, i can teach the rest.

edit: this is for engineering roles but the idea of seeing how a person thinks can be useful to most jobs. It's what those STAR type interviews are intended to do but they do it in a convoluted indirect way.