Are you prepared for the job interview mishaps?

So you’ve got an interview in a couple of days time and everything’s prepared. You have rehearsed all the types of questions you think the interviewer may ask, your portfolio is top notch, you have researched the company thoroughly so everything’s set!

What about all of those unforeseen circumstances that happen before you go into the interview room? For example, you’ve arrived in plenty of time and you’re too early for the interview. You decide to go to a coffee shop beforehand. Then what happens, someone bumps into you and spills his food down you and those highly polished shoes look as though you’ve been dancing around the swill-bin! What are you going to do? Your interview is due to start in just over fifteen minutes!

If you’ve never had some slight emergency happen before going to an interview then you’ve obviously not attended many. One thing that most people forget is to take into account those little mishaps that are going to happen sooner or later. So why don’t you plan for them now and put together a little emergency kit with you. You might want to consider taking along with you the following:

    A couple of plasters
    Anti-antiperspirant (compact type)
    Breath freshener
    Comb
    Compact sewing kit (includes scissors, needle, thread and safety pins)
    Hand tissues
    Kiwi express sponge (or equivalent)
    Map and directions (including public car parks if travelling by car)
    Nail clippers
    Pen and notepad
    Tooth pick
    Transport timings
    Wet wipes (about half a dozen)

 
Murphy’s Law comes into play here. If you are prepared then nothing will happen. However, go unprepared and you are asking for trouble. Things like stepping into a muddy puddle, losing a button, sweating etc. spring to mind. It’s one hell of a way to create a bad impression if you walked into an interview in either condition!

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