Vent: I got 4 interviews in one week after 7 months of nothing, and I froze up in 2 of them
Two weeks ago I had zero callbacks since November, then in one week I got 4 interviews lined up, two on the SAME day, and I bombed the Thursday one so bad I forgot the name of my own portfolio project. The Wednesday one went great and I move to round 2, but now I keep replaying the bad one in my head even though I know nerves are normal. How do you stop one bad interview from messing with your head when the good one is still on the table?
That Thursday one is done, you can't get it back, so stop paying rent on it in your head. You got four interviews after seven months of silence, that alone tells you the market woke up for you. Round 2 on the Wednesday one is the only thing that's actually real right now. Put your energy there, prep like you're starting fresh, and let the bad one be a funny story later. Nerves hitting hard just means you wanted it, that's not a flaw.