Got a phone interview with Valve lined up for Monday evening, this'll be my first interview (pretty much ever) and I'm getting incredibly worked up already. How do you guys unwind and relax before an important interview?
DAYMN. Spend the day relaxing, get yourself in a good mood. If you want to work in hammer before the interview, relax and work on something fun. Good luck man! Things sound pretty good!
Be yourself, relax and be confident but not arrogant. Confident and Humble? (if that's possible). Always smile, when you walk into the studio you smile, if you meet someone you smile! even if it's a fake one it's better than looking awkward and nervous :) When you sit down in a chair, make yourself comfortable and open up…
checking out your folio of TF2 maps, awesome stuff! I can see why they are interviewing you :) Just relax and remember to make a good first impression on the phone.
And miss a double particle physics lecture with Fred Loebinger, are you insane!? Fortunately the first four lectures today are ones I can turn my brain off in, the first three don't even involve writing :) . Feeling pretty relaxed now and I actually enjoy Fred's lectures biggest hurdle now is being alert and fully awake…
"Have a stiff drink (but not too much) or something like a beer or two." I have an interview in an hour and I'm doing just this. Just a few sips is enough to relax me and I also have a sheet of paper with all the facts written down so I can answer clearly instead of hesitating due to being nervous. There's sticky labels…