Confused-the Mock Interview

So a little Background: In a mock interview with a investment firm; 1 interviewer, a fairly young asian of about 26-30, in a relatively small room.

My Background: 3rd year uni, asian. Spoke well during this and many previous acutal interviews, in terms of clarity, volumn, and physical posture. I was never, or did never, appear to be “non-confident” or “quite”, as I always interact with the interviewer.

Dosage: 2 Drops A314 -3 Sprays Openess -2 Spays Shine

The Story: So the mock consisted of a bundle of Behavioural type questions, in which during one of tem, I stated:

“…I take initative and am self motivated, example being I was relatively shy in middle and high school, but I overcame this weakness as my resume proves with xxx experience, blah blah blah.”

The Confusion: Because it was a mock interview, she gave her view on how well the interview went. It was then that she related to my shyness back in highschool:

“I can tell that your not the -insert antonym for shy- I know its a difficult thing to overcome, as I myself back in highschool was shy but look at me now, etc etc etc,… but dont be shy and just be more confident.”

My assessment: Given that

  1. I am not shy, or lacking of confident as an individual
  2. Even if I might have seemed soft-spoken during this interview, explaining for appearence of shyness, I am sure I did not show non-confidence, as confidence was never an issue at any time of life, or in how I answered and supported my answers.
    3)2 Drops of A314 and 2 drops of IS

Why would she point out specificly not only shyness, but confidence as lacking :confused: I’m just thinking that the A314 IS should have COMPLEMENTED my style and especially my confidence, but instead, the opposite?!?

I do have to say though that she did talk a lot and made specific reference to her past childhood, which I havnt seen from other interviewers in the past- thus supporting the effects of Openess, but what gives with A314 and IS?

I don’t know what your body language was like during the interview and I wonder how perceptive the interview specialist was. Pheromone wise I would blame it on IO. IH is a much better product to use for interviews in combination with A314 and IS. If your natural pheromone profile is very low on -none a little -none might help too.

aww that sucks

I think nbully is right
it would have probably worked out better with instant honesty

Nevermind, I hope you get the job !

My Assessment:

She heard you talk about being shy when you were younger, it was something that she could relate to and she latched on to it. She thought back to her childhood and remembered a lack of confidence that accompanied her shyness, and assumed you also lacked self-confidence.

I’m also going to guess that she didn’t comment on anything you might have said after your revelation about being shy in high school.

I will also agree that Instant Honesty is a better choice for use in an interview.

Mark is right I think.

I’ve been on both sides of career type interviews and as the interviewer I would latch onto something that I could relate to… it’s human nature. It’s good it was a mock up. Give a more positive example of your self motivation next time. Good luck!

More affirmation! Why thank you Renny. :slight_smile:

I have an important interview coming up myself… a friend who’s in on the know said that the ladies doing the interview are probably gonna be really critical. I was gonna not apply pheromones because I didn’t wanna start rambling like an incompetent moron, but you guys say that Instant Honesty would be a good idea, right? Or is it just that it’s a better idea than Instant Openness?

He could have upped the A314 to 3 as well. That alpha vibe, to me, would be very important for any kind of interview.

That might be true, never mention any weaknesses until actually asked.

It was just the “more confidence” part that really caught me off.

Yes, I might try uping the dossage to 3 next time.