I had an interview yesterday to volunteer in a really important sector to me. I prepared so much, I had 9 pages of notes. It was a competency based interviews and I had loads of examples but of course the examples I had ready were not relevant to the question.
So I had to really think on the spot which I think I managed to do okay and they were nodding encouragingly, however, one example I gave he said, 'that's a good answer as we are working with families but do you think there's another answer you could give us? It's fine if you can't'. I then clarified the question and came up with another example which I thought was a weak one but really was wracking my brain.
Another question I answered and then he said, 'I don't want to prompt you but are you trying to say....'
I felt like the way I was speaking was very dumbed down, I just couldn't find the words I was looking for. And I realised AFTERWARDS that I had never used any of the buzzwords notes down. Kicking myself.
At the end he said that those were the types of examples they were looking for and there was no right and wrong and were just looking for my experiences and opinions. And he said twice he could tell I'd done a lot of background research.
It only ran for 25 minutes also.
I can't stop thinking about it, I feel like I really messed it up. And when trying to think back I can't even remember some of my answers to the question, it all seems a bit of a blur and I worry that I was rambling on.
Does it sound like I've well and truly fucked it? It's my first interview in 3 years and I'm kicking myself. So gutted.