Invited to interview but...

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I recently applied for a new role within the company I work for it is a grade higher than I am currently on. However the interview process includes a 10 minute presentation and I struggle with nerves and confidence at the best of times, let alone being able to string a coherent sentence together for a presentation. On the one hand I want to withdraw my application because presenting is just not me but on the other hand I am pleased to have been shortlisted.? How can I best deal with this? I am not sure if the presentation is standing up in front of the panel or how it will be set up, would it be ok to ask for further info on this element? Don't want to seem needy? Any help/words of wisdom would be hugely appreciated.

Examples of Venn diagrams, there are lots of places online to do them. They're super easy, visually incredibly appealing and they're very intuitive. I'd go with skills and what I've done in my previous post and in the middle I'd do the dream job and how both sides touch on that:

Beta blockers are fantastic in these sort of situations. Might be worth contacting your gp to ask if they can prescribe some. Please don't cancel the interview.

I’m not a presenter. I hate it. I dread it for days. I have to obsessively prep. I luckily manage to avoid it most of the time at work, but occasionally get cornered.

I work myself into a tizzy, yet I know rationally that I am actually an excellent public speaker and have gotten the feedback to prove it. This is just one of those things That some of us were not built to feel comfortable with.

You shouldn’t let it hold you back. Just accept that you will need to spend more prep time on presentations than other people. Remember that some things you find easy, others will struggle with so it balances out.

Power poses don't work. This has been debunked by, among others, the woman who did the original research.

Oh really? I didn’t know that. Can you point me to that info?

Thanks

I agree. I use propanalol for presentations. Doesn't take away the fear but does stop the shaky voice and tremors that send it spiralling into a disaster. I order mine from an online pharmacy and they're very quick to send them out.

Don't necessarily follow the no slides advice blindly OP, it depends on your interviewer, industry and the exact working of the question as to whether this would be appropriate, I suspect.

I have always done presentations for interviews and now sometimes conduct interviews. It would be frowned upon in my workplace to not submit slides in advance. We use them to prepare questions to ask based on your presentation.

The point of asking you to present is to show that you can formulate an idea and follow it through logically. And then explain it clearly and concisely to others. Unless your job is going to be presentation-heavy, it is not particularly about how good you are at public speaking at all.

Write your slides, get someone else to sanity check them for you and then practise. Don't worry about them being text heavy: this makes it easier for the interviewer to prepare. How long do you need to speak for?

Thank you all for replying and your really useful suggestions, I am off to prepare and practice!