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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dheepa" data-source="post: 46508" data-attributes="member: 1572">I really relate to this. I was completely unconfident in my interviews in my first cycle that I often came across as very robotic and stoic when that's the complete opposite of my actual personality. The biggest thing I did to increase my confidence was talk to myself. I know it sounds crazy  but before an interview I would genuinely try to imagine myself in a room answering questions about myself and my experiences. Not only did this help me become more confident in the things that I was saying (because I'd already repeated them to myself so many times), but it really helped me relax myself because when I did repeat them in an interview context, it felt no different from all the self conversing I'd done on my own. Another thing I always tried to remind myself of is that partners are ordinary people too. They are there in that room because they genuinely want to know more about you and everything you bring to the table. The best interviews I've had are ones where I've reminded myself of this and managed to just have a good back and forth conversation with the partners. Tangible things you can do to help with that is smiling at things they've said (sounds simple I know but works wonders), posing questions on their views (after you've answered of course) if you're discussing a commercial awareness topic, and maybe even truthfully answering the how are you doing question all interviews tend to start with. I once got asked this and fully mentioned that while I was nervous I managed to relax myself by watching a pretty well known movie last night and the partner and I fully had a five minute conversation on that movie after that before starting the interview. In other words, really let your chatty personality shine through!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Small things like this really demonstrate that you are a confident person who can hold your own in a room despite any stumbles you might make during the actual interview. As Jacob has already said, interviewers will rarely ever see someone as cocky or arrogant if you're simply highlighting the truly impressive things you've done. I imagine behaviour that maybe would come across as arrogant would if you're being loud and brash, rudely disagreeing with your interviewers, or making overly friendly and informal remarks. I think that as long as you avoid doing any of these things, it would be very difficult to perceive you as being cocky. Remember that you are there because they really do want to know about your experiences, and its much better to make a strong impression with by detailing the true extent of everything you've done rather than underselling yourself.</blockquote>

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