Coaching practices for How to Get Over Post Interview Anxiety

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• I get through a hard thing and then just move on without ever clocking that I handled it, so it never seems to make the next one any easier
• It went fine, and now a voice says all that worry was a waste and I could ease off next time
• The hardest moments are the joins and the exits
• Right before I walk into the presentation I’m jittery and small, and I want a quiet minute on my own to physically settle into feeling steady and grounded, so all the prep I did actually shows up instead of getting swallowed by nerves.
• Even once the worst of it passes, I can’t get back into the room

Practices that may help

1. Debrief after each stressful encounter
   Within 24 hours of a challenging event, review what you did, what worked, and what you will adjust.
   Stress Inoculation Training
2. Debrief after performance without letting relief collapse the strategy
   After a successful performance, acknowledge the outcome honestly without abandoning the preparation habit that produced it.
   Defensive Pessimism, Made Practical
3. Build scripts for situation entry and transitions
   Prepare simple, natural openers and transitions so you’re not improvising from scratch under pressure.
   Overcoming Shyness: Philip Zimbardo’s Framework
4. Set your posture before high-stakes moments
   Take a private moment to settle into a confident posture before a presentation or hard talk.
   Posture and Confidence, Honestly Explained
5. Engage with the present moment
   Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
   The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical
6. Debrief performances to recover from threat appraisals
   After a high-stakes event, restructure what happened to extract learning and reduce the residual threat signal.
   Challenge vs. Threat Appraisal, Made Practical
7. Cope-ahead planning for high-stakes interactions
   Rehearse a difficult conversation in detail — mentally and verbally — before it happens.
   DBT Interpersonal Effectiveness: Getting What You Need Without Destroying the Relationship
8. Apply EFT to specific performance anxiety triggers
   EFT has the strongest self-guided evidence for test anxiety, public speaking, and sports performance stress.
   EFT Tapping: What It Is, How to Do It, and What the Evidence Shows
9. Combine worry exposure with relaxation skill
   After the exposure period, apply a relaxation practice to close each session with a deactivation phase.
   Worry Exposure, Made Practical
10. Map your stress response (conceptualization phase)
    Before you train coping, understand the full sequence: trigger → appraisal → body → behavior → consequence.
    Stress Inoculation Training

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