I've had the good fortune of landing a number of interviews recently, and it's dawned on me that I just don't care anymore. That's right, I just don't care. Oh, I care about my job search. I care about landing the right opportunity. I care about my ability to effectively present myself as a viable solution to my next employer's problem. I just don't care about putting up "The Façade".
You know what I'm talking about. Your game face. The interview identity. "The Façade". I don't know that I ever really put one up, but I know that recently I've become much more cognizant of just being myself, and not trying to figure out in this chess game we call an interview, what it is the person across the table is thinking, or what it is they're looking for in their candidate. I just don't care. Sounds pretty arrogant, doesn't it? Frankly, I just don't care.
Let's put this all in perspective if we can. We can all put on "The Façade" when we need to, and we all need to from time to time. The interview is not the pace to do it and let me tell you why. It sets up unrealistic, and in many instances, false expectations. You are who you are, and I am who I am, and trying to be the "everything to everyone" by morphing yourself, your beliefs, and your posture on a given scenario in an interview is plainly just a lie. Why would you lie to someone who's trying to hire you? Don't try to sell an apple to someone who needs an orange. Focus on being the best orange you can be, by letting the real you come out in an interview. More than likely, the interviewer is going to see through "The Façade" of red paint, smooth skin, and stem you've put on and recognize the orange colored, textured skin and navel that comprise the orange that's sitting in front of them.
Imagine the scenario when you get settled into your new job, where your employer expected what they saw in the interview, and you've taken off "The Façade" and fallen back into your comfort zone as something diametrically opposed to what was presented in the interview. Well, better dust off the resume again because the clock is ticking on your short tenure in your new job.
Just be yourself. You can't be anything else, and somewhere out there, someone wants an orange. I'm not even sure what fruit I am, but there is one thing I do know:
I just don't care any more.
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