Tips to Handle Rejection at a Job Interview

Bangalore: Interviews are on full swing, despite of the global economic crisis. For fresher, both academic and non-academic interviews will be in the call list. Being one among them, probably you have also started practicing for GDs (group discussions) and PIs (personal interviews). Along with preparing for interview, it is important for you to train yourself for coping failure in an interview. You might get enough idea on what kind of questions can be expected from an interview board. When it comes to the real interview process, there may be hundreds of candidates attending for every position where many of them get rejected. During a job search, it is common for every candidate - to face a rejection.  Have you ever prepared to face a rejection in an interview? Most of you might be not. But handling a failure has a great influence on your further job search. 

Here are few tips to deal with your rejection in interview.

Don’t take it personally:

It is better to remember most of the best and experienced candidates have met failures in their life at some point of time. A job interview cannot be taken as the parameter for your professional value as it only depends on your performance during the interview. Your rejection in job interview doesn’t mean the end of job search; it shows your job application didn’t match the particular job criteria. You should learn to stay tuned.