I'm currently applying for software engineering roles in several companies. I seem to do well on the CV screening part of the interview process, but have a very hard time when being interviewed "in person" (currently mostly over video anyways).
Could you share some tips, tricks or anecdotes on how to:
1) Be less nervous while being interviewed
2) Make a bigger impression on an interviewer
I once got a job from an interview, that completely derailed. We had rescheduled a few times, cause somebody messed it up. It all worked out after I had a call with the secretary of the big chief.
20 minutes in, I wasn't asked a single serious question but listen to them talk about scheduling how busy everyone was. Then the big chief had to leave and was again very apologetic about it.
I worked there for 6 month before going back to university and finishing my master. Was really nice, never saw anyone from the interview again, though. Got introduced to the team as a friend of the big chief and everyone was very nice to me.
Always be nice to the secretary.