How to ace job interviews
2025・11Most people only think about what they’ve done when they’re forced to — like right before a job interview. They scramble to remember projects, rewrite their pitch, and try to sound genuine and confident.
But stories pieced together the night before always sound like that — pieced together. Rehearsed, shaky, a little fake. You can’t fake confidence or clarity; you have to build it as you go. And one of the best ways to do that is journaling.
If you write down what you do each day — what you worked on, what went well, what didn’t — you start to see patterns. You learn what you’re good at, what drains you, and what actually matters. You become conscious of your work instead of just moving through it.
That’s not only useful for interviews; it changes how you work. When you notice what you’re doing, you naturally do it better. Awareness compounds.
Spend five minutes a day writing a few sentences. Over time, you’ll have a record of your progress — not the polished kind you write for a CV, but the real one that shows how you got better.
When the next interview comes, you won’t need to distill ten years of experience or rehearse stories. You’ll be ready for any behavioral riddle — sharing insights and examples that are real, grounded, and confident.