Nerves and Jitters

This is the week of the Business Symposium! I can feel my nerves increasing as the day gets nearer. The fear of stumbling over my words or dropping my folder has cemented in my mind. I am hoping to focus on quick thinking and preparing for some common questions that I will be asked in order to decrease the possibility of my mind drawing a blank.

This makes ISM feel official. This is our first step outside of the classroom and into the real world- a frightening prospect. As high school students, we have limited experience in the professional world. Outside of shadowing professionals during summer, I am new to how to act and present myself in such an official environment. Understanding how to interview another person and, in turn, be interviewed by them is something novel. I find myself at a loss for how to answer standard interview questions.

What challenge or conflict have I faced and how have I dealt with it?

What strengths do I, an inexperienced high school student, have?

These answers I will need to take the time to ponder and formulate an answer to. These are crucial to understanding what I have to offer and allow me to make a first impression in what limited time I have to talk to these professionals. Even if there is no one in a similar field to what I am interested in, I am sure I will gain valuable knowledge about how to present myself and, along the way, hopefully get a confidence boost.