Sometimes the Best Interview Isn't About the Interview
Campus hiring season is here, and like many organizations, mine has been busy conducting recruitment drives. I was part of an off-campus hiring event as a technical panelist, interviewing fresh graduates over video calls. As I joined my first interview of the day, the candidate was already waiting on the bridge. She looked visibly nervous. To make her comfortable, I asked if she would like to take a minute, have some water, or simply gather her thoughts before we began. She politely declined, but her anxiety was evident. Every answer came with hesitation. She doubted herself before she had even completed a sentence. Fresh graduates often walk into interviews carrying more than just their resumes. They carry expectations, comparisons, uncertainty, and the fear of making a mistake. This generation faces a very different world from the one many of us entered. When I graduated, our biggest strength was our understanding of concepts. The internet wasn't always within reach, ...