Perseverance

The worst thing you can do when setting out to improve your
interview performance is give up because it all seems too hard.
Quitters invariably get nowhere. They certainly don’t land great jobs
and build great careers. On the other hand, people who persevere
very often gain valuable insights simply because they have the
stamina to stick it out.

18 interview skills that win the job
The people we admire most are often those who face seemingly
insurmountable obstacles yet instead of quitting, quietly resolve to
overcome them. On the other side of the coin, the people we generally
least respect are those who are forever starting things without
finishing them. They tend to be the same people who make grandiose
claims but end up delivering little or nothing. One common
characteristic that chronic quitters tend to have is low self-esteem—
they don’t really believe in themselves. And if you don’t believe in
yourself, others usually don’t believe in you either—not a great place
to be when you’re trying to convince interviewers to believe in your
abilities. These are the people who are often heard saying things
such as: ‘That’s too hard’, ‘I can’t learn that’, ‘What will others
think’, etc. They also tend to be the people who are always
complaining about things but never seem to take any action to
correct them because there’s always an excuse.

You don’t have to be a chronic quitter or burdened with low
self-esteem to give up on working on your interview skills—there
could be any number of other reasons. However, if you’re reading
this book there’s a good chance that improving your interview skills
is an important priority in your life, and therefore should not be
let go easily. If you feel you might be one of those people who is
standing on the precipice of quitting, here is a little exercise that
can assist you to take a step or two back from the edge.