Super scared for apprenticeship interviews & assessment centres b

I had a telephone interview today morning and it was horrible. I prepared but when i was asked questions I gave short answers because I was so nervous& my voice was so shaky. I've applied for many apprenticeships and they all have assessment centres which I am so nervous for. I'm so so so scared for the presentation because I have social anxiety but i really want the apprenticeships I don't know what to do. I have the worst anxiety and as I'll be presenting on my own it makes me even more nervous I talk quick and my voice shakes. I want to become confident but I don't know how. I feel like everyone will be judging me & waiting for me to mess up. I feel like I'll mess up and look stupid or I'll be asked something I don't know the answer to. How can I do well in interviews and assessment centres even though I'm the shyest person ever and have the worst anxiety.

Reply 1

RisingAngel-007

Don't be worried! I was exactly like you when I was applying, after about 10 interviews/ACs I got the hang of it and I was 1000x more confident. Take every interview/AC as an experience and enjoy the process! Good luck :smile:

Reply 2

rdlewiss

Original post by RisingAngel-007

This is really reassuring, thank you! Are you doing an apprenticeship right now?

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Reply 3

RisingAngel-007

Original post by rdlewiss

This is really reassuring, thank you! Are you doing an apprenticeship right now?

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No problem, yes I started 2 weeks ago.

Good luck with your journey! You've made the right choice to do an apprenticeship.

Reply 4

X4NDER

Don't worry, I felt the same way when I was doing my assessment centres last year! In the AC's I went to then my feedback was that I was shy, altough I am working on this. There we're plenty of questions that I've been unable to give good anwsers to, just be honest with the assesors. The good news is I'm now on a highly competitive degree apprenticeship scheme, so as long as you're motivated for the role and course you'll be fine :smile:

Reply 5

rdlewiss

Original post by X4NDER

Oh congrats! Well done in getting the apprenticeship :smile:

I'm also hoping that I'll get into a degree apprenticeship scheme I've found but they just seem as if they're so competitive & necessary to be so confident!

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