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This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.

I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Max List.

It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps people find fulfilling careers.

Every Wednesday on this show, I interview a career expert. We discuss the tools you need

to find the work you want. This week, I'm talking to Rachel Beam about how to own the room

in a job interview. Rachel is an executive coach and speaker. She helps her clients with public

speaking, negotiation, and job interviews. And she joins us today in person

in the Max List studio in Portland, Oregon. Rachel, welcome to the show. Walking into a job

interview is scary for most of us. What's the most important step listeners can take before going

through that door? Thank you, Mack. It's a pleasure to be here. You're right. Walking into a job interview

can be a very daunting proposition. It's kind of like going on a blind date. You have a lot of

future riding on this potentially, and it can be very nerve-wracking. So I would say the number one thing for people to keep in mind

is to prepare themselves mentally before they go into a job interview, take a moment to breathe,

and remind yourself who you are and how you want to be in that interview. It's important,

of course, to think about what you want to say,

you know, prepare for the potential questions you're going to get and that sort of thing.

And yet often I find job seekers when I coach them, they have these scripts that they come

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