You think the job interviewer wants to be doing this? That they get off on asking you these questions? No, they are scared of screwing up too. The gruff director your first day on set, the drill sergeant with a fresh batch of green recruits, the front office executive negotiating your contract—their aura of certainty is an illusion. They’re just as nervous as anybody else. They’re pretending too. And when you get up close, you’ll find the mismatch is hardly as great as you expected. A little awareness, a little empathy, it doesn’t make us soft. It gives us confidence. Now we see what’s really
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