Few weeks ago, I have applied for a position among the company where I work currently. It is supposed to be an evolution. An evolution that I have been waiting for since I start working at this same company four years ago. I remeber my very first working day, my manager asked me how I was considering my futur? Given the fact that I’m an ambitious person, and that I know how important it is to have a clear perspectvie, a specific goal to achieve within a given periode of time, I told him that I will be giving myself between three and four years to evolve and aim a higher position with biggest responsabilities, provided that I would be competent and as long as I would have acquired enough knowledges and skills during my time within the company of course.

Today, here we are! Almost four years later, this job position seems to have come at the very appropriate time! Indeed, I feel like I have made my time in my current job and I have explored every aspect of it. I also feel like I have all the abilities equired to the newly opened position and even more. Most of all, I genuinely feel the need to change my environment, be surounded by different people, learn from them, be assigned new tasks and take up new challenges! It’s paramount if I want to continue to enhace myself and mostly, to enjoy my daily work and leave the house every morning excited and happy to tackle a new day.

With that being said, I was talking to my manager couple days ago, asking him about informations and clues about the hiring process, in order to prepare myself properly and put all the chances on my side. He told me that I would be doing some interview with some top managers from the region and therefor, it will be in English. He added that given the fact that the job has a lot to do with marketing and communication, one of the most important selection criteria is going to be my speaking / writing English level. What’s amazing about it is that just a year ago, I would have been sweating just by hearing this information! I would have put so much pressure on my shoulders to the point that I would have lost even the limited English skills I had at that time in front of the managers. However, today I have the very opposit feeling! Indeed, I feel pretty confident (without being pretancious) and I can't wait to have the opportunity to do it.

At first, I thought that I would prepare the interview by writing down some questions I’m likely to have as well as their answers in a piece of paper. It seemed to be a good and doable idea, since It would probably be a remote interview because of the situation we are all experiencing right now. Nonetheless, I have reflected about it at length and I ened up with the conclusion that it wouldn’t be the best approach to have at all. Indeed, by doing that my communication would probably sound robotique (I don’t know if this expression exist)! The truth is when you prepar something, it never sounds natural, and when you apply for a communication position, it’s a recipe for failure! Moreover, when you have a plan and you rely heavily on it, if anything goes not acording to the plan, you will lose your means for sure, which the worst scenario that could occur to you!

For these reasons and so many other, I have decided to take it easy, don't over think the upcoming interview and simply be myself. At the end of the day, sincerity and authenticity always pay off.