[strivingforgrowth08]

So this is my 2nd post since I've joined this forum.
You can find my first post titled "Hello, a little about me and what brought me here" in the welcoming forum. I guess I can't post links yet I just learned lol.

I had an interview about a week and a half ago and I thought it went well. It's for an entry level management position at my current work. I have quite a bit of experience in leadership and management but don't have a permanent title. Anyways, Why did I think it go well? Well the two interviewers made me feel comfortable and I've had interviews where the interviewer sighed at my lack of confidence which was years ago. I've been at the same company for 6 years so I haven't had a ton of interviews. Anyways, I thought my interview went well because I also meditated in my lock room before and it brought my anxiety down. My interview went better than a lot of my other ones. It wasn't stellar but this is an entry level management position at my work.
So I was told last Wednesday from another manager (who was not in the interview) that they want me to redo the interview because they believe I have the talent but not the confidence. That felt like my stomach just dropped cause I thought they were either gonna go yay or nay. Nope I gotta jump through hoops.
I already had the feeling of imposter syndrome where they were going to discover I lack confidence and suck at talking, which THEY DID. It finally happened.
They sat me down last Friday, the two interviewers and said they know I can do this position and they know I have what it takes but they feel I didn't sell it in the interview. They said I need to be able to platform myself in front of others because I will be having to do business overviews with the district and regional managers. I also will get put into a recruiting pool where if a position higher opens up I will be interviewing with other stores and the other store managers don't personally know my work ethic and all that i've accomplished compared to my two interviewers so I am going to need to interview well in front of them.
Anyways they give me some tips and pointers and all that.
I didn't actually prep for the interview cause I ran out of time so I will be doing that.

I just am wondering if anyone has any suggestions or resources that have helped them in situations like this?

[yogiK]

Fake it until you make it! It sounds like they see potential in you- otherwise they wouldn't be moving you forward to interview again at all. Have faith, try and be confident, and do your best! The universe has your back