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We have a plan for that.<br />\r\nHi everybody I\u2019m Brian Clapp Director of Content for WorkinSports.com and this is the Work in Sports podcast\u2026<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhat a weekend. Notre Dame wins the Womens national championship, baseball is here, ESPN launched a new morning show, and sister jean got ousted from the tournament.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nGood times.<a href=\"https://www.workinsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/qa_coverD.png\"></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nThis also means today is the final day of our #Jobmadness promotion \u2013 get two weeks full membership at WorkinSports.com for just $5. Yep $5. All you have to do is tell me you are interested and I\u2019ll send you a personal promo code. You can contact me through <a href=\"mailto:podcast@workinsports.com\">podcast@workinsports.com</a> \u2013 or through my linkedin profile, or through our private facebook group\u2026or by smoke signals. I\u2019m very available.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIt also means our bracket challenge is near a close \u2013 for those of you that didn\u2019t enter this year \u2013 simple premise, beat my bracket, get a free month at workinsports.com.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nGoing into the final game tonight I am in 105th place \u2013 which means 104 people are destined to get a free month at Work in Sports. BUT, I have Villanova winning it all so I could jump ahead many.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMost important to me is that I beat Kelsey Smith, one of the members of our private facebook group who is currently in 71st place, but had Duke winning\u2026which they will not.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLook like if Villanova wins it\u2019s diems37 with the win, and if Michigan wins it\u2019s King Luca III. One of them will get a $100 gift card so stay tuned.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nQuick sidenote: I was driving down to the Philadelphia Airport Wednesday night to pick up my mother in law at the airport\u2026we\u2019re stuck in crazy traffic, all for a sudden motorcade sirens everywhere\u2026 left lane getting cleared out, everyone mad and honking\u2026 then boom, big bus passes by from Villanova with huge police escort. Immediately everyone went from mad to cheering. Just goes to show the only thing that can overcome road rage is sports.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nJust saying.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAlright today\u2019s question comes from Nathan in New York.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHi Brian, I have a job interview in a week with a company I am very excited to work for, but I\u2019m pretty nervous for two reasons. One, they told me I\u2019d be facing an interview panel, which sounds intimidating. And two, in my last interview I was asked to describe two of my strengths and two of my weaknesses and I feel like I bombed that question. I could feel the interviewers disappointment in my answer. Can you help me with the panel idea and how to handle that question? <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI love the way you put that Nathan \u2013 you could feel their disappointment. It\u2019s so true, I\u2019ve been there before when you answer a question and immediately sense the drop in temperature in the room, or the subtle body language change from the interviewer. It\u2019s an awful feeling.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLet\u2019s talk about that question because it comes up in every single interview. But first, let\u2019s talk techniques for a panel, which is also very common.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe reason employers do panel interviews is to see how you handle pressure. That\u2019s it. That is the purpose. Can you handle multiple people asking a myriad of questions, with a confusing array of thoughts in your head\u2026and still remain calm, sound intelligent and exude confidence.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI began doing panel interviews when I was a News Director for a sports network, because the jobs I was hiring for required people who could react and respond under pressure.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBefore you imagine a\u00a0Law and Order\u00a0style interrogation taking place, that\u2019s not what a panel job interview is. What we\u2019re talking about is around ten people in a roo...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/59f10fcc-c5de-4195-9b50-dd83ba79575a/wispod-cover.png"}