Hi Sup Forums

Hi Sup Forums,
I'm a literal sperg. I'm currently in a shitty help desk role. I need your advice.
I've been searching for a better job for 18+ months now and had about a dozen interviews.
Each and every one rejected. I can't stop panicking during interviews. Every time I get asked a question I don't know or if I have experience with something I don't, I stutter and freak out, get so nervous my speech slurs, and become incomprehensible until I can think of some bullshit.
This is 10+ interviews failed. So my questions to you Sup Forums are this. You are in a tech interview and asked if you have experience with something you don't, what do you say?
You are asked a question you don't know, what do you do?
Also I've been told kill myself countless times so it doesn't really have an impact on me anymore if you were thinking of saying that.

You should lie about it and make up an answer

How old are you?

23

no joke, have you thought about going to something like toastmasters?

Drink a shot of whisky (or any other alcohol) 20 minutes before the interview and you'll do much better. This is a pretty common interview tactic. Just don't drink more than that and remember to use mouthwash/gum so you don't smell of alcohol.

Just be yourself

Looks interesting, I'll consider it.

Ask your employer if they can send you on some kind of communication or assertiveness course. Argue that it's essential for being in a customer-facing role.

Not a bad idea at this rate.

wow I should do this desu

bump
still looking for answers about what to say/do in these scenarios

Just confidently admit you don't have the answer off the top of your head but you know where to look to find the information.

No one is expecting you to be perfect, sometimes they will try to derail you just to see how you handle it. You have to keep a positive attitude even when you don't know the answer.

Serious answer here. I'm going to start with two assumptions: you're applying for a junior-type role (which I'm pretty certain is the case), and the interview is good quality (so conducted by actual competent, hopefully at least semi-technical people, who want to actually assess you - as opposed to just some paper pusher who wants to tick some boxes, mark as "ok" or "skip", and be done with you).
Interviewers will likely expect you to not know everything. When I got my job as a pre-university paid intern, I was able to witness other interns being interviewed or submitting coding exercises. Some even got hired for a probation period. And holy shit, people can be such retards - which is why something like fizzbuzz can be effective. So employers aren't looking for someone who knows everything - they're looking for someone who's competent.
This means that, when inevitably they come upon an area you don't know or have no experience with, they are looking for two things:
>you can, and are willing to, learn new things if required
>you can operate under pressure, admit failings, and work constructively to correct them
Keep in mind that during the job, you might come up on situations you're unfamiliar with, or have to learn something new. An employer who can see during the interview that you handle this professionally, state the issue you're having clearly (instead of trying to fudge something), and show initiative in resolving it (whether it be saying something like "I don't know how to do this, but I would research stackoverflow and the official documentation to figure out these bits" or just asking for help - and there's nothing shameful about the latter, remember: always better to ask for help quickly, and get on with your work within 5 minutes, than waste hours trying to fumble about and failing to figure something out by yourself).

user thank you. This is exactly what I needed to hear. I was coming from the mindset that if you can't answer something you're instatrashed. I guess le trashman meme got to me too much.

That could perhaps be true for some senior positions. Or extremely competitive ones, where maybe some famous company wants to hire 4 people and has 80 applicants.

But even then, if you try to fudge or lie, unless you're absolutely 100% convincing you're basically telling your employer: "whenever something goes wrong, I will waste company time instead of asking for help, I will do my best to hide it and pass it off as perfectly working, and make sure I don't get blamed for it, and then when my completely broken shit wrapped in gold foil inevitably collapses, someone else will have to spend a lot of time picking up all the pieces". No employer ever wants that. It's quite possibly the worst thing you could do on an interview.

OK user I'm going to give you some feedback.

In whatever you stuttered in the past do a research.
You're looked down upon by being in a tech support position.
Get more knowledge about the position you are applying.

Honestly at 23 I don't really think you can make it. I'm 24 and at my job (software developer) I always get to interview help desk people that want to change areas and most of the time they are older 28+ than me, but they really are dumb or something, I've yet to meet a tech support chimp that's proficient in any technical field.

You could try to improve yourself or get into a role that suits your skill level

Oh yeah I also want to add - since the basis of this is honesty about what you do and don't know, make sure you actually know enough things to make a decent impression. You don't have to know everything, and it's alright to admit that like I already said. But if the job is going to be, say, a C++ programming job, and you come in with a dashing smile and proudly announce "I have never touched C++ in my life!", you won't have a very good shot.

This, help desk people are worse than pajeets in my book.
>t. Microsoft team developer leader

I used to be a sperg who sat in his parent's basement playing TF2 into the early morning and I have solid advice, but only if you're willing to change:

1) Go to the gym
2) Be comfortable communicating, both verbally and emotionally
3) Study successful people and emulate their behaviors.

I'm 24, married, own my house and 2 cars, which 8 years ago, was a pipe dream, so I can only wish you the best of luck.

Isn't 23 still young? Besides in trying to get into networking not programming. I just got my CCNA and have my CompTIA trio though that doesn't mean much.

kiss yourself

CCNA is just a meme, but networking may be a good choice of career, get some certifications in Huawei.
And really give it a second read of what I posted earlier, get good.

Would CCNP set me apart? Or is that meme tier too. Git gud not age got it.

Oh yeah? How about I kiss you?

Yeah, CCNP is good enough, also get some knowledge on other brands

Go to a doctor

Ok I'll do that. Help desk is my only experience and I have no degree but CCNP and another vendor's cert would probably tip the scales in my favor I suppose as well as getting in shape.

have you tried actually knowing your shit and not just hoping you'll get in?

I'm usually able to correctly answer most questions.

Yes take advantage of your current employment to pay for all certs you can get, at least, Cisco + Huawei.
If you got no college you can try to get at least some courses from edx or coursera related to the field.

I wish I could hug you user. Hopefully someday I'll make a post about my career when I'm more successful and you'll recognize me. Thanks SENPAI.

*and then he just went back to his regular old ways*

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