How to get rid of interview anxiety for good.

93% of people experience interview anxiety. (JDP)

I promise, it's not random. It's specific. There's one question, maybe two, that you already know is coming. And every time you think about it, your stomach drops.

That's where you start.

Name the Question You're Dreading

Before you touch your resume. Before you apply anywhere. Sit down and ask yourself: what would I least want to be asked out loud, by someone deciding whether to hire me?

For me, it was simple: "What's your technical expertise?"

I didn't have one. I'd bounced across teams, picking up whatever the project needed. No specialty.

No clean answer. Just a list of half-related skills that felt like nothing.

That question alone could derail an entire interview if I let it.

Write the Honest Answer First

Not the polished one. The real one.

Write down exactly what you'd say if you had nothing to lose and nothing to prove. Include the parts that embarrass you. The job you left without a plan. The skill gap you've been hiding. The years that don't add up to a clean narrative.

This part is uncomfortable. It should be. You're surfacing the thing you've been avoiding, not performing it for an audience.

Find the Strength Inside Your Shortcomings

Here's the core move: a weakness at one company is a strength at another.

I kept circling back to that same gap — no specialty, no deep expertise in one stack. But I'd taken on ambiguous problems again and again. "Implement playback speed." No spec, no roadmap, just a vague ask.

I asked the right questions. I built the solution. I shipped it to millions of people.

That's not a gap. That's a skill. I just hadn't named it yet.

Rewrite the Answer

Now go back to the question you started with. Rewrite it using the strength you just found.

Mine became: "I don't specialize in one stack. I specialize in ambiguity — taking a vague problem, asking the right questions, and shipping something millions of people use."

Same fact. Different frame. And now it's an answer you can say out loud without flinching.

Do this with every question on your list. The fear doesn't come from the question. It comes from not having an answer yet.