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Does anyone have solid interview advice for someone that is pretty socially awkward? I’ve had around 8-9 interviews and just graduated from college. Around 7 interviews I had during school so not getting a job then really didn’t bother me too much because it seemed like many places wanted people that could work at that time.

I’ve had 3 interviews since graduating (1 extremely small cpa firm, internship, and another small cpa firm). I’ve had 4 interviews with CPA firms so far and the interview questions are really simple. They never ask anything that made me really stumble and just your basic questions (favorite accounting topic, career goals, etc.). I’m currently studying for the CPA exam and have also had interviews with non-publics and they always seem really perturbed to the fact I want to become a CPA. This is probably obvious but should I lie to non public firms about my ambition to be a CPA? Also I feel really dejected due to all of my failures. My gpa was pretty weak in college (3.0), however I feel like the fact I had a leadership position in a business club and a solid year of internship experience should really give me the edge to at least find an entry level job. I’ve also been really irritated because I have sent thank you letters to many of the interviewers and a few have not contacted me at all regarding the position (sorry but I believe a letter in mail would be much better, its so tacky they don’t even contact you to say they decline you from a position). I’m currently waiting to hear back from a position however I feel like I will not get it because they said to expect to hear back last week and I just got an email from the interviewer saying she was sorry for being nervous and that she was new to the interview process (in response to my thank you letter).

Sorry for this long paragraph but thankfully I’ve been getting a lot of interviews. Any solid advice about interviews? I just don’t want to go through 10 more interviews and not get a job because I feel like my confidence will be so low if I get to that point. Thanks for any advice.

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