I don't know why I have semi-anxiety about asking questions to job candidates. Maybe it is because no matter what I think anything I have to ask is stupid and I'll be judged for asking something that everyone else thinks is obvious? And I know that our professors are also paying attention to what we have to say and ask, so I don't want any of them to think less of me for asking something to a job candidate that is actually really idiotic.
So I end up having to ask my question to a friend first, to make sure it is not completely off the rails.
And then I spend a while trying to figure out how to best word my question to make it not sound jumbled and all.
Then half the times, I won't ask it.
Today I did, which was good. Especially when my comparative prof followed up on it, making me think that maybe it wasn't such a horrible question after all.
I don't know why I have these problems. I'm hoping as I get older and more ingrained in the department, this particular anxiety will go away.
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