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I recently earned my SCJP. By some miracle, I received feedback on a job I applied to. They're looking for an Associate Java Programmer... someone with 1-2 years of experience.

Tomorrow they're doing the "phone screen". I'm so scared, I might be too nervous and forget everything I know. How do I calm down? And, what type of questions should I expect?
 
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Brush up on the Java fundamentals. Don't be nervous. Treat each interview as a free technical training session. Go with a win/win mindset. If you get the job it is great. If you don't get the job, you end up learning what you did right, what went well, and what did not go well, etc. So, you can improve on things that did not go well in your future interviews. Also remember that interviewrs are not only assessing your technical skills, but also your soft skills, personal attributes, attitude, etc

Good luck.
 
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Arulk,

Thanks... that really put it in perspective for me. I'll keep all of that in mind... and just learn from this experience no matter what happens.
 
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One useful tip to get over the nervousness is to *not* think that you GOT to get this job. Treat this like a useful experience of getting familiar with how the interview process works. Think in this way that you would require few unsuccessful tries in interviews like these and thus would know what's & the how's of these interviews. If you start looking at the possible outcome of this interview, naturally that would make you nervous. Treat this coming interview as a practice session. You will be cool. All the best.
 
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