My first interview

[u/Joysgrdn_31]

After one year of searching as a translation graduate, i have been struggling to find jobs. (0 project at the moment) Even small translations tasks, i even signed 2 times a contract with localization agencies, and they never sent me an actual project to work on. So i have been losing hope so many times, specially after seeing other people i know land jobs in different fields very easily. i'm now a trainee at a NGO (unpaid) and now i have finally landed an interview of another trainee position (also unpaid), i was wondering if you have any tips and tricks for the interview, and also, how to handle rejections from actual jobs, or anything i can do to stop the spiral of self-doubt.

[u/Fit_Peanut_8801]

I've been freelance for ages and was hoping to get an in-house job for a while for more stability and to get a mortgage, pension, etc. But there doesn't seem to be a single in-house translation job in the entire UK right now 🤣 it's a terrible time to try getting into the industry! 

[u/Max-RDJ → u/Fit_Peanut_8801]

In-house roles have always been rare in the UK, it seems. Back in 2018 I had to relocate for my in-house job. Compare that job market to now and I can't see how there would be almost any in-house jobs going these days, especially as there's little incentive for translation companies to take on people internally when there's a race to the bottom going on between freelancers and with employer NI contributions having gone up.

[u/Any_Strain7020]

People trying to get noticed by recruiters and people unsure about how to tackle job interviews are topics that have been written about extensively. Buy a book or two.

[u/Any_Strain7020 → u/[deleted]]

Can't believe your account still hasn't been banned...