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What can I do to gain more confidence in my answers?

Try not to over think or doubt yourself because 9 times out of 10 the first answer was the right one.

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Sikawayi’s Answer

Hello Nykeria, what a great question, here's a trick I learned when I was in college. My professor always asked the class to turn in a draft of the paper we were going to write and a week later we would turn in the paper, well I always wanted my paper to be perfect so I would reread it and edit it at least five times. Needless to say, that didn't work out very well grade wise, but my teacher explained to me that I only needed to do one edit of my paper. It was very difficult at first but at some point, it got easier. I don't think you don't have confidence in your answers I think you want it to be the best you can do. Best of luck
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Nora’s Answer

Hello Nykeria, thanks for asking this question! I am glad to share my personal learnings with you:


* Build a storytelling around your answer
* Be kind to yourself - if you don't believe in what you are telling - nobody will believe you
* Try to prepare yourself - make some bullet point what you want to cover
* Remember: The person or your audience want to get to know you, to hear what you want to tell - they are human as well :)
* It helps to a friend, mentor, colleagues etc who can hear to your presentation

I hope it helps, Good luck and Geeting from Munich
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Carol’s Answer

It would depend on the question, of course. But one way would be to try and get a better understanding of your core values and goals. These can become pillars that can answer career based questions like what you're looking out of a job in the present or the future, the skills you'd like to develop, or even what you find valuable in a team or project. When it comes to fact-based information, feel free to have notes that you can quickly access either digitally or written. For me, having them in digital format is a quick way to search for specific wording or terms (Ctrl+F and searching for the terms I'd like to review). It may not be the full answer you're looking for, but I hope it helps as a start!
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Adriana’s Answer

Have you try Toastmasters Club?
if you are too young, you might want to find a Gavel Toastmasters Club.
You can practice to make and answer questions, there is a portion in the session called the Tabletopics, if you practice enough you will gain confidence.
Other option...what about playing games where you have to answer questions about yourself, about general knowledge, the important is get a practice where you can have some fun while overcoming all the challenges you face when you have to answer in a formal enviroment. Learn and preactice a structured answer.
Answers can be structured as a letter: Context, answer the question, and finally close with your opinion/conclusion.. (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)
if this is an informal conversation you can always have an expression to the question made and then continue with the structure.
In a formal conversation the initial reaction could be something that the question reminded you, then again, context, answer the question...and your conclusion.
I hope I had helped you with your question
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