Job Interview Questions: Question on requesting another job interview?

I was too nervous in a job interview and did poorly. Would it be helpful to email the employer that "May I request another interview, because I was too nervous and I should have done better?"

Thanks for any helpful answer.

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It would be extremely unlikely that they would grant you another interview. Interviews take time to do and most managers are too busy to give people "do overs" if they didn't do well the first time. Unfortunately it's up to you to calm yourself and present yourself well and as a manager who does a lot of interviewing I wouldn't give anyone a do over just because they felt they didn't do well. Sorry, just being honest here.

What you could do though which has a better chance of succeeding is to email the employer to thank them for the interview and say something along the lines that you hope they can look past your nervousness to hire you (and very very briefly reiterate one or two points of why you still think you're the best candidate for the job). You can also let them know you haven't been to many interviews yet and if they have any constructive feedback on how you could do better (regardless if they choose to hire you or not), that would be very good. Very few people think to ask for feedback on their interviewing skills and fail interview after interview without any idea why when they could just ask. Not all interviewers will provide feedback, but some will and that's invaluable information.

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• No, it wouldn't be helpful. Most employers now and days do multiple interviews. If you did not receive a call back from them, then they are not interested in you. Giving you another chance would not be of their concern as there are probably many more other candidates they have to interview. They can't double back just because you messed up and should have done better.
  
  Even if it was a phone interview, the answer remains the same.


• telling a prospective employer you blew the interview because you were nervous tells the employer you don't perform well under pressure. i doubt very much if you can get another interview.