So I had an interview with Google in which I turned into a total gibbering idiot. Tongue-tied, lost for words, forgot simple things. I had worked myself up about it - read so many scary reports about it that I was a nervous wreck. Totally fluffed it - the guy was so nice - I was stammering at one point and he said “Look I know what you mean to say but you’re obviously a bit flustered - is this what you meant?” And I said “SYN, SYN-ACK, ACK” about three times in a row and was unable to start the next sentence because I kept doing it. And then I forgot the basic data types in Perl and then I couldn’t remember what the definition of a ‘salt’ was - all I could think of was condiments. Which didn’t help. Ah well. Interviews have always been my weakest point - I get stomach cramps, panic and my normally reasonably articulate self goes totally to shit. I did have a vague plan of having a nerve-steadying drink beforehand. I was all sensible and decided not to. Am now rather regretting that decision. At least I would have gone down with a higher-than-zero blood alcohol level…. :)