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How can I prepare for an interview?
The list of common things you can do to prepare for an interview is already pretty known.
Read about the company, prepare on the subjects you might be asked about during the conversation, dress acordingly to the company standard (that can be more or less formal depending on the companies), read all the books about job interviews (actually don't, at least not all of them!).
The great question is, what else can you do to be fully prepared? Advice number 1: relax, yes you will be evaluated by the person who is interviewing you but you are also evaluating their side. "Is this the company you want to work for, is this the right project for you, will the salary, career progression and personal development be the ones you are looking for?".

Another important advice is to never pretend to be someone you are not. This includes, straight up lying (which is a big NO as you will probably get caught eventually), and trying to agree with everything that is told or questioned about you with no second thoughts. Yes, sometimes if you don't pretend a little bit you won't get the job, but if you pretend to be something you are not, the chances are you'll probably end up getting a job you never wanted, in a company you never aimed for and having to go through all the process again in a couple of months.

Can we help you prepare for your next interview or maybe find the perfect match between your goals and the next step in your career? Drop me a line! I'm happy to have a chat about it with you.
I’m having second thoughts about my project. It’s like, meh… What should I do?
This is a great and tricky question! It is important that you speak with someone who can help you with it, this is most likely the person managing you.

Try to find out what is the future of that project, is it going through a bad phase and about to turn into something really exciting? Will it be worth the wait? If the answer is "no" and you really want to change, approach the person responsible for you and tell them. Don't bash on the actual project, focus on the positive things you are looking for in projects. That should be enough for your manager to understand that the current project isn't satisfying you.

If you aren't happy about your current situation, you should know which is the next step you want to take project wise. At KWAN we're happy to help you figure that out during our Career Coaching sessions. :)
Honesty and transparency are BIG values. It is 1000 times more worthy to have someone honest who wants to change project and straight up tells you so, than to have someone who pretends to be happy and then jumps out without any warning.