Even if... you don’t believe you can make small talk without sounding awkward.
Even if... you’ve convinced yourself you can't be confident and authentic at the same time.
Even if... your mind goes blank the moment they ask, “So, tell me about yourself.”
Even if... you replay interviews for days, wondering what you should’ve said.
And especially if... you’re great at your job but terrible at talking about it.
If you want to feel poised and speak about your work with confidence, not arrogance which secures a callback from your prospective employer...
No more anxiety in which way to answer the dreaded "Tell me about yourself" question.
No more endless hours scrolling through Reddit to get glimpses of common sense advice.
No more crickets after the interviews.

How to spot the Question Behind the Question and respond with clarity.
How to turn sticky or “gotcha” questions into power moves.
A system to stress-test your answers and anticipate follow-ups.
How to flip pressure back into curiosity about the role, team, or company.
Hi, I'm Katya Nicholas — Career Strategist and Executive Coach.
One day, while preparing a Sales Executive for an important interview, she suddenly paused and said,
“Wait... this is exactly how I approach prospective clients when I’m closing a deal. But I never thought to apply it to job interviews.”
That realization pushed me to codify what I’d been teaching for years: a clear, repeatable approach that turns interviews from nerve-wracking interrogations into intelligent, power-balanced conversations.
Even senior leaders with decades of experience, powerful networks, and impressive résumés admit they feel uneasy about job interviews.
And if they — with all their experience — feel uncertain, what does that mean for everyone else?
That’s how Interview Power Secrets came about: a practical guide to help you turn interview anxiety into composure, clarity, and control.

You believe people who interview you for a job hold all the power? Then this is for you.
You walk out replaying every word, convinced you “blew it” because of one awkward pause? Then this is for you.
You try to sound confident — but the more you rehearse, the more disconnected and stiff you feel?Then this is for you.
Your heart races, your mind blanks, and you start over-explaining just to fill the silence? Then this is for you.
You dread questions you can’t predict — terrified you’ll say something “wrong” and ruin your chances? Then this is for you.
You overanalyze what they think of your voice, your outfit, your posture — everything except the substance of your answers? Then this is for you.
You leave interviews feeling invisible — knowing you’re qualified, but they never really saw you? Then this is for you.
You tell yourself rejection isn’t personal… but it still lands like proof you’re not enough? Then this is for you.
This is not for you, if...
You want a list of “perfect answers” instead of learning how to respond to any question with authenticity rooted in your unique way of being.
You’re looking for scripts to memorize rather than understanding what’s really being tested in each question.
You believe confidence is something to fake until you make it.
You still see interviews as tests to pass, not conversations between equals.
You’re chasing quick confidence hacks instead of learning to keep your poise under pressure.

You don’t need to memorize a single script to feel composed.
You just need to understand how power moves through a conversation and how to meet it with calm, precise language that reveals your value instead of defending it.
The Interview Power Secrets book shows you how.
The Workbook gives you the structure to practice it until it becomes second nature.
Together, they’ll help you walk into any interview with poise, clarity, and quiet authority, even when the stakes feel super high.

The Interview Power Secrets book is $27.
The Interview Power Secrets Workbook is $22 when sold separately.
Get both today for $38.
You'll be able to add the Workbook at checkout for just $11.
Interview Power Secrets is your pocket companion: there when you need to revisit interview strategies to regain composure under pressure.
Interview Power Secrets Workbook is your printable toolkit: practical sheets to map out professional stories, refine answers, and rehearse under pressure.
If you’ve ever prepared for an interview the “proper” way, you know how exhausting it is.
You memorize scripts, study body language, practice your handshake, your posture, your smile… and somehow end up feeling less like yourself each time.
I recently came across one of those viral interview-prep articles. It was packed with theories about everything:
...micro-expressions
...mirror neurons
...psychology of snap judgments
...how to enter a room
...how to sit once you do
...and so on.
Every tip was technically valid.
But here’s the ironic part: I’ve coached executives through high-stakes interviews and sat on the hiring side myself.
I already knew everything that article was trying to teach.
Yet by the end, even I started hearing those anxious questions in my head:
Will I remember to apply all this in a real interview?
Will I get so busy managing my image that I forget to show my value?
That’s when I realized why most interview advice fails.
No wonder why I keep seeing those posts online screaming in pain: “I bombed the interview!”
When you focus on controlling every detail, you lose the only thing that actually makes you persuasive.
You leave the realm of conversation and step into performance for approval.
But here’s what I want you to know: interview success isn’t about perfecting every tiny gesture.
It’s about something much simpler — and infinitely more powerful.
Something that lets even the busiest CEOs clear their calendars mid-interview because they’re too engaged in the conversation with you to end it.
That’s what you’ll learn inside Interview Power Secrets: a fresh way to think about interviews that quiets the noise, dissolves nerves, and helps you guide the conversation exactly where you want it to go.
Most interview prep focuses on tactics: posture, phrasing, eye contact, confidence hacks.
But no amount of “tactical polish” will help if you don’t understand the power dynamic underneath the conversation.
That’s where Interview Power Secrets breaks from convention.
It draws from the psychology of persuasion to help you lead the conversation, not just respond to it.
You’ll learn how to recognize when the balance of power shifts, and when and how to flip it gracefully when questions start to corner you.
Because your future employer isn’t the only one holding power in that room. You are, too.
"Working with you has been incredibly useful because you create a safe environment. It gave me the space to look at what I’ve done and see how those things align with my strengths and that many of them are actually worth highlighting more deliberately than I ever indicated in my resume.
You helped me see that planning and strategy aren’t the same thing, that strategists don’t always have to execute on their strategy. That shift really changed how I think about describing my leadership in interviews.
For senior positions, I can now speak with much more confidence about strategy, about creating a vision for where I want an organization to be, and I know how to articulate that."
Executive Director, Global Tech Support
"You really put everything into perspective, Katya. I’ve been on the other side of the [interview] table, but I never thought about using the phrase "pain points" as part of a job interview — that completely changed the way I think about it. The way you explain things makes perfect sense; it helped me see what to ask and how to challenge interviewers gently and confidently.
This whole process has been such a learning experience for me, and I’m so grateful."
Sales Executive
“I’ve spoken to a few executive coaches, and the session I had with you has been the best so far. Insightful and incredibly productive.”
Client navigating CEO-level transition
“Speaking with you really created a powerful shift in my mind and spirit… Thank you so much for everything, and I can’t wait to tell you how much good, restorative, positive energy you gifted to me!"
Client in sales leadership role
"Katya’s curiosity would allow us to go more in-depth… she would listen to what I was not saying and allow me to expand. She makes you really think about what you feel.”
Career transition client
"Having a session with Katya was immensely helpful. It was a big deal for me to recognize how important my talents are… I’m now making choices based on my strengths, rather than what other people say I should do.”
Client shifting decision-making from external to internal compass

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