How should i be during interviews?

Is it better for women to be bubbly during interviews? Or does that work against you in IB? I’m a pretty chatty person but sometimes I choke up with authority so i need a personality to model when i get nervous

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Honestly imo it depends on the country. In US, ive noticed being much more serious is preferred, especially for a woman. Whereas for a man a smile is good enough. Now here in the U.K. it’s quite different and case by case. Us Brits tend like break the ice first with a bit of a light chitchat. I tried that in the U.S and it was awks as hell.

There are a few studies by Harvard on this topic worth looking into

 

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