The Interview Curse

Interview is my favorite category to judge. I am a people person and I can tell as soon as someone walks in by their demeanor and bio if we can make a connection.

There really are not a lot of questions that you can ask in 7 minutes. Most judges get 1-2 questions. 

Why do you want to be Miss Gay blankety blank?

Why did you choose this system?

Who has been your biggest influence?

How will you manage your duties if you win?

What does it mean to you to be an symbol of excellence?

I am goimg to let you in a little secret. These questions get asked over and over again for the following reasons.

1. We want to know where you are in your comeptition journey
2. if we ask you all the same question, we have a better idea of who can articulate their dreams and their goals
3. We are able to see how you are able to communicate about the system
4. We want to know that you are responsible
5. We want to know who your influences are because I can tell if you are doing YOUR drag or their drag.

An interview category is a conversation. It is a group of people trying to decide that if someone asks you a question about the system or promoter, YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IF YOU CANNOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WE ASK YOU, YOU CANNOT ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DAMN SYSTEM.

If you do not know how to snake a drain, do  you apply for a job as a plumber? No. That makes no sense. You might be the best entertainer in the whole world but people do not always remember your death drops but they will remember something nice that you said to them. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. Why, as a promoter, would I invest tons of money for you to go to  the next level if every time I see you in person or on social media, you cannot put a sentence together. I don't care about a missing comma but I shouldn't have to call someone and ask them what you saying. 

I often am asked to help people with interview but I have to tell you, I want to cry when people ask me about that. I cannot help you learn to communicate. I just can't. Put down your text messages, turn to the person next to you and play 20 questions. Rewire your brain to listen to questions and answer them concisely and move on. 

Stop worrying about right answers and start worrying about BEING ABLE TO ANSWER.