First full-time job interview

Today has been one of those days, a day that you know is coming, you know what is going to happen but you just aren't prepared for.

I know that people say your first few big interviews can be quite nerve racking, and you can only really over come this with experience, and I quite clearly found this out today.

After two and a half hours, I emerged from the building where I was having the chat and interview and I was thoroughly drained at the end of it. Besides just my normal anxiety, I'm not really the kind of person who likes to big themselves up or feels the need to bend the truth when it comes to things on my CV etc... Not doing these things however doesn't really help you with regards to getting the job though, the reason your there is to sell yourself, to show them why you should be hired instead of other people.

I feel most interviews won't last that long, this one was more of an exception because they wanted to go through the ins and outs of the business to fully explain what the job consisted off and what role I would have within that system.

Upon leaving the interview, strangely my first thought wasn't I hope I get this job but in fact was whether I myself, actually wanted the job. I know especially know a days people should be lucky with what jobs they get, but coming straight out of university I feel now if ever is the time I have to choose what I want to do to hold out for something better and to not take the first thing that comes my way because its a job and it pays.

In an ideal world I would rather get something I was fully interested in, that challenged me and that doesn't necessarily feel like a nine to five day in day out type job. If something like that were to come along I'd be happy to start off lower and to work my way up through the ranks.

Maybe I should instead be happy with what I get and not be too picky, saying this though I still feel if ever now is the time I can be choosy and hold out for something else. Should I take something just because it means it will get the money flowing quicker?