I rehearsed my interview answers so much I sound like a robot reading them
Not sure if this is a public speaking issue or interview issue but bear with me. I prep for interviews by scripting answers and rehearsing them. I know the order, the beats, the punchline. On paper its great. In the room, I sound like I’m forcing every sentence.
The answer is good but the delivery am not very confident enough. Interviewers can clearly tell I'm running through a script and they pull back from following up because. Why would they.
I feel like I need to learn how to hold the structure of an answer without locking in the wording. I’ve been using lockedIn ai for practice, but mostly to catch where I sound scripted. Like jazz musicians who know the shape but improvise the notes? But I have no idea how to actually train that.
Anyone here from a public speaking background who's solved this. how do you hit the same beats every time without it sounding pre recorded?