2. Learn from the mistakes you made: According to Sylvie Stewart, an assistant director of career services at the University of Dayton, you should make a list of the mistakes you made during the course of the job interview. Likewise, you should start learning from them and try to do better in your next job interview. Moreover, you must not get depressed with the bad job interview and should not take it as an excuse, for not interviewing for a certain period of time, suggests Liberal Arts director, Dr. Katharine.