#8: Don’t Respond Straight Away
Tension (and our ability or inability to deal with it) is one of those things that just seems to be wired into our DNA. We feel tension in all sorts of situations and it drives us to act in all sorts of ways. It’s as if it has this almost physical presence that we just can’t bear.

So if you use that tension to your advantage you can essentially add weight to the things you say or do. By heightening the tension attached to a given statement, you are heightening the seriousness with which it will be considered. Keep that in mind in your next job interview. Or don’t.
