I got AEA interviews from some decent schools. Some of them are ranked much higher than my PhD institution. So I was confident of getting a job. I felt well in all my interviews. They went better than all my practice interviews.
But still get no flyout.
Maybe the market is much more competitive than I thought. Or maybe I am far away from a strong candidate, even though my interview list looks nice. I should concentrate on my work now but I could not, because I start to think I am just incapable of doing research in econ.
Some of my target schools post their job talk seminars. I am afraid of looking at the profiles of those candidates. I may completely lose confidence if I realize that they are all much stronger than me.
How can I pick up my confidence and resolution......