Do You Have Impostor Syndrome?

1. I worry that people will eventually work out I am not as capable as they think.

2. I feel like I have fooled the people who hired or chose me.

3. In rooms with accomplished people, I feel I do not belong there.

4. I am afraid of being asked a question that exposes what I do not know.

5. My successes come down to timing and luck more than ability.

6. When something goes well, I assume the conditions were unusually favourable.

7. I got where I am partly because the right people happened to like me.

8. If I did it again from scratch, I do not think it would work.

9. Praise makes me uncomfortable rather than pleased.

10. I can list my failures faster than my achievements.

11. I think anyone could have done what I did.

12. I move past accomplishments quickly without registering them.

13. I over-prepare so that nobody can find a gap.

14. I work more hours than the task needs to be safe from criticism.

15. I check my work far more times than colleagues do.

16. I say yes to extra work to prove I deserve to be there.