The only 8 things you need to bring to a job interview

Job interviews are stressful because so many factors are out of your control - like what the hiring manager will ask or whether your personality matches what they're looking for.

But there is one thing you can control that can make all the difference: How prepared you are.

"Nothing eliminates stress and provides more confidence than proper preparation for an interview," Amanda Augustine, a career-advice expert for TopResume, tells Business Insider.

To be fully prepared for an interview, you need only bring some key things with you - any more and you run the risk of looking disorganized.

Here are the essentials experts advise showing up with:

Kathleen Elkins and Natalie Walters contributed to previous versions of this article.