history: When I was interviewing for my job I did all I could to get ready. I doubt I could have done much more to get ready for the interview. When I was interviewing for a promotion at my job. I did all I could to get ready for the interview. 
current: That can be kind of scary. How did it go?
next: It went great. I having put in all the work ahead of time to get ready, I knew exactly how to answer the questions they had for me. 