Fired because of aspergers issues now looking for new job

It definitely sounds like you have very good skills! You've done really well landing a job as a Python Developer in the first place, and you were able to complete tasks given to you while you were there even under stressful conditions. It was unfortunate that you met a bad boss. Given your skills, could you apply to a similar Python Developer position with a different team, and hope you could get a better boss next time? 

Thanks for your encouragement! Yeah that's what I shall do - I've been getting interviews consistently for about a month but my confidence has taken a severe knock tho

P.S., in your interviews, if there's the opportunity, try to tell them the positive aspects of yourself. You can say that you have had previous work experience as a Python Developer, so will be able to pick up the work quickly. You can also tell them about the project contents your previous boss gave you and how you were able to complete it on your own in good time, this can give them a concrete idea of your abilities. 

NAS49818 said:

I'm failing tech tests I should pass and employers aren't being accommodating about adjustments at interview - one in particular is demanding I make a video of myself explaining my work and this is not something where I feel I understand what I'm being tested on

Do you have to make the video on-site, or are you able to take time to do it at home before sending it in? Perhaps they they want to make sure you can write eligible code that others might need to read, and be able to explain it to others when developing code as a team? If you have time to do it at home, you can take your time to perfect the video. I had to give job talks recently and it's not something I am good at, but I spent several hours each day for two weeks practicing giving the talk. I'm a researcher not a presenter. But unfortunately it's something they do, they want you to present your work so they can evaluate.

You could also try several more places to interview. The type of interviews can be different from place to place. I've heard that solving coding problems is quite common when interviewing software engineers. Perhaps it will help you more if you were less anxious and more confident. Do you think doing some practice problems before the interview will help you warm-up?

Have you considered disclosing your disability before the interview? I've actually not disclosed yet due to personal considerations, so I can't tell you what it will be like, but it's also something to consider. Some companies may be able to make the tests less stressful.

Good luck with your interviews! You are hard working and really talented, so I hope things will go much better this time. Artificial Intelligence is a really cool field to work in! Wish you all the best.

In this case I have disclosed and they have invited me to present my code at a face-to-face interview tomorrow. I'm not really sure what to expect but I'm going to bring to my laptop and explain my code in front of them, which suits me a lot better than making a video. I have a telephone interview before that in the morning, so a first stage then a possible first-and-second stage on the same day.

I'm not counting my chickens for either of them - the company I'm doing the face-to-face one I was pretty exasperated by their coding challenge - the question for the test was clearly quite old because the API they wanted me to call had been updated quite considerably as the company supporting it moves away from REST - all of which means the docs were really bad! So I'm not that impressed by a company that sets a tech challenge and doesn't check it still works! Having said that, if they're nice people I think I am very capable and could get to grips with their systems - the recruiter said they have seen my code already and were quite "excited" about it - and they have a good mix of work for me to do from pretty routine to stuff that involves Machine Learning or Natural Language Processing - which means I could lay the foundations for moving into Artificial Intelligence which I would love.

I'm in contact with recruiters every day - they love me! I do a lot of interviews but I don't like timed coding challenges - I get stressed and the online platforms don't always work. Employers are moving towards more of these timed challenges because they want to filter out time-rich candidates. I feel I'm smart, but maybe not smart enough like that - I like to consider things and I just don't think very quickly. The solution to that might just be volume tho - if I do enough problems of the same type these beginner challenges are mostly quite easy - tho sometimes they send murderously difficult Computer Science challenges with hard algorithmic and combinatorics problems, which I struggle with because I studied art - I mean I feel pretty good I can even attempt them, but they take me more than 2 hrs!

I am really grateful for your help tho - thanks for encouraging me coz I felt a bit better after reading your support last night and hit the books a little harder today to prepare for tomorrow.

In this case I have disclosed and they have invited me to present my code at a face-to-face interview tomorrow. I'm not really sure what to expect but I'm going to bring to my laptop and explain my code in front of them, which suits me a lot better than making a video. I have a telephone interview before that in the morning, so a first stage then a possible first-and-second stage on the same day.

I'm not counting my chickens for either of them - the company I'm doing the face-to-face one I was pretty exasperated by their coding challenge - the question for the test was clearly quite old because the API they wanted me to call had been updated quite considerably as the company supporting it moves away from REST - all of which means the docs were really bad! So I'm not that impressed by a company that sets a tech challenge and doesn't check it still works! Having said that, if they're nice people I think I am very capable and could get to grips with their systems - the recruiter said they have seen my code already and were quite "excited" about it - and they have a good mix of work for me to do from pretty routine to stuff that involves Machine Learning or Natural Language Processing - which means I could lay the foundations for moving into Artificial Intelligence which I would love.

I'm in contact with recruiters every day - they love me! I do a lot of interviews but I don't like timed coding challenges - I get stressed and the online platforms don't always work. Employers are moving towards more of these timed challenges because they want to filter out time-rich candidates. I feel I'm smart, but maybe not smart enough like that - I like to consider things and I just don't think very quickly. The solution to that might just be volume tho - if I do enough problems of the same type these beginner challenges are mostly quite easy - tho sometimes they send murderously difficult Computer Science challenges with hard algorithmic and combinatorics problems, which I struggle with because I studied art - I mean I feel pretty good I can even attempt them, but they take me more than 2 hrs!

I am really grateful for your help tho - thanks for encouraging me coz I felt a bit better after reading your support last night and hit the books a little harder today to prepare for tomorrow.

Good luck with your interviews! You are hard working and really talented, so I hope things will go much better this time. Artificial Intelligence is a really cool field to work in! Wish you all the best.