i have my first job interview tomorrow, but was never given any job coaching in school (despite being in special ed). i need some help from autistic adults

for a little background, i also suffer from ptsd, schizophrenia, and bad anxiety.

i’m 20 years old and i’m autistic. so i’m aware that these things are also factors but i feel like my main problem is my autistic social skills.

i’m very very nervous, i’m pretty much unable to lie so the fact that i’ll have to talk myself up is making me scared. i’m also worried that i’ll mess up. i tend to talk way too much about the least important things. i embarrass myself a lot in social situations. kind of sucks

so i guess the point of this post is my asking for your guys’ experienced with interviews and faking social skills? what kind of questions did they ask you? please please go into detail so i can understand. thank you :)

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  • Goodness. Job coaching is a big topic. If only I had several hours to coach you one on one.

    But as some one who has taken and fluffed interviews, taken and got jobs I wanted, and hired others, the best advice I can give is, forget faking social skills. I'd take someone socially awkward, perhaps, but honest and willing to learn, over some one who can talk a good talk but doesn't back that up with much substance, any day of the week.

    Think about the skills the job requires (read the job description carefully before you go) and give a good account of thoes, either by giving examples of when you've done something like that in the past (doesn't matter if it's from a situation unrelated to this job - you might have done something like that as part of a hobby), or an account of how you would do about it if you were in the job.

    ...and relax. It won't be the last interview you ever do. They all get easier with practice.  

    Good luck

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  • Goodness. Job coaching is a big topic. If only I had several hours to coach you one on one.

    But as some one who has taken and fluffed interviews, taken and got jobs I wanted, and hired others, the best advice I can give is, forget faking social skills. I'd take someone socially awkward, perhaps, but honest and willing to learn, over some one who can talk a good talk but doesn't back that up with much substance, any day of the week.

    Think about the skills the job requires (read the job description carefully before you go) and give a good account of thoes, either by giving examples of when you've done something like that in the past (doesn't matter if it's from a situation unrelated to this job - you might have done something like that as part of a hobby), or an account of how you would do about it if you were in the job.

    ...and relax. It won't be the last interview you ever do. They all get easier with practice.  

    Good luck

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