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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

Kevin234

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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  • Potential question types are:

    "Tell us why you thing you are suitable..." - It's a very open and very daunting question, but it's intended to put you at ease and give you a window to talk about your strengths. Spend some time thinking about what you think your best asset is to make you good at it.

    "Give me an example of when you have done X?" - Just talk from your experience (examples can be from something you did at school, in your free time, too) If you can't express, why it would be interesting for you to learn about that or what you think you would do.

    "What would you do if...Y happened" - it's hypothetical. Take your time and think it through logically.

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  • Potential question types are:

    "Tell us why you thing you are suitable..." - It's a very open and very daunting question, but it's intended to put you at ease and give you a window to talk about your strengths. Spend some time thinking about what you think your best asset is to make you good at it.

    "Give me an example of when you have done X?" - Just talk from your experience (examples can be from something you did at school, in your free time, too) If you can't express, why it would be interesting for you to learn about that or what you think you would do.

    "What would you do if...Y happened" - it's hypothetical. Take your time and think it through logically.

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