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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  • This all depends on what kind of job you are interviewing for, but a good approach is to look at the job description and think about what questions they might ask you so you can demonstrate you meet the job description in your answers. Some job descriptions even tell you which elements are checked in the written application, interview or both so you can narrow it down to the topics that will definitely be covered in the interview. 

    Interviews these days are all about saying the right things so you get the points, or at least they are in my area of work. I think autistoc people are passionate about things like honesty, accuracy, efficiency which are valued in workplaces. Our downside is the anxiety that can come if we don't meet the high expectations we set ourselves but personally I think that should be incentive for our employers to train us well and then it won't be as big of an issue. 

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  • This all depends on what kind of job you are interviewing for, but a good approach is to look at the job description and think about what questions they might ask you so you can demonstrate you meet the job description in your answers. Some job descriptions even tell you which elements are checked in the written application, interview or both so you can narrow it down to the topics that will definitely be covered in the interview. 

    Interviews these days are all about saying the right things so you get the points, or at least they are in my area of work. I think autistoc people are passionate about things like honesty, accuracy, efficiency which are valued in workplaces. Our downside is the anxiety that can come if we don't meet the high expectations we set ourselves but personally I think that should be incentive for our employers to train us well and then it won't be as big of an issue. 

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