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Reasonable adjustments for job interviews

NAS77241

Hello, 

I have Asperger's and I really struggle with job interviews. I have social anxiety anyway which makes me not talk much, and then I feel like I always say the wrong thing. I don't elaborate enough and I'm incapable of the kind of fake, friendly BS that you need to do in interviews. Sometimes I say things and I realize straight away that it was the wrong thing to say but by then it's too late. I had 10 Zoom interviews last year and being rejected over and over again really takes its toll. 

I have another interview next week for a job that I really want and I'm so scared about messing it up. My question is if anyone has asked for "reasonable adjustments" for interviews due to disability and what kind of things you asked for? 

Thanks

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  • I haven't asked for reasonable adjustments myself, but some of the things might include:

    Being given the questions a short time before being asked them.

    Being given the questions in a written form in addition to being asked them verbally.

    Making the room more comfortable if you don't like bright lights, etc.

    If there is an assessment, being given more time or making people aware that you have trouble spelling.

    Simply making the interviewers aware of any condition you have so they don't draw undue inferences from behaviour.

    This is just an indicative list. There will be the key things you need to do for the job, for which no accommodation can be made for, and things like sensory needs that can be adjusted for. If you ask for a reasonable adjustment, think of it in those terms.

    I've been an interviewer in the past; there are some ways to structure interview answers that might help you get over the problem you indicate. Send me a message if you want to discuss.

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  • I haven't asked for reasonable adjustments myself, but some of the things might include:

    Being given the questions a short time before being asked them.

    Being given the questions in a written form in addition to being asked them verbally.

    Making the room more comfortable if you don't like bright lights, etc.

    If there is an assessment, being given more time or making people aware that you have trouble spelling.

    Simply making the interviewers aware of any condition you have so they don't draw undue inferences from behaviour.

    This is just an indicative list. There will be the key things you need to do for the job, for which no accommodation can be made for, and things like sensory needs that can be adjusted for. If you ask for a reasonable adjustment, think of it in those terms.

    I've been an interviewer in the past; there are some ways to structure interview answers that might help you get over the problem you indicate. Send me a message if you want to discuss.

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