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Job interviews while Autisic

Always Anxious

Hi all,

Just got rejected for a job yet again for the reason of “not selling myself enough” I’ve never been able to do this and after getting diagnosed in 2020 (just before the lockdown) I haven’t really though about how it affects me but after another rejection I am thinking “is it because of how my Austin’s (and anxiety) affects me that prevents me from talking about myself and my achievements. And if it is will I ever be able to overcome it.

I loved the place I was working but I was only a temp with the opportunity to go full time, I am devastated that I’ll have to be leaving a place I felt so comfortable and people accepted me and my diagnoses. 

Parents

  • I'm autistic and when being interviewed I don't get the cues when to stop talking, plus I don't get the questions, or how the people asking really wants them answered. I can overcome some of this by asking for the question to be repeated, tried that, but still didn't get the stop talking cue. That can be solved by explaining I'm autistic before the meeting, but then I will be judged before I'm even met. The final point is the worst, I have only a limited idea of what people want to hear. 

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  • I'm autistic and when being interviewed I don't get the cues when to stop talking, plus I don't get the questions, or how the people asking really wants them answered. I can overcome some of this by asking for the question to be repeated, tried that, but still didn't get the stop talking cue. That can be solved by explaining I'm autistic before the meeting, but then I will be judged before I'm even met. The final point is the worst, I have only a limited idea of what people want to hear. 

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  • in reply to NAS79616

    I hope the document helps. I realised that I usually take the questions too literally/answer too honestly and forget to think about what they 'want' or how to make myself look good. But the worst thing is that I appear too anxious in interviews and that makes them assume that I lack confidence. I have loads of confidence in some things, just not interviews.