Job interviews while Autisic

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. 

  • Thank you for sharing, I’m glad I’m not alone. I honestly don’t know if it is due to how my autism is that I can’t do it, written on paper it’s a fact I am not attached to emotionally but verbally I am and I can’t do it, my mind goes blank. Also growing up whenever I was the smallest thing happy about something I did and said it allowed I was told to stop showing off (partly because my brother was diagnosed with autism as a infant and my parents thought me saying things that I am proud of would annoy him, also partly I was told it was un lady like). So it’s always in my mind to. Difficult to unlearn.

    I think the practising would be good, need to see who can help me with it.

  • I have similar difficulties. When someone asks me a question involving explaining when I did something I go blank and struggle to explain. I was fortunate to get a job I have now been in for a long time, but still had a similar problem and feeling of panic this week in a course.

    I wondered if it is possible to find somewhere to practice interviews so you might remember the type of answers you might need.

    Hope you are soon able to get a job you can enjoy, you sound like you have a lot to give.

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