Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else gets thrown by questions?
Examples for me are, having to come up with something on a course, especially that thing they do sometimes where everyone has to introduce themselves.
Interviews are difficult because I can never think of examples on the spot.
I even was thrown recently when asked in a situation when asked what my favourite song was.
These kind of things make me panic that I have to think of something quickly.
Yes.
I'm hopeless at interviews and have a worrying tendency to tell the/my truth.
I've recounted this before, but it is funny.
I went for an interview at an Anglican Cathedral and I was asked:
'What do you think the Church means to most people in society today' and I replied:
'I think it's irrelevant to most people'.
I am also completely unable to sell myself.
Any question puts me on the spot, especially if they involve memory.
Being honest when asked questions is a major 'failing' of mine too. I gave up an entire career due to being utterly hopeless at recognising / playing the office politics game.Even down to telling the boss that "Yes, I guess I am critisicing how you manage."It did not go well, but it was true. That boss got fired a year or so after I left for running the place into the ground :)
Not sure if an autistic thing, but I get frustrated if things are not done correctly. I do make mistakes and get frustrated by my own mistakes, but find it difficult when things are done quickly and end up causing more time in the end sorting problems.