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My first job interview

Karma

Hello. 

I'm Karma. I was diagnosed with autism when I was six. I received a lot of help and support in my childhood though things quickly got more difficult during my teens with the added pressure of puberty and high school.

Tough times lol.

I'm finding life increasingly difficult now and my anxiety feels like it's at an all time high. I've been practicing yoga in the hopes this will help. 

My dad is very pressuring and he's been on at me to try and get out of the house and make some friends and try to live a normal life. So I have a job interview this Friday. I've never attended a job interview before and I'm feeling very anxious about it. My thoughts are racing with the what ifs and what it'll be like. 

Have you ever had an interview? If you have it would be great if you could share any tips you have here please.

Thanks so much. 

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  • My advice is try to show good communication (as much as you can) in your answers, if asked what your weakness is you could go with attention to detail (employers tend to like that). Draw attention to your abilities (can think outside the box, customer rapport if working in customer facing role).

    Commitment usually goes a long way so being dependable is important. Putting this across typically goes in your favour.

    If asked how you have handled situations, try to give examples. This will show them that you can back-up what you say.

    I’ve had many job interviews over the years so I know it’s daunting but hold your head high my friend.

    Best of luck! I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for you

  • in reply to LJ51125

    Thank you. This is very helpful and all good points and ideas. 

    I'll be sure to mention being dependable which is true. I have no other commitments, I'm not in college now and I don't have any children, so I'm basically on hand whenever needed really. 

    Hopefully this will be a positive that will work in my favour.

      I do struggle with communication but when it's one to one especially if I've had time to prepare them I'm not too bad. A bit slower than most maybe but I can do it. 

  • in reply to Karma
    Karma said:
    I do struggle with communication but when it's one to one especially if I've had time to prepare them I'm not too bad. A bit slower than most maybe but I can do it.

    Don't we all. It's part of the diagnostic criteria for a reason. Multiple people talking (seemingly at once) turns my brain to mush. Even one-on-one, I can have difficulty keeping up if there is background noise, or if the person is throwing out ideas too quickly for me to do my processing thing. My brain does love to do a lot of processing. Sometimes, I feel like I'm sitting there, watching my brain processing, and thinking, "Come on, come on! I haven't got all day!"

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  • in reply to Karma
    Karma said:
    I do struggle with communication but when it's one to one especially if I've had time to prepare them I'm not too bad. A bit slower than most maybe but I can do it.

    Don't we all. It's part of the diagnostic criteria for a reason. Multiple people talking (seemingly at once) turns my brain to mush. Even one-on-one, I can have difficulty keeping up if there is background noise, or if the person is throwing out ideas too quickly for me to do my processing thing. My brain does love to do a lot of processing. Sometimes, I feel like I'm sitting there, watching my brain processing, and thinking, "Come on, come on! I haven't got all day!"

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