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Work interview coming up

PunkSwan

I've got a face to face work interview next week. I will have to do some tests and face a panel of three. The market is brutal right now, so I'm not about to ask for adjustments via the agency who arranged it, let alone tell anyone I'm autistic. I'm going to have to concentrate on not fidgeting...

Has anyone dealt with panel interviews and do you have any tips? It would be good to hear people's thoughts from the ND perspective. 

For everything else, I'm researching like a fiend and devising questions (the easy bit).

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  • Yes.  Be yourself. The questions will probably be fairly standard, either relating tasks in the new role back to you experiences. Or asking of your past experience how did you deal with something, a difficult person or situation or challenge. How did you get through it and what was the outcome. Being upbeat and bringing it into the now is a plus - ie how those skills might be transferable. The main thing is talking about yourself positively and using real life examples. I'd recommend reading up beforehand and buy a coffee afterwards to destress.

    Stay calm and good luck.

  • in reply to pietro_21

    Thank you, pietro_21. For me it's a case of eye contact divided amongst three people I've just met, while I answer... while remembering to show confidence (I didn't get a recent interview because apparently I wasn't assured enough). And not fidgeting. I have done this before, but my recent interview was the first one in years.

  • in reply to PunkSwan
    PunkSwan said:
    For me it's a case of eye contact divided amongst three people I've just met, while I answer.

    I would keep the focus on the person asking the question with occasional glances at the others to see if they look like they want to interrupt you.

    Don't stare unceassingly but break eye contact for a few seconds if you find it too much. It can be the difference between being focussed and being overly intense.

    I meditate before an interview and have a routine to build up my self confidence where I run through my achievements to remind myself I am a great candidate and try to act in the interview as if I am the one interviewing them where I can - that shift in the power play can be successful when you are going for management roles but may not be great for entry level roles where they just want a subserviant minion.

    Try to get some practive interviews in if you can - role playing is a great way to break the fear of these sorts of confrontations / interviews and you get a chance to script your responses.

    Good luck

  • in reply to Iain

    It's not entry level or management. But I have to rein in the temptation to ask challenging questions.

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