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Member Since Jul 2016
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How do you guys get through interviewing for jobs or grad schools? I'm finishing up my undergrad degree and going to have to get a "real" job soon. (I have a job that didn't require much of an interview and I sit and type all day and don't have to interact with people). Should I ask my psychiatrist about taking a benzo for specific instances where I have to interview? (I've tried SSRIs and Buspar but those haven't helped much with my social anxiety). Even the thought of starting a new job and getting past the "learning curve" or adjustment period is terrifying. I know anxiety about interviews and starting a new job is normal to an extent, but it's TERRIFYING to me. I have little to no confidence in myself. Like maybe I could get the job and hold it down, but I just feel like I won't be anything but miserable doing any kind of job that requires a certain amount of social interaction and responsibility. I'm moving soon and will have to leave my current job and find a new one. And I DO want to find something that's more related to the field of my degree (psychology), and I don't think I could find another "safe" job that I have now. But just thinking about interviewing and working in a social setting stresses me out every day, even though right now I still have some time before I need to start interviewing and whatnot. So how do you guys deal? Do you get special accommodations at work? Can you tell the people interviewing you that you have a disability? Ugh I just get so scared of life sometimes
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I had pretty bad social anxiety and I found that the best thing for me was to push myself to interview and then take the rest of the day to relax and recover. I did a lot of interviewing and found that the more I did it the more comfortable I got.
People typically are not mean or vindictive. They want to hire you which is why they are bringing you in to interview. Thinking this way helped me too. Don't disclose any kind of disability during the interview. You don't want that to influence the hiring decision. If you are hired and your anxiety doesn't influence your ability to do your job, then you won't need to disclose it. If it eventually does impact your job, you can look into receiving a job accomodation. |
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Location: USA
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For interviews, it helped me a lot to practice with people who knew what sort of questions would be asked.
I have seen some people post before that they got accommodations for their MI, so it's possible, but will likely depend on the field and exact job you get. In the jobs I have had there's definitely no accommodating because they're both heavily based on customer interactions. First job was retail, now I work with old and disabled folks in their homes. I credit retail with helping me figure out how to manage social situations in a professional manner, but of course I was extremely miserable and a lot of lessons were hard learned. __________________ |
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