I hate how so much of job interviews is just “prove how neurotypical you are”

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Since I’m 18 now, my mom has been sending me videos of job interviewers and them explaining what they like and what they don’t like to see when giving someone an interview. And literally half the stuff they say is just “I hate when they don’t make eye contact” or “I hate when they keep rocking in their chair and fidgeting”. I just don’t understand, why all the arbitrary rules? It’s like a fucking mind game where you have to literally go against everything that’s natural to you as an autistic person. “Make eye contact, don’t fidget, smile, don’t give direct 1 word answers, don’t be awkward, don’t be anxious etc.”. Like I swear I’m not that lazy like I would work if I could just go there and DO THE WORK but there’s all these hoops you have to jump through and all this extra shit you have to deal with before you can even do the job. I genuinely don’t know how anyone actually does it. If your autistic and you managed to get through a job interview and do well please tell me your secret😭.

Posted Jul 3, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC

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