How to answer questions in job interviews
#17
Job interviews are hard because you really don’t know what questions to anticipate and in order to give the best impression ever, you have to reply quickly. No uuuuuuhs and uuuuuums. Those two can be very difficult to us stutterers. One of my secondaries is uh-ing and um-ing and I tend to stutter or block on the very first sound of my reply.
Unfortunately, there is only so much we can do about our stutter but we can be prepared for the job interview. Never, ever wing it. Regardless if you stutter or not.
There are plenty— PLENTY— of websites all over the Internet giving advice and expert tips on how to prepare for a job interview, so what’s another one? :)
For link #17, I share this page over at About.com. Job Interview Questions and Answers provides a check list of potential questions you’ll be asked. It goes further— how to best reply to them! The name of the game here is preparedness. Don’t memorize your answers but be prepared so that you give a fantastic impression.
As a bonus, our stuttering will help us further stand out from the other hundred applicants. So make sure they associate your stuttering with "Yes, he/she certainly has all the skills and talents necessary to fulfill the position and it’s clear his/her stuttering doesn’t get in the way of his/her performance".
As discussed in episode 32 of my podcast, Stuttering to your advantage , well, we can use our stuttering to our advantage!
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This is an open-mic podcast. I encourage you to record some audio of yourself and email it to me at coolstutter@gmail.com.
I'll play it on my next episode!
This way, we all hear each other stutter and feel less alone with our speech impediment!
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