postr/StutterMay 3, 2018

Another interview ruined.

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Another interview ruined. I just came back from an interview for a board position in a Pre-Dental club at my college. I was applying for fundraising chair since I thought our fundraisers were the same basic things that so many other clubs do. I had fresh ideas that would make fundraising more fun for the club. Sadly my interview for the position I felt was a disaster, in part because of my stuttering. I tried to express my ideas in a clear and informative manner but I kept blocking and screwing up. I could tell from the faces of the members interviewing me that they were getting impatient and somewhat uncomfortable with how I was talking and stuttering. This didn’t help and took the confidence I did have right out of me and made the interview go even more downhill. I just feel like crap :( Anyone else feel like their stuttering has hurt them when it came to interviews or getting a certain position?

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Emotional ExperienceSpeech & StutteringSchool & Work

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & StoppagesSchool & Academic Life