It's not. I need all the support, encouragement, and advice I can get. Well, I didn't want to work for the company anyway so yeah but ever since then, I've been scared that I will get that same type of reception. In terms of applying for jobs my mindset is I'm wasting my time bc there are other candidates out there who have similar qualifications and can speak better so why waste my time. I know it's bad but it's been over a year since I graduated college and I can't find work - I apply to about 10-20 jobs every day and I haven't gotten any luck. So what do I do about my job concerns? What if a company wants a phone interview - how am I supposed to deal with the fact that they can hire someone else and not want to go through with it, do it but cut it off short knowing they won't hire me or do it fully and still not pick me at the end because I truly won't know why they didn't hire me but to me, I think it's because of my speech. I am not an idiot and I can do the job. But what if they want someone else who can speak better? What am I supposed to do? That's great. I wish more people could be like that. How do I remove that expectation to be fluent? I read this too but it's hard for me to do. You said you have a job - do other people comment or ask about it and do you tell people?