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Worst job interview ever I am 23, graduated last summer with a pretty good STEM degree. Since then I have been looking for a graduate job to make use of my degree preferably to do with finance or data analysis but I haven't had any luck with that. I have had over 10 interviews since last summer and about 3 of them have gone well but the rest were because I am terrible at being put on the spot and also having a stammer/stutter makes life significantly harder. I dread having to do any form of competency based interviews but I am working on it. I have dealt with a long period of unemployment and I'm currently working in a warehouse just to make some money - I can't lie, it is pretty soul-destroying to come out of uni, deal with unemployment and now have to do this. I didn't really have to talk much during the interview hence why I've stuck with it for a couple months while still applying.. So basically, I had this interview yesterday at the place I'm working but for a finance analyst role instead, which would've been a great opportunity for me, and it went terribly. I mean, I have had some bad interviews before but this was THE worst. I genuinely could not get my words out, so so embarrassing but kudos to the interviewer for remaining professional though - I looked like an absolute idiot. Definitely will not be getting that job, All that time spent preparing just to mess up like that. Where do I even go from here? My family think that my struggles to secure a job is because the job market is competitive - that's part of it but it's more to do with my interview performance. Nobody wants to hire the inexperienced grad who can't even do interviews properly. How did I leave uni without any experience, you may ask? You guessed it... I think it's time for me to look for a speech therapist because I cannot continue to live my life like this I have noticed that my speech has gotten worse over the last 2ish months or so, not exactly sure why. It's usually mild to moderate but nowadays it can be as bad as severe, in terms of blocking. This is definitely the most confusing stage of my life so far. So much uncertainty, which gives me anxiety - I genuinely don’t know what’s to come in the future. Will I ever be able to make use of my degree? I thought about doing a masters for the sake of not wasting another year but it would probably yield the same result if I don't address my current issues.