I apologize if this is super TLDR. Don’t give up hope! Job hunting or even first meetings (like dates, first days of school ect )are definitely harder for anyone with a speech disfluency. Believe me, it’ll work out eventually. Job interviews are my worst nightmare. Luckily I did alright in an interviewed about a month ago and got a job in my field (doing photoshop work for a photography company). I love it here. However this was after 5 months of getting rejected from both full time jobs in my field and retail/ food service. It all started with a bad breakup and with my anxiety disorder out of control, speaking became almost impossible some days. (Not to mention the hit my self esteem took for not being able to support myself and for all the rejections). I ended up telling my interviewers that I have a stutter and being nervous makes it worse. My current job involves a lot of photoshop work and no customer interaction which helps. Mostly everyone is patient when speaking with me at work. They’ve told me that my skills and personality are why they hired me, which is all that should matter. So far I feel really welcomed and valued as a person and employee. I kept getting rejected from jobs in my field and retail and I really do believe my speech impediment was the reason. Legally employers can’t discriminate against people with disabilities, but it definitely happens. I have lots of work experience, great reviews from past employers, but somehow having a speech disfluency cancels that out for some people. I did retail on a college campus for 6 years and ended up being a part time manager. My boss and supervisors from that past job are great, understanding people. They’re the reason I came out of my shell and was able to talk to random people, stutter be damned. After a while I’d default into my “customer service” voice/ personality and was able to speak mostly fluently. Going forward, I’d recommend telling the interviewer(s) with that you have a speech impediment. (I really don’t think a lot of hiring managers read the applications before interviews if it’s food service or retail, since they didn’t accommodate you in this case ). I think it’s important to be upfront with things like this, as it can eliminate any awkwardness. Personally I avoid places that do group interviews. If they’re not understanding of your struggle, you probably don’t want to work with/ for that person anyways.