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By all means take this aspect of the job as a personal challenge and try it out. Remind yourself that being fluent is not the same as being able to communicate. I do know that some fast food restaur...

I’m pretty sure they usually rotate positions in fast food, but I’ve never worked in fast food so I’m not sure. Either way, you’ll likely get used to it and get better at it. I have worked in a grocer...

I’m also a software engineer. I haven’t worked for a team yet though. I spent the last year building a saas product and am launching it this week. Then I’ll be applying for jobs. Wish me luck!...

My advice, take the opportunity, i also started at a fast food place developed social skills with my coworkers started off as bussing tables so i had little to less interactions with customers but as ...

Any advice for a new job

Any advice for a new job I'm starting a new job this week at a fast food place I haven't worked in one since I was younger and am really worried about them trying to make me take orders either on the ...

I actually listed mine as a strength in my job interview as it forces me to come out of my comfort zone and the interviewer really liked it and congratulated me for doing what not a lot would....

I'm a software engineer. I did find it very difficult for so long as tens of companies would just not consider me because of my summer in interviews. Some were pretty blunt about it as well. But I did...

No, I probably wouldn't list it all in that way. In fact, I would say that it can be a strength. You've spent your life overcoming communication challenges and fears as well as developing skills to mi...

I overheard a couple former coworkers making comments about how much they pity me for my stutter and one straight out told a coworker that she shouldn't do something with me outside of the office beca...

Do you find it difficult to get jobs? What do you do for work? Mine is also severe. I have really bad blocks when I answer the phone especially. It’s a real problem with the job search....

and even listing it as a disability is not the same as listing it as a weakness. In the context of job interviews, "weakness" means more of a thing of character or the way that you approach work, dis...

I’d only mention it as a weakness if you followed up with a story of your efforts to overcome and have excelled professionally despite the stutter. Funny side story. Once I was hired at a governmen...

Generally, disclosing your stutter is empowering because you take ownership of it instead of feeling ashamed of it. BUT, framing it as a “weakness” is still letting it win. Like any job interview qu...

No! Because it's not a weakness. List it as a strength!!! Disclosing is great! Takes the pressure off you, which can reduce the severity of your stutter. Let's the interviewers know what's going if/...

Depends on how severe it is and how much it'll affect your job. Mine is v severe to the point of almost Mutism so i list it as a disability...

No, I wouldn’t do that. Instead I would start the interview by disclosing my stutter to the interviewer. This takes off a lot of pressure of your shoulders and, if you do end up stuttering, have estab...

Should I list my stuttering as a weakness in job interviews?

Should I list my stuttering as a weakness in job interviews? Hi, I've got an interview tomorrow for a legal assistant role. I'm pretty stressed out about it since it would be amazing experience but as...

As Joseph Sheehan mentioned a pws has to speak to someone who is always in authority like boss teacher and friends ofcourse the perception of me "they are more successful then me". Eventually they are...

Yes it helps that this is the benefit of growing old as it's impossible to feel worth it if I live with my parents and have no social life and job. Even though I have good degrees. It feel difficult t...

It's a weird, crazy journey having a disfluency. Everyone has bad days and better days and it's incredibly cathartic to vent....you're doing the right thing. We are all on our own individual journey....