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I can only speak from the other side, having conducted many interviews for new hires. Do what makes you comfortable, but I want to see an indicator of how you will perform. I would prefer a candidate ...

I have stuttering issues all my life and have cracked multiple interview. Do whatever makes you comfortablein yourself. Sufferring from a neurological issue is not easy. If telling the panel that you...

I have a job interview—the most important one of my life—and I stammer. Should I bring it up?

I have a job interview—the most important one of my life—and I stammer. Should I bring it up? I have a huge job interview coming up—probably the most important one of my life. I stammer, especially un...

I met my wife at 21 and start dating at 22. 5 years later we got married She was my first girlfriend. My recommendation is that you need to be good at something in order to stand out. Do not try t...

It makes me less extroverted than I'd normally be, but it hasn't impacted my dating life that much since I usually date introverted girls that I meet in quiet environments. I feel it limits me a lot...

Thanks for sharing your experience — it really means a lot to know I’m not alone in this. I totally get the idea of wanting a remote WFH job to avoid constant speaking; Wishing you the best of luck wi...

Iam pursuing my CS majors . Iam in last year now I tried to apply interships resume got selected then offline interview made me sick / sometimes I cried alot . Thought of leave of this career (progra...

Is it one or two percent though? I never ran into another stutterer in grade school and in college. Where are they then? I don’t think that 1-2% is real or it doesn’t refer to stuttering into adulthoo...

I feel the same way. In my profession, I constantly need to present in front of people. I’ve learned to accept who I am—though that’s easier said than done. But at the end of the day, it’s who we are....

Does anyone feel the same about their stutter?

Does anyone feel the same about their stutter? I'm 17M and have severe stuttering to the point that I can't talk to anyone and/or communicate with them. I just avoid talking to people as much as possi...

I’m so sorry to hear that. I’ve never had an in-person job myself and honestly even if I tried I don’t think I’d get hired. It’s sad because some common advice given to people who stutter is that gett...

I'm an EE with a mild-severe stutter. I've had jobs since high school. I've had loads of interviews, some with good speed and some with poor. I'm confident and open about it, and I found I got just as...

I mean government disability benefits, especially since even when we do work, we rarely get promotions and arnt seen as being capable leaders....

At my first job interviews I was blatantly told I couldn’t be hired because of my stuttering, then my first couple of jobs I was treated like I was stupid or slow by coworkers due to my stuttering. Yo...

As someone who has been told they couldn’t be hired because of my stutter during interviews, I would only disclose it in the interview if you end up stuttering. Jobs can easily discriminate now by jus...

Although my work sector does not require much speaking (warehouse, forklift driver), I mention it on my resume, since my stutter is severe, I think it's relevant....

Do you believe you got rejected because of your stutter?...

I practice a lot before any interview. Literally, I spend week rehearsing the answers and go all out in the interview. What I found is the interviewer really does not care about how you deliver it if ...

Disclose enough to let people know what's going on. The point is to kill the "i'm not sure what's that long pause mean" panic on their side, and the "shit shit shit shit what if they find out" panic o...

You're not alone. I faced too but also I have gone through many interviews where I have rejected the offers too. Just believe in your ability instead of limitations(Stammering is definitely not disabi...