Son had an interview today!

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Am a totally nervous wreck until we hear if he has got the job or not! DS1 is in his twenties and has ASD and learning difficulties. He had a part time temporary job over Christmas, but nothing since.

I expect that he won't get it as there are various reasons why they might not want him. But it would be so fantastic and the hours would suit him very well.

Just biting my nails!

Fingers crossed for him that he gets it.

Even if he doesn't, he's done brilliantly to reach the interview stage. :)

Yes, we are very pleased that he even got an interview in the first place!

well done to him, hope he gets the job

Thanks, will update as soon as we find out. :)

Fingers crossed here too.

Well done on the interview! Fingers and toes crossed for him here too :)

Still haven't heard from him. He is going out with friends tonight, so we may not hear for ages. Or the employer may not even decide until tomorrow. Nerves on edge!

Thanks, all, for your replies. Really appreciate this :)

If he's like mine it'll be yada, yada, yada and Oh by the way - I got the job, yada, yada yada

Best of luck - good news that he got the interview, hope it went really well for him.

Good luck to your son Gurl.

I'm dreading it when the day comes and DS has to go job hunting

Well, he's back home and says that it went well. Although he then went on to tell us all the things he shouldn't really have said. But he can't lie or even gild the truth a bit!

Apparently, they are seeing more people tomorrow and will not tell the successful candidate until next week!!! Aargh! Can't cope with such a long wait! If he really did tell them all his "bad" points, I can't see that he will have got the job, sadly. It would have been a very good fit for him.

Wait for a week! oh gosh!

The main thing is though that he has the confidence to go and have an interview and the more he goes on the more skilled he will become. Maybe help him memorise the good bits omitting the bad bits in a word a bit of interview protocol

I will keep watching this space for the week!

Thanks for your reply, coff33pot. I wish DH or I could have been with him. Then we could have seen how he answered the questions and helped to coach him for next time. The last interview he had, where he did get the job, the employer fed back to us that he was brilliant. But that job was very different and he already knew them because he had done work experience there.

I think I am more nervous than when I did my last interview! Always worse when it is your own kids.

I will post back when I have any more news. Thanks to everyone who has posted. I don't often post on this board as DS is now adult and I don't think I can contribute very much.

Sadly, he didn't get the job :( Probably a lot to do with the fact that he always tells everyone his life story and the unvarnished truth!

Thanks to all who posted on here - onwards and upwards!

It's all interview experience. Get him to call them and ask for a summary of how he could improve his interview performance. Someone else telling him may get him listening?

as ellen said, it's all good experience Does he have anything else lined up?

awww I was rooting for him to get it. And it is good experience. Ringing up the employer as Ellen said is a good idea. :)

Also maybe right out an interview plan and rehearse it a little.

He has done excellent to withstand an interview infront of strangers. I would be proud of him if he were mine as that is a huge achievement itself :)

Tell him keep hunting and we all wish him luck!

Thanks everyone, you are all so kind :)

Yes, DH is going to ring them and ask for feedback and then we can help DS better. He is also working with Remploy on interview techniques and job applications, although don't get me started on that. Not entirely happy with the calibre of their staff. Some of his job applications have been sent in with poor spelling and grammar! aargh!

AH! help him do a CV :)

That way he can print it off and use that for most applications that he writes off to to put on their records.

Right down to hobbies and how he persives he can be of help in their particular business.

Condensing it down on paper might help him memorise it and condense his chat down a bit also and then just broaden on things people ask him :)

He has a very good CV - I helped to write it and I also help him keep it up to date. What is annoying us is that he goes into Remploy several times each week, and one of their people helps him to write online job applications. Except that she seems to be pretty illiterate herself! We saw one of the applications, unfortunately after he had already submitted it, and it was full of mistakes. These people are being paid by the government to support people into work. DH is not going to be able to control himself for much longer as I just know he will have to say something (he is an ex-teacher).

And the problem with him over-sharing at interview is that he just loves to talk to people! To think we were so worried when he didn't speak until he was over two and we fought for speech therapy!

Well all that fighting has paid off into your ds becoming a lovely people person! :)

And with all the support you have given him there will be something around the corner for him soon I am sure.

Will keep an eye out for big capital letters and flashing lights! :)