extremely unprepared for interview. Should I cancel

[DCapplicant]

I have a job interview tomorrow which I’m extremely unprepared for. I also have ASD and generally awful in interviews (for eg have had a panic attack in an interview in one before).

now as I know interviews are incredibly hard for me, I usually would prep from the day of being offered an interview until the actual day of the interview, and cancel any social plans or hobbies to focus.

unfortunately I ended up down with the flu this week, and felt too weak to do much or concentrate on interview prep. My interview is tomorrow and I feel far too unprepared and annoyed at myself for it

Should I call in sick and cancel tommorow? However there’s a risk they may not reschedule, and even if I attend and bomb the interview at least I can remember what was asked to help for prepping for next one? But I also don’t want to embarrass myself and become blacklisted for future opportunities with the company

What type of job? Will there be some kind of test or have you not researched them?

I'm an ASD practitioner and I think you should do the following:

Tell them you have ASD, have been ill with flu, and have been unable to prepare for the interview as you would usually be able to. And that interviews are difficult for you.

In my personal opinion a trial day at the job would be a much better way of assessing someone with ASD rather than putting them on the spot and getting them to answer unknown questions. Interviews put some people at a disadvantage.

Best of luck OP

No tests, junior role.
I have interviewed at this company before (different role) and I know they love the STAR scenario questions and you get scored quite similar to civil service interviews I.e., the interview is much more about elaborate STAR scenarios rather than the actual role or company. Last interview with them I only got one question related to the actual role.
It’s frustrating because I could effortlessly go into depth about why I want to do this job however I struggle with the STAR scenarios (lets be real we all manipulate them to fit in their expected answers), so feels like playing a memory game rather than it being a more ‘honest’ conversation talking about the role. I’m forgetting details of my hypothetical STAR examples as I’m cramming last minute, and need more time

thank you! You sound like a great practitioner. I can only wish corporate workplaces understood ASD more and were as understanding as you. Unfortunately, I highly doubt the company would be lenient enough to give a work trial instead of an interview.