[Job-Discussions] Interview Questions

[dickblind at gmail.com]

Several weeks ago an employer emailed me to tell me that both of the two blind jobseekers who qualified for their jobs had flunked their job
 interviews. The first didn’t know how to answer common interview questions. The second did a little better, but appeared to have an entitlement mentality, something that never fails to turn employers off. 

Since the employer had participated in this summer’s NFB Career Fair, which included preparatory seminars on such things, and both individuals were apparently college educated, the employer’s email embarrassed me. How could such a thing have happened? What could the NFB do to make it up to the employer? 

He was a friend, and set me straight. He didn’t need us to do anything to make it up to him, except redouble our efforts to see that blind jobseekers were well prepared. Since I don’t know who the two individuals were, there is nothing I can do to help either of them, except provide the following advice to all of you:

1. There are dozens of articles on interview questions and answers on the internet. If you have the skills to work in a responsible position, you need to find, read, and practice them. 

2. There are plenty of people who can help you practice interviews: rehab counselors, college placement programs, creative job search staff, other NFB members, and family and friends. Pick some. 

3. The law insists that you be a “qualified” individual in order to be hired. If you cannot interview successfully for the job, you automatically disqualify yourself, and the employer does not have to hire you. 

Remember that the job is yours to lose too. 

Dick Davis, Chair
NFB Employment Committee



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