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Autistic and just had the worst interview ever

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I'm autistic and I had this interview at a company that sells supplements. I had learned a lot about how to deal with interviews, but this one went wrong. <br>I saw this job on the website of the company and I got so excited, because I love science and I love how supplements can help people. I had this feeling that I was meant to be there. <br>I just messaged them and asked if I could have an internship there. They said yes. <br>I got a bit nervous, just wanted to know what kind of job it would be. I talked to my advisor (you have to have an advisor during internship, who helps you) and she told me that the most important thing was how I would talk to them. Just be yourself and just talk to them.<br>I got there and they told me about what they're doing and how they were going to teach me a lot. I was very happy until I had to ask my questions. <br>I had just one question, which one area of the company was that I would be involved in? That's when they got weird. I'm sorry to say that it was a white man in a high position that was talking to me about what would be my job area. He got really weird and just said that I had to convince them that they should give me this job. <br>I got really confused and then he started telling me how I was weird and how I shouldn't be this social, that I should be a researcher. I told him I was autistic. Then he started telling me that I shouldn't be saying this and that I should be somehow happy about it or something. I got really confused and then he started telling me how I was very weird and maybe autistic people shouldn't get internships. And now I'm so sad that I just wanted this job so badly.

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