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How neurodiverse job-seekers can ace interviews - with Ramon Santillan of PersuasiveInterview.com

How neurodiverse job-seekers can ace interviews - with Ramon Santillan of PersuasiveInterview.com

Update: 2025-01-28
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#198: Ramon Santillan is a renowned interviewing expert who focuses on helping neurodiverse people ace their job interviews.  He explains the challenges neurodiverse people have in interviews, how we’re expected to act in interviews, and the different body language cues you should read and use.

What you’ll learn

  • [01:30 ] How Ramon became an interview coach.
  • [05:25 ] Why Ramon specialises in coaching people who are neurodiverse.
  • [08:50 ] What neurodiversity means.
  • [11:23 ] Challenges neurodiverse people have in interviews.
  • [13:48 ] Common difficulties neurodiverse people face when selling themselves.
  • [15:24 ] How neurodiverse people can understand how to act in an interview.
  • [19:00 ] Exhibiting and reading body language.
  • [21:46 ] Common interview questions that neurodiverse people struggle with.
  • [25:06 ] How to make interviews conversational.
  • [25:46 ] How to manage anxiety and overstimulation during an interview.
  • [30:44 ] Whether or not to disclose your neurodiversity in a job application. 
  • [35:35 ] What to do if you’re interviewing a neurodiverse person.
  • [43:26 ] What interviewers look for in an interview.

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For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/how-neurodiverse-job-seekers-can-ace-interviews/

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How neurodiverse job-seekers can ace interviews - with Ramon Santillan of PersuasiveInterview.com

How neurodiverse job-seekers can ace interviews - with Ramon Santillan of PersuasiveInterview.com

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