We are interviewing for some entry-level positions in our office. We are finishing up with a potential candidate.
Interviewer: “So, did you have any questions for us?”
Candidate: “Not so much questions, but just some points to make things clear about when you hire me.”
“When” we hire her, not “if”.
Candidate: “I have ADHD, so you will need to make some accommodations for me. I cannot be expected to be at work at a specific time; you need to let me go with my own flow. If I can’t finish the task by a certain time, you need to accept that, too. I can’t help it, and if you fire me because of it, that’s discrimination. I also have an emotional support cat that I will need to bring with me to the office. I know you said your office doesn’t allow pets, but she’s not a pet, she’s an emotional support animal. I also have a list of triggers that can affect me and my condition. I will email you that list, and I will expect everyone in the office to read it.”
Interviewer: Amazingly deadpan “Is there anything else?”
Candidate: All smiles “No, that should be everything!”
She emailed us back a few weeks later asking why she had not received a start date. When she was then told that she had not gotten the job, she accused us of discrimination and said she would report us.
Whoever she reported us to must not be good with deadlines because they haven’t got back to us yet!
ADH-Don’t Be Like This
We are interviewing for some entry-level positions in our office. We are finishing up with a potential candidate.
Interviewer: “So, did you have any questions for us?”
Candidate: “Not so much questions, but just some points to make things clear about when you hire me.”
“When” we hire her, not “if”.
Candidate: “I have ADHD, so you will need to make some accommodations for me. I cannot be expected to be at work at a specific time; you need to let me go with my own flow. If I can’t finish the task by a certain time, you need to accept that, too. I can’t help it, and if you fire me because of it, that’s discrimination. I also have an emotional support cat that I will need to bring with me to the office. I know you said your office doesn’t allow pets, but she’s not a pet, she’s an emotional support animal. I also have a list of triggers that can affect me and my condition. I will email you that list, and I will expect everyone in the office to read it.”
Interviewer: Amazingly deadpan “Is there anything else?”
Candidate: All smiles “No, that should be everything!”
She emailed us back a few weeks later asking why she had not received a start date. When she was then told that she had not gotten the job, she accused us of discrimination and said she would report us.
Whoever she reported us to must not be good with deadlines because they haven’t got back to us yet!