The ‘Thinking Questions’ are the Hardest
April 14th, 2005The hardest part of going to job interviews was trying to answer the thinking questions. Thinking questions are basically the questions that HR people like to ask in order to see how your thought process works.
I froze up during many of those thinking questions and just couldn’t answer them. If the same exact questions had been written on paper, and if I had been alone, I’m sure I would have been able to answer them easily. If the same exact questions had been asked informally and casually by a friend, I’m sure it would have been no problem to answer them.
The problem was that so many thoughts were going through my head that I couldn’t focus on what they were asking me. It looked like I was either dumb or just didn’t know how to think.
Suffice it to say that I didn’t get accepted to almost all of the jobs that I interviewed for.
April 17th, 2005 at 4:07 pm
I friend of mine , now a sophomore is college, was dx with add at the end of his fresham year in college. He said he always knew he had it and even started investigating it himself in high school but did not want meds. He was told when he was diagnosed that his iq was very high and that is probaly the only reason he got through high school with good grades etc. He did go on adderall last year but takes it only for school as he does not like meds but he said the difference when trying to study or take exams is amazng. He is very hyperfocused and when he is vey interested in something can focus on that and shut out the world but otherwise his brain is all over the place 24 hours a day. They put him on concerta at first and he felt so bad,mean,and dull onit after only a week so ent off. I am goingto send him here next time I am in touch with him.
April 21st, 2005 at 6:21 pm
Funny, I can really identify with how you’ve described your friend. Except that my grades back in high school were only moderately good, and my reactions to Concerta and Adderall were the opposite. But it’s true, the meds really do make an amazing difference.
April 22nd, 2005 at 10:03 am
Wow.. your post reminds me of myself. That is most of the reason why i never did very well in school. When being tought verbally, just cannot, for the life of me, listen to them. It bores me, other things rush through my mind. Now, like you said, given the same things on paper, and its no problem at all. Same with school work. Did well on homework, but i did crap in class.
What happens to me is like at work, i am asked a question , and instantly its as if my mind goes blank.. i feel like an ass because of course i know the answer. Sometimes, given the situation, my face gets hot real quick, and i get all flustered, unable to think at all. That doesnt happen often though, as im not given these situations often.
Boy, id hate to see myself in school!!!
April 25th, 2005 at 3:14 am
I’m curious if there’s a connection between ADD and having trouble learning things that are told verbally. I definitely have that problem.