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by notabee 818 days ago
Don't mention health issues in an interview, ever. It's unfortunate and really should be illegal to discriminate (not to mention passing up on people who have learned a lot of resilience traits and recovered function) but it's pretty much the kiss of death to mention any kind of sickness or chronic issue.
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Yeah. But because it’s not explicitly illegal it is a very easy rejection from the employer. A chronic illness is zero upside and only downside from the employers perspective, so if they aren’t legally obligated to ignore it it’s a very easy no from their perspective. So as the candidate there is basically no reason to ever share that information up front because all it will do is get you basically instantly rejected