Hi All - I desperately need help with something. I was an ex management consultant and recently lost my job. I have been getting decent number of calls but am having a lot of trouble converting them past the 2nd or 3rd round. My struggle is with structured communication, thinking on the spot, being to structure my response whilst thinking (I have ADHD - not severe though). Continued in comments

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I feel for you OP, I recently went something similar and also struggle with ADHD but successfully broke into product management.

I find that I really have to take the time to understand the company, write out my story, and actually practice behavioral questions. I was so prepped that it gave the illusion of thinking on my feet.

Biggest game changer for me has been writing down experiences with pen and paper. Then recording myself reading out the stories

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Feel for you. I'm coming back to consulting after a long break, and the ability to structure and logically plan out cases, think through next steps, draft good slides, etc. all seems to have faded for me. It's hard to be back in it. Good luck!

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I am not able to understand if it is my ADHD or my inability to think deeply or the fact that I am applying to a wide variety of roles (a lot of which I don’t have experience in and need to learn a lot of new context for my interviews). My presentations have excruciating detail and I get obsessed with details and lose the bigger picture. In case studies, I over explain and the interviewers lose interest. It is the same story with my behaviourals as well - I have too much detail and the interviews loses interest. I go thoroughly prepared for interviews and when I am asked something else, I get derailed. I am just not able to think on feet and structure my responses under pressure. I am losing a lot of opportunities because of this. Desperately looking for a way out and some guidance. It has come to a point where I have started despising myself.#tech #layoffs #consultant#layoff #severance #tech

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Everything you’ve shared here resonates so deeply… I’m not diagnosed with ADHD, but I think I do have it. Altogether, this inability to connect well with neurotypical people has destroyed my confidence and driven me into an anxiety spiral. Happy to connect. Also job-hunting right now

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