John Wiswell: If you tell me five minutes before the interview that you will ask about my favorite authors, I will have a thousand names for you. If you ask who my favorite authors are DURING the interview, I will forget how reading even works.

If you tell me five minutes before the interview that you will ask about my favorite authors, I will have a thousand names for you. If you ask who my favorite authors are DURING the interview, I will forget how reading even works.

"Actually I've never read a book in my life, thanks for asking though, next question??"

how do book open

u hv buk?

What if... eat... just one page of bk

"Book open with monster-hunters being munch'd actually"

me, constantly, about anything

why are brains

Was gonna say, this describes the oral portion of my comprehensive exams pretty well.

my comps went exactly the opposite but I am Weird

I just straight-up forgot the names. Of everything. On the reading list. I talked around a question regarding Vergil's Eclogues because I could not remember the word "Eclogues". I think your Weird is more useful than my Weird in this area.

"What have you recently enjoyed reading?" "...books?"

"I just read some great books, I know I did, by... a person and about... something...lemme just look at my kindle real quick"

*me on stage, feverishly pointing at Malka, but having forgotten how to speak names*

"everyone else in this zoom!"

I, too, am Brain Spartacus...

Thank God I'm not alone.

we are legion

I keep an online reading journal so if I can overcome my embarrassment about pulling out my phone, I can totally tell you some GREAT stuff I've read lately but otherwise...

One of the only reasons I still have a Goodreads account.

Me too. Otherwise it all goes into the void.

“Who’s your favorite author?” Me, who’s never not listening to an audiobook: um. The one with the…book.

What is books?

Oh my gosh, this is such a theme for me and I believe that -- in my case, -- it's tied in with autism. I also personally avoid many real-time communications for that reason (so, trust is a very important factor when choosing which comms to do in real time). Either way, so relatable!!

It may well have to do with my neurospiciness! It sure feels like my brain is clunking shut.

"What have you been reading lately" "the... the... the... cereal box"

Here a useful lifehack for that situation: just say Robyn Bennis.

I’m a gotdamn certified writer and I once had someone in an interview say, “Tell me a story.” And I completely blanked. I didn’t get the job.

So true. But even then I have to stop and think for a while, because I read a lot and things change.

I have come to dread that question and others like it for exactly this reason! 😂

So true!

😂 I get it. We are with you.

This basically happened to me in an interview once. Judge asked me the last book I read. Last book I had read was controversial and political, so I hesitated. He took that as I never read and made some condescending comment. I'm like motherfucker I read like two books a month. So frustrating.

"Whassa book?" This is about how articulate I would be for live questions!

this struggle is so real

It took me about 5 interviews/panels before I realized I could anticipate this question and plan a list of books to share ....which I then still proceeding to forget to have with me about 50% of the time 🤦‍♀️

One reason why I always bring notes!

So glad I'm not the only one. It's truly amazing that I've ever got a job because I suck so bad at interviews.

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