LogFAQs > #904074006

It's possible to win the lottery, but in general, don't ever say yes to any such question ever.

It's one thing to disclose it after your hired, but even then, a company can find ways to let an employee go if they really don't want them to work there. If your job performance doesn't suffer though, they probably wouldn't, once you are hired.

In the hiring process though, they have full power to decide who to interview etc. Gov jobs are a bit diff, but even so, saying you have a disability is one thing (and sometimes they need to hire x number of people with them), saying you have a mental disability/depression etc though?

Generally pays to come off as positive and motivated as possible in an interview. Even if you pull that off, stating that you suffer from depression can ruin it. Sadly most jobs have tons of applicants now adays, and employeers are going to look for the person who is most likely to excell.

You could get lucky though, maybe the person hiring also suffers from depression etc, but yeah, I would never put that down. They can not fire you later for not stating it btw, and they can't even find out unless you tell them (and they really shouldn't be able to ask, except I guess they are getting around that by claiming it's a disability..and they are required to hire so many people with disabilities).

Basic rule of thumb for interviewing/resumes etc, put your best self forward. Show all the good qualities you have, experience, goals etc. Most people do that so it still helps to have things that make you stand out, just so you can actually get an interview (at which point your personality can shine).

Anything that gets in the way of getting that interview, is bad.
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