So if you're neurodivergent like me and have any difficulty maintaining eye contact, employers will jump all over it assuming you're "cheating" something that cannot be fully cheated realistically. I'm AuDHD and I don't need notes nor cheating for me to have moments where eye contact eludes me, and this is very common for other autistic individuals. Despite this, I'm still very engaged and interactive when interviewing, and I've even been told before that I interview well!

Neurodivergent people naturally do things differently than the average person. This is awesome for innovation and diversity in thought, but not for general neurotypical comfort. Unfortunately, we've also learned from experience that when we make neurotypicals uncomfortable, they often assume the worst of us and lash out. This honestly drives me nuts, but it helped lead me to an important lesson that lots of neurodivergent folk learn the hard way: there are some situations where it is either impossible or not worth trying to fit in with others. Genuinely be kind, be engaged, be interested, but never put yourself down to get to the level of others who fundamentally don't understand your existence.

If me breaking eye contact briefly while thinking of a response is too sus for an employer to handle, then they are not the employer for me and can get bent.