I have a disability that is somewhat invisible but impacts my day to day, how do you go about managing this during interview process - do you disclose to your recruiter that you require certain accommodations? Or is it better to wait until after you get an offer?
What is your disability? Hard to answer without this IMO
I don't see any downside to waiting until you get an offer, assuming you're willing to go through the entire interview process anyway. At large companies there may be an employee group for people with disabilities. You could try asking the recruiter for a list of employees interest groups /employee resource groups and talk to someone there. They won't be directly involved with recruiting.
Yeah it's not really your responsibility to tell them.
my disability greatly affects my work, i have announced / not announced at different places. sadly it seems no shits are given, it might even have a negative impact on your longevity
sorry to hear that ;( My exp is generally this is true, and even surprising from what felt like "good" people. I finally mustered the courage to disclose on my first day, after years of not, and got silence. so be prepared, it sucks if it happens, but also trust there are people out there that care. Someone mentioned the ERGS. Abs the best place to join and connect with people there. The Neurodiversity ERG on Teams is great, and there's another general Disabilies @ MS. Lots of job postings in that community, for teams that are led by pple with disabilities or clearly have the MO in their job desc, so I'd expect best success there.
Definitely disclose if you want interview accommodations. They are not allowed to make a negative decision based on this disclosure, like cancel your interview. The interviewers will not know your diagnosis. I'm not as sure about once on the job, mixed experience thus far.
Does it impact how you write code? If not, no need to tell. HR basically will be mitigating risk while hiring and if you tell them about the disability it may cause them to hire someone else. It is unfair but that is corporate America for you
another way of looking at it is the co. wants to hire people with disabilities for D&I initiatives. Recruiters especially want this as it helps their career goals. This makes this choice harder to navigate. If you get an offer, once you get on the inside a whole new set of q's and things to navigate, search my other posts for more info