Ticking the disabled box. pt 29 of 421.

I applied for a couple of jobs last week, one with Lloyds for a Senior Insight Analyst and one with Barclays for a Senior Data Analyst. I feel that I need some reasonable adjustments in my role and there's no chance of getting that where I'm currently working, it's just too small. I'd read that Lloyds had been awarded the Autism Friendly award from the National Autistic Society so it seemed a sensible thing to try and, alongside that, I thought now I had some experience with finance moving somewhere more reputable might be a good move. Plus some of that sweet corporate gravy.

When it came to the applications both had a box 'if people meet the minimum standards and are disabled we guarantee an interview'. I thought, you know I really want to try and be more honest so I'll tick it. It has a lot of connotations in my head I guess but ultimately I definitely qualify for that tick so I thought, you know I'll go for it. I've never really had many rejections for jobs, so it was a bit odd on Monday when lloyds gave me a straight no. Especially given that I'd basically worked that job title previously. It left me feeling a little dejected to be honest. I don't fully know how to take it, was it because I ticked the box? Was my CV poor? Is it just chance? For the Barclays one they've at least called me and I've gone though the basic psychometric stuff so that feels a bit better. As I said to T it's only one data point so doesn't necessarily mean anything, but it does leave a bit of a better taste. What would've happened if I didn't tick that box?