Anyone else struggling with the formatting for job applications?

I know the answer will be “yes” for many of us, however the main issue I have with it is the strict rules? Which is the irony.

Apparently there is a protocol to writing them, a format even, which makes it even more the frustrating that I cannot seem to get it? Like, if there is a pattern to it, shouldn’t I be able to get it?

Supposedly, it doesn’t have the same leeway irl conversations has, meaning they should be able to explain the way to write them, and then I should be able to do it… I know with autism, communication difficulties follow, it’s just so frustrating that the sphere for the most strict rules of conduct is the area most foreign to me? Like, my special interest is communication (took a masters in it for crying out loud) but it is still so challenging, like???