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Easy questions have easy answers, right?
"I was unemployed"
"I took a sabbatical"
EDIT : When I took my sabbatical and I was dating at the same time, instead of being seen as a scruffy bum it actually did give an air of mystique, since most people at that age were not doing things like that.
I was told one way is: I singed a nda and I’m not allowed to answer that
My refusal to answer is proof that I'm trustworthy :3
You’d still be asked to provide start and end dates and place of employment if your work was confidential. If the NDA prohibits you from disclosing your employment entirely, it will typically include a restriction against disclosing the existence of the NDA itself.
FMLA is always a safe bet. Only one available to care for a dying family member buys sympathy and is an area they can’t legally ask any follow-up questions.
Source: former corporate shill and interviewer
Haha, as if anyone actually asks that. A gap gets you automatically rejected by the employment AI, long before humans see it.
"I had to provide end of life care to a close relative."
I have a big gap from a few years of depression and that's my go to line. I have never ever heard a follow up question.
I have a big gap from a few years of depression
It's relieving to hear I'm not the only one, that shit was crippling. Glad we both made it through!
Yes. I created the document in Google docs, and you opened it in Word.
“Sorrry, I have an NDA”
NDAs generally prohibit you from stating that you are under NDA.
Better to be cryptic “I can’t really go into details due to my clearance”.
That doesn't work either
They still want name of employer and dates
Lots of cleared applicants have probably applied there in the past
In Germany, just ask them what the gap between 1933 and 1945 in their company's history is as a direct response.
I am not sure drawing a comparison between your unemployment and the reign of the Nazis is the best move
"I took four months off to recover from burnout"
That's pretty much what I said - I took some time off for my family. I was getting called 3-4 times a week between 6pm-5am, often times not being present for them, so I had to make a change or risk losing them. I got the job and don't get called at night. Win-win all except for those 4 months without paying and stress of resume rewrites and a million applications.
No I can't. I signed an NDA.
The NDA: Dear me, I promise to talk about the fun times only with my friends and not with potential employers. Signed, me.
This question should be illegal to ask.
"I was consulting."
It's true, I was giving out advice left and right.
i have never been asked this question and i actively remove positions that aren't relevant to the job i send that particular resume to
I was working on my mental health
Oh you have had mental health problems? I'm not sure we're going to be a good fit for your kind...
An idiot asked me that once when I had just finished my masters. Like did you read my resume?
Those were the times I was taking time off to argue with the voices in my head that were telling me to kill again.
Took a year off to let everyone else catch up 💅
"That's when I was happy" is the only correct answer.
"Those are line breaks. You see it's easier to read if you break up blocks of text into paragraphs separated by a whole empty line."
That's too much info. A simple "I can" answers their question.
Yes, i was pursuing other opportunities that do not relate to this field so i did not include them
"The economy"
It’s called a line break. Now I know why you needed someone proficient in MS Word!
"Yeah, I spent that time driving Uber/Doordash/whatever."
No boss to confirm/deny, and it's not like Uber is going to tell a random employer when one of their drivers were active.
If i have to explain the gap (which clearly means I was not employed), it means you are incompetent, you fail my interview, I don't work with incompetent bosses.
I always put in "traveling overseas"
In my case this is actually true, but I've never had anyone question me taking 12 months off every few years
