Easy questions have easy answers, right?
“I was unemployed”
- Why?
- Can they not even keep a job?
“I took a sabbatical”
- Mysterious
- Arousing
- Shows off the size of your enormous sack
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.
What’s your biggest strength?
The size of my enormous sack
Randy Marsh, sir, you’re hired.
I love Randy Marsh, but theres absolutely no way in hell I’d hire him, the legal risks would be high as fuck, plus there’s always the risk he would start a coup and take over the place.
I don’t care if he’s qualified, he’s Randy fucking Marsh, that’s a danger to your wellbeing.
Sounds like you need a little tegridy.
I’m having some tegridy right now.
Santa?
Took a year off to let everyone else catch up 💅
“That is the year when I was happy.”
“I cosplayed as a person who was free.”
In principle they shouldn’t be allowed to ask that. if they seem to be giving too much weight to that they are just being lazy on trying to evaluate you and they will likely be bad employers who believe that taking time off for yourself is a red flag
They want people who like to be abused.
They don’t want people with self-respect.
I have a one year gap in mine and I can’t remember anyone asking about it.
Went Karouac on everyone’s ass!
“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
I am not at liberty to discuss this gap.
I could tell you but…
I’d go to prison and you’d have to sign some kind of NDA
I could tell you, but this unspeakable information is bound to turn even the most capable minds towards madness.
You were also probably wondering, what’s in the canister?
Ohh, juicy. Where do I sign?
OMG, reply threads are in rainbow colors. I just noticed.
Hah! I had the same reaction when I noticed. It’s neat.
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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
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.
“I legally cannot tell you what I was doing from 20xx-20xx”
I’d still ask follow-up questions. Was it in the public or private sector? What branch or industry? Were you in a leadership role, part of a team, or working as an individual contributor? What skills did you develop during that employment that would be beneficial to your employment in this role?
“I cannot answer any of those except the last one, which is that I learned how to avoid questions like these”
Was singeing the NDA the reason you didn’t keep that job?
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Haha, as if anyone actually asks that. A gap gets you automatically rejected by the employment AI, long before humans see it.
Can someone confirm from* a recruitment standpoint.
What does one put on the resume then?
lies
Secrets and Lies. Secrets and Lies!
You use the other AI to fill it in on the resume.
That’s why my resume is just a QR code.
“The economy”
It’s called a line break. Now I know why you needed someone proficient in MS Word!
An idiot asked me that once when I had just finished my masters. Like did you read my resume?
I think they do that to:
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Judge your reaction to being asked stupid questions.
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Check that you know what’s written on your CV, to see if you’re lying on it or something?
C) Because someone else chose the candidates for interview.
Based on the context and my own personal experience as a person who has interviewed hundreds as a hiring manager --not syaing I do this, just that I understand-- they said “HEY FRANK WE NEED YOU TO SIT IN THIS INTERVIEW IN 30 MINUTES. K THANKS” and Frank showed up and tried to pretend that he knew what was going on.
Sounds about right, I’ve had interviews where the boss has forgotten.
Granted it was just bar work, still pretty funny to see the dawning of realisation spread across their face.
Also these first impression moments are good because you can predict how they would treat you if you worked there. I walked away super annoyed and didn’t care that I didn’t get called back in. I was way overqualified for the position but was also desperate for one since I had just moved back to the country and needed to sponsor my spouse for residency.
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I had a six year gap. I tried to found a startup with a buddy and it fell through. I had enough savings to spend time learning new technologies and leveling up my skills. It made me unemployable. It really sucked. Finally taking a temp gig for four months got the phone to start ringing.
That’s not a gap, you were working for the startup. Even if the company never put a product on the market, you were still working. Doesn’t matter if your didn’t even form an LLC. You should put it on your resume and proudly describe the work your did and challenges you faced when anyone asks about it.
The startup ended much earlier than the rest of the time that I spent learning new tech. It wouldn’t have been plausible to expand the startup time for a plethora of reasons. I did learn to use it on my resume from a similar online discussion.
Why not lie about it?
Bosses aren’t people, lying to them isn’t just right, it’s a duty.
No wonder why none of your bosses treated you well if you have this kind of thinking. You must be a pain to work with.
You have the relationship backwards.
