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Easy questions have easy answers, right?

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

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

[–] gradual@lemmings.world 2 points 13 hours ago

They want people who like to be abused.

They don't want people with self-respect.

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago

This question should be illegal to ask.

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No I can't. I signed an NDA.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago

On snap... It could work if you are a good bullshit artist

[–] blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 day ago

The NDA: Dear me, I promise to talk about the fun times only with my friends and not with potential employers. Signed, me.

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This can also help you filter the lunatics from the normal workplaces. In an interview, I once explained that I couldn’t discuss specifics of my client work because of confidentiality and NDAs, and they kept pushing. It wasn’t even the same industry! There was no obvious competitive advantage.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 3 points 19 hours ago

Maybe they wanted to be ver very sure you weren’t covering a not-working period /s

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"I was consulting."

It's true, I was giving out advice left and right.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 23 hours ago

I totally had a guy catch and call me on that

"Those 3 months I did consulting for a local elderly care facility, helping them learn some computer basics"

"Sir, your parents don't count" without missing a beat. I actually did help other people in that specific chunk he was asking about, but rude lol, and I think that might even be a big part of why I didn't get that one tbh

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was my sabbatical, and be really smug when you say it, like I'm better than you.

"I inherited some money and could afford to pursue personal interests (getting high and playing videogames)"

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[–] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I spent some time in a mountain cave replica in a Nepalese themed restaurant, diligently honing my programming skills without the noise of the outside world. No internet, no mains, no toilet. Just me, my laptop, an angry manager who called the police and 60 charged replacement batteries that fell off a truck.

There I created the art of meditative programming where I learned to program not just my machine, but myself. As a result of this resume gap I am now able to function as a 13.6% more productive employee and have finally met the benchmark of 1.0x engineer. At my former employer I delivered a project which brought them in revenue totaling at least $12, giving me priceless experience because of this training.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 3 points 19 hours ago

<chef’s kiss>

[–] iamkindasomeone@feddit.org 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Germany, just ask them what the gap between 1933 and 1945 in their company's history is as a direct response.

[–] groet@feddit.org 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am not sure drawing a comparison between your unemployment and the reign of the Nazis is the best move

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

But if you get a rise out of them it'll be perfect.

That's too much info. A simple "I can" answers their question.

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yes. I created the document in Google docs, and you opened it in Word.

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[–] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 89 points 1 day ago (27 children)
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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got really into table tennis and lost track of time.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I went runn-ing

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Me: "I was moving in silence or under a NDA."

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 139 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

"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.

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[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

My resume has a bigger gap than goatse

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Those were the times I was taking time off to argue with the voices in my head that were telling me to kill again.

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[–] SirBucksworth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I tried to get the US-Citizenship. But then came the Macarena…

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