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 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.
Maybe they wanted to be ver very sure you weren’t covering a not-working period /s
On snap... It could work if you are a good bullshit artist
This question should be illegal to ask.
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
"I was consulting."
It's true, I was giving out advice left and right.
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)"
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.
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
But if you get a rise out of them it'll be perfect.
Yes. I created the document in Google docs, and you opened it in Word.
"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 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.
<chef’s kiss>
That's too much info. A simple "I can" answers their question.
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
"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.
Haha, as if anyone actually asks that. A gap gets you automatically rejected by the employment AI, long before humans see it.
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
Those were the times I was taking time off to argue with the voices in my head that were telling me to kill again.
"That is the year when I was happy."
"I cosplayed as a person who was free."
“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”.
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:
Judge your reaction to being asked stupid questions.
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.
Me: "I was moving in silence or under a NDA."
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
Took a year off to let everyone else catch up 💅
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