Easy questions have easy answers, right?
They want people who like to be abused.
They don’t want people with self-respect.
Not difficult to understand
Submitted 10 months ago by phudgins@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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gradual@lemmings.world 10 months ago
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 months 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
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Big if true
slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 10 months ago
This question should be illegal to ask.
RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
No I can’t. I signed an NDA.
andybytes@programming.dev 10 months ago
On snap… It could work if you are a good bullshit artist
slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 10 months ago
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 10 months ago
Maybe they wanted to be ver very sure you weren’t covering a not-working period /s
blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
The NDA: Dear me, I promise to talk about the fun times only with my friends and not with potential employers. Signed, me.
SirBucksworth@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I tried to get the US-Citizenship. But then came the Macarena…
Litebit@lemmy.world 10 months 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.
CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
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 10 months ago
<chef’s kiss>
heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
My resume has a bigger gap than goatse
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
“I was consulting.”
It’s true, I was giving out advice left and right.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months 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 10 months ago
It was my sabbatical, and be really smug when you say it, like I’m better than you.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 months ago
“I inherited some money and could afford to pursue personal interests (getting high and playing videogames)”
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Online and on video games.
Suavevillain@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Me: “I was moving in silence or under a NDA.”
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
That’s too much info. A simple “I can” answers their question.
iamkindasomeone@feddit.org 10 months ago
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 10 months ago
I am not sure drawing a comparison between your unemployment and the reign of the Nazis is the best move
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 10 months ago
But if you get a rise out of them it’ll be perfect.
NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
Those were the times I was taking time off to argue with the voices in my head that were telling me to kill again.
Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Did you win the argument?
NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
That’s what the interviewer asked too. The voices didn’t like that question…
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 10 months ago
For like 3 months out of the 2 year gap, yeah
Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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
kamen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have a one year gap in mine and I can’t remember anyone asking about it.
stoly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
An idiot asked me that once when I had just finished my masters. Like did you read my resume?
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
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.
stoly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
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rdri@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes. I created the document in Google docs, and you opened it in Word.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 10 months ago
This is on you then. Providing finished documents in an editable format just feels wrong to me
rdri@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sharing a document in Google docs means sharing a link and in many cases with read-only access.
TheBat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s why you should provide PDF of you resume.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 months ago
Nah just give them the
.texsource and let them deal with it.
toastmeister@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I created it in Word and opened it in Teams by accident once.
Hupf@feddit.org 10 months ago
Teams embedded Office is the worst. Like, can you not, and would it hurt to be ⅔ less bloated by doing so?
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
“Yeah, I spent that time driving Uber/Doordash/whatever.”
Nalivai@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Depending on your career, this might be worse than not doing anything
Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 months ago
“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.”
Agent641@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“That is the year when I was happy.”
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
“I cosplayed as a person who was free.”
twice_hatch@midwest.social 10 months ago
Took a year off to let everyone else catch up 💅
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 10 months ago
Oh. I’m bookmarking this. Great idea.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Will this actually work?
ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Not even remotely.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It depends on the context if you say you had an NDA and can’t elaborate at all on the details that’s a clear red flag as most NDAs you can at least give the context of what it is about I.e. specific job processes, witnesses an event, etc.
If you say you worked for X company but can’t talk about the details of your work because of an NDA then that’s fine but they might call your old employer to verify you did really work there.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
For the most part, yes. They only really ask the question because they automatically assume you were in jail if you have a gap over 2’ish weeks long. So they’re really just looking for some sort of explanation besides “I was just unemployed for no reason.” Because they assume “no reason” is really “I don’t want to admit that I was in jail.”
Agent641@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I can’t tell you, I signed an NDA
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
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.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
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.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
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.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Why not lie about it?
Bosses aren’t people, lying to them isn’t just right, it’s a duty.
ShouldIHaveFun@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
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.
Almacca@aussie.zone 10 months ago
“That was a period of my life that is none of your business.”
BussyCat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And that’s how you don’t get a call back
Almacca@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Suits me. I wouldn’t want to work for anyone that nosy anyway.
Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I was working on my mental health
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Oh you have had mental health problems? I’m not sure we’re going to be a good fit for your kind…
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
in other words, it’s why i’m not trying to strangle you for asking me that question!
Dearth@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, i was pursuing other opportunities that do not relate to this field so i did not include them
duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
“I took four months off to recover from burnout”
shalafi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes. I’ve basically said that, not that I’ve had such a rude, direct question from an interviewer.
Fallofturkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Its classified
Agent641@lemmy.world 10 months ago
[REDACTED]
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Just lie. There is absolutely nothing unethical about lying about timeframes on your resume.
Looking for a job after being made redundant, but still in good standing with your former coworker or manager? Just say you still work there.
Otherwise they’ll have way more leverage when it comes to salary negotiation.
My friend did this when he got made redundant, landed a well paying job, after months of being unemployed.
You have no reason to have a gap on your resume because you’ll be unfairly punished for it.
Just lie. It’s 100% ethical.