HN asks: how to address a 12 month gap in employment prior to current job search? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22225372 … My answer, regardless of cause: “I took some time off to explore projects and am excited to get back to work.” then *move on*.
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This is one of those hiring questions to which there are no right answers but many wrong answers; your answer will be scored as either neutral or disqualifying. Another question with similar dynamics: “Why did you leave your last job?”
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It is entirely reasonable to leave a job because it missed payroll, because you had an irreconcilable difference with a boss, because the office had poisonous politics, because you were bored, or because you were denied promotion. If you say that out loud, 2 data points on you.
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There is almost no conceivable way to have either the content of the message or the data point “Candidate said the content of the message out loud” be read in one’s favor.
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With an example for concreteness. Candidate: “I was denied promotion.” Hiring manager (thinks): “Oh so you were not exceeding expectations?” HM says: “Oh. Why?” Candidate: “My work was judged unfairly.” HM (thinks): “Do I believe that? Or do I believe they are miscalibrated?”
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All conversations on this topic redound to the disfavor of the candidate. The candidate should always want to move the conversation to how the candidate will create outstanding value in the new job.
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