I interviewed for one place where they asked about a “gap” (and yeah my resume is just full of gaps due to mostly working contracts, so oh well I’m used to those conversations). The one they were asking about was literally while I was in school, getting my degree. So I told her as much, thinking that would be the end of it per usual.
But no, she followed up with “right, but didn’t you have a job while you were in college? Didn’t you DO anything?”
Bitch, college WAS my fucking job, I took it seriously so I could graduate my STEM program with honors (as an unmedicated AuDHD). I was attending classes year-round, lived very frugally, and had GI Bill to cover it, so why would I work?
She continued to press it after I gave her the interview-appropriate version of the paragraph above, I have no idea why. I concluded the interview with something like “I don’t want to work for a company that cares this much that I didn’t have a job when I was going to school full time, didn’t need one, and wanted to focus on furthering my career. Good luck finding someone with no self-respect, since that’s what you seem to be looking for.”
What happened between jobs is none of anyone’s business. Do a fucking background check and see if I was in jail or not. You have zero right to know what I do or don’t do in my personal life.
Mostly they just want to know you weren’t in prison during the gap. Be prepared with an explanation
I interviewed for one place where they asked about a “gap” (and yeah my resume is just full of gaps due to mostly working contracts, so oh well I’m used to those conversations). The one they were asking about was literally while I was in school, getting my degree. So I told her as much, thinking that would be the end of it per usual.
But no, she followed up with “right, but didn’t you have a job while you were in college? Didn’t you DO anything?”
Bitch, college WAS my fucking job, I took it seriously so I could graduate my STEM program with honors (as an unmedicated AuDHD). I was attending classes year-round, lived very frugally, and had GI Bill to cover it, so why would I work?
She continued to press it after I gave her the interview-appropriate version of the paragraph above, I have no idea why. I concluded the interview with something like “I don’t want to work for a company that cares this much that I didn’t have a job when I was going to school full time, didn’t need one, and wanted to focus on furthering my career. Good luck finding someone with no self-respect, since that’s what you seem to be looking for.”
Damn. I would not work for a company like that. Fuck that. HR failed the interview.
I wonder if your response made them think about it for at least a bit
Doubt
Will “i wasnt in prison during the gap” suffice?
I’ll explain by leaving.
What happened between jobs is none of anyone’s business. Do a fucking background check and see if I was in jail or not. You have zero right to know what I do or don’t do in my personal life.