Ex amazon here. Was pipped and then left in September mid. Right now I am preparing for interviews. And will start interviewing by end of the month. I wanted to understand if the gap in career still considered something? TC is something I can manage if I go ahead with offer shopping but still will it be a dealbreaker at some places? Edit: Thanks everyone for wonderful answers. I am feeling a lot more confident now. However, I have a follow up questions. I was working as an SDE2 for 2 years and I have a total work experience of 6+ years and I am thinking for going for SDE3 position because my workex allows me to. Will offer shopping help there? Or will the interviews alone be sufficient?
No one cares so far as you kill the loops.
And use recursion
3 months is nothing. 3 years might be a problem.
Depends. These days it’s not uncommon for parents to take career breaks when having kids, caring for elderly parents, exploring a different career etc.
i like to think tech is more forgiving, if you are nice we understand everyone gets life and needing to take breaks
anything sub 3 months no one will care. just say you took time to recharge anything over 6 months prolly just explain what you did during it. feel like the last year or 2 have changed stigma on any gaps you’re good
This is the way. You might get a question for 6 months plus but it doesn't raise a red flag you can have a lot of excuses until it's like 2 years. A few years and you better have a very good reason like grad school or family care or idk.
Not fortunate, but if you have a good reason it's not a big deal. I would pay extra attention to evaluate the skills, but that's all. Of course if I have many candidates to choose from, then I would go with the ones forward that has a stable past, unless they have something extra, like working at FAANG, so I think you're good (HM here)
A short gap like that isn’t an issue
No
What gap? Do you mean the startup named <randomly_generated_name>? That was a really amazing learning experience. Just buy the domain.
That’s good.
You can always say you were consulting by opening your own LLC. Make up couple of clients. When background check happens you are the owner of that LLC. Give your alternate phone number or your friends number for reference check. And technically it's all legit. It's just to avoid uncomfortable questions from recruiting team especially HR. Really simple!!
Anyone tried this ?
I have been a consultant for my own LLC for a long time. During FTE background check I would tell the background check company that I was the sole owner. Then they wanted to talk to my clients. Now if I had worked for 2 to 3 clients over a period of 2 years, I was not gonna chase 3 separate client managers for reference. In the end I just used my friend or spouse to cover for that. Technically I was not fudging anything. And that simplified everything.
Who cares
A month or two isn't a deal breaker, longer than that you should be able to justify it.
People don't even put months on their resume anymore It's like just years now. No one cares about months but it's like 2 years people are gonna ask wtf you were doing. At least a year you can spin it like vacation or elderly care or something like children