@nixCraft First step would be to be even asked that question or being invited to an interview where this question is asked.

That's something you are rarely getting in that exact situation. Recruiters don't ask questions, they lay you on the "dumpster" stack.

@nixCraft

"Yes. I've been unemployed."

@nixCraft I kinda wonder what will happen if I say, "No. I actually have no idea and nobody will tell me."

@nixCraft 200.000 alone in Holywood?

@nixCraft Isn't it crazy? People are getting laid off because of "the economy", and then it's the employees'/workers' fault for not having a job. Crazy how that works, right?

@crazyeddie
That's often how it feels and what I want to say

@art_histories @nixCraft
Even worse. I got those questions about my gap during the energy crisis as a freelancer

You know, the group that takes the first blow in bad times?

@nixCraft Well put

@nixcraft

"Yes, but I'm not going to."

Also, am I the only person who reduces work history to the three most relevant previous positions to the one I'm applying to at that moment?

I almost _never_ provide my full work history. If they _want_ to know that I washed dishes twenty years ago for retirees and I'm applying to write software... I don't really wanna work there anymore.

(Does this sound snide? I don't mean it to.)

@nixCraft summarizes it pretty well

@nixCraft
"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"
"Oh yeah, you know that billionaire that did the Nazi salute on stage and hung out with Epstein? There was that bit of time where he got put in charge of the government and fired my entire team (and hundreds/thousands of others)"