Engineering video
0:48 · 18 December 2022
If you have been laid off for less than three months, avoid stating you are unemployed during an interview; instead, say you are still working at your current company and seeking a new challenge.
Hear it at 0:04 →they say be 16s stereotyping tech that a good developer is never unemployed. So if you just got laid off and you're looking for a job and it's been less than three months since it happened, when asked like, what are you doing at the moment or what are you working on right now? Don't mention that you're unemployed. Just say, I'm still working at this company with this tech stack and looking for a new challenge because, you know, I want to further develop myself.
That's it. And in most cases, if you don't make it a big issue, they won't dig in. Trust me, it's better than mentioning things like, yeah, I got laid off. Or worst, talk crashing about your ex-company. And yeah, you can argue that this is not 100% honest or it's a white lie. Well, not hiring someone based on their past and not giving them a chance to showcase their skills, it's also dishonest by those standards.
I'm not asking you to lie. I'm asking you not to make it a big deal in your best interest. If you want to get to the next stage of that interview, don't think about it. Just do it. Just say that you're still working there.
