Talk it through with Aurelius
How do I explain a career gap in an interview?
There is a gap on your CV and an interview coming, and you do not know how much to say about it. Too little sounds evasive, too much sounds like an apology, and you cannot tell from the inside which one you are doing.
◆ How this problem reads on the two dials
GuidanceKnowledge
1:1 with AureliusWith others (a Pod)
CRAFT. Not avoidance — they do not know the form of a good answer. A knowable better structure exists, the interviewer behaves in documented ways, and not knowing is the ordinary state. Fails the unafraid test: fully self-aware and unafraid, they still would not know what to say.
How the two dials adapt to you →What’s really going on
What you need here is not courage — it is the two sentences, and knowing when to stop talking. We will get the words right, and cover where the gap goes on the page so a first-pass scan does not stall on it.
🔒 What you’ll build togetherUnlock by starting
KnowledgeThe two-sentence gap account
KnowledgeWhat a screener is actually doing
A moveSay the two sentences out loud once before the day — the first time should not be in the room.
A moveName what you are afraid they will think, then check it against what the screener is actually doing.
What changes unlock by starting
- You can account for the gap in two sentences without apologising.
- You know what the first-pass reader is scanning for, and where to put the gap on the page.
- You can answer one follow-up without re-opening it.
One object, two jobs: a public answer to a real problem, and — the moment you start the chat — Aurelius’s live plan for your version of it.