{"id":35390,"date":"2026-08-03T10:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/?p=35390"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:16:38","slug":"how-should-i-handle-questions-about-rather-awkward-topics-such-as-a-gap-in-my-cv-or-dropping-out-of-university-during-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/how-should-i-handle-questions-about-rather-awkward-topics-such-as-a-gap-in-my-cv-or-dropping-out-of-university-during-an-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"How should I handle questions about rather awkward topics \u2013 such as a gap in my CV or dropping out of university \u2013 during an interview?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It all comes down to your own attitude and your ability to present these issues in a positive light. As is well known, gaps in your CV can arise for a variety of reasons. Whether it\u2019s a period of self-discovery, a break for health reasons, or time spent looking for work \u2013 it\u2019s best to be honest here and to give a concise, specific answer.<\/p>\n<p>If you stand by yourself and your decisions, you\u2019ll exude self-confidence. It\u2019s best to think in advance about the benefits and positive experiences that have come out of this, and how they might benefit the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all comes down to your own attitude and your ability to present these issues in a positive light. As is well known, gaps in your CV can arise for a variety of reasons. Whether it\u2019s a period of self-discovery, a break for health reasons, or time spent looking for work \u2013 it\u2019s best to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47426,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35390\/revisions\/47426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}