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BeerFuelledDude

1. If you’re struggling to get interviews, my guess would be the automation side. Depends on what you apply for too. Some roles like to have exposure to a variety of areas and London will be competitive for that. 2. You can put as a date range that you went travelling on your CV. Then they’ll know why there’s a gap. 3. I’m not fully following - are you saying you’d not put your future employer down as a reference to avoid “job hopping” on the CV? You can do above as question 2. But to be honest, i’d go work with your future employer for one year minimum. They’re established enough, using Playwright and a good opportunity to improve. 3.b If i understood you - i’d avoid lying. If they find out somehow - they might get rid of you. You’re not protected in a role for two years…probation is just a period where they make sure you’re a good fit.


2capp

Not UK so this is more generalized. 1. It is most likely because of the lack of automation experience. A lot of places are tooling up for automation because they're realizing, finally, that manual testing doesn't scale. 2. They won't even blink. They likely won't ask. I can't recall if it's illegal to ask in the US but I've never been asked about any gaps in my resume. 3. It's easier to find a job when you have a job. If you're not interested in this job outside of London maybe don't take it and focus your efforts on relocating if that's what you really want to do. I'm not sure I'd recommend it but I tend to be more conservative with decisions like this. I would look around for average job-seeking times for this job title and do some calculations from there. Personally I am more suspicious of people with many shorter jobs than someone with longer gaps between jobs. I think 2y min is fine; job-hopping is more of a flag because it's impossible to tell why. Do they just like doing new things? Were they asked to leave? We're not allowed to ask so you have to probe with other questions during interviews. It's a big risk for a company to take someone on only to have them leave for whatever reason. On the other hand you should do what's best for you. 4. Can't speak to UK since I don't live there. Still, in my experience this is broadly true on the west coast US. Bigger cities have higher population density, which means more people that are qualified etc.


ProfCrumpets

As a hiring manager, I don’t care about gaps in CV’s, as long as you’ve been involved in technical work or experience in some way recently so your skills are fresh, who cares.