How many times have you rewritten your résumé this year? Has it actually helped? I've recently started having ChatGPT update my resume with every posting based on the job description I'm applying for and I'm hoping that will help get through the ATS if companies are using it. We'll see.

I had a final-round interview last week where the team lead asked me to describe a time I had a conflict with a manager and how I resolved it. I gave a textbook, diplomatic answer, but what I wanted to say was that my last manager was a micromanager who took credit for my work and then laid me off via Zoom. It’s exhausting having to rewrite your own career history to make every toxic workplace sound like a valuable learning opportunity. Do you think anyone actually buys into the answers we’re forced to repeat in these interviews?

Has unemployment changed the way you think about work, success, or balance long term? For the longest time, my job / work was the center of my identity, and I struggled for the first several months after losing my job to re-construct what my self-worth was built on.

Genuine question... When you struggle to focus, procrastinate, or start important tasks, how do you know whether it's procrastination, burnout, anxiety, ADHD or just being human? For those who have ADHD, was it self-diagnosed at first or professionally diagnosed? And another thing I've been wondering... Do we sometimes rush to label every struggle or do labels actually help people understand themselves better?

People talk about résumés and interviews a lot, but not always the emotional side. What’s been the hardest emotional part of unemployment for you personally? For me, it's knowing that in just 4 or 5 more months (I've been unemployed for about 10 months now), I will be completely out of savings that I have built over 10 years if I don't get a job now. Any job! It's stressful!