What you need to understand is that employers don't care about anything other than whether you will be a good fit for the position you are applying to. Your CV

What you need to understand is that employers don't care about anything other than whether you will be a good fit for the position you are applying to. Your CV is just a way to try to assess your skills and character, just like in-person interviews are. So yes, an employer might take into consideration how long it took your to finish your CS degree but ultimately it likely won't matter much when all the other factors are taken into consideration. It's one tiny factor that may be very important for you right now but doesn't actually provide much useful information to the employer. EDIT: Just to make my point even clearer: taking slightly longer than expected most likely won't stand out at all. Taking significantly longer may be a negative factor, or it may be a positive factor, but either way it will most likely not be even close to one of the most important factors an employer might consider unless you literally submit a slip of paper with only that piece of info on it.