As a hiring manager I don’t care about gaps. What you did then is your business. I do care about a string of short stints, and unless you want me to draw a nega

As a hiring manager I don’t care about gaps. What you did then is your business. I do care about a string of short stints, and unless you want me to draw a negative conclusion you might want to have a narrative for why this time will be different, circumstances willing. Your reference checks will also be more important than usual, and I might go out of my way to find someone in my personal network who has worked with you to get a (hopefully) unbiased POV. All of that said, if I’m actively hiring and you interviewed well, chances are we would make an offer and simply hope that you are worth the investment of time to ramp you up. It’s not like there are so many qualified candidates for a role that we can afford to be ultra selective.